The new transatlantic dialogue, trade wars, China and the IMF

I’m currently snowed under with work (Czechoslovakian democratisation, the prognosis for US hegemony, miscellaneous presentations and dissertation planning, since you ask), so apologies for the lack of posts. Things should even out from the beginning of June. In the meantime, there’s a few things I’d like to flag up.

• The Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit is running another online conference, this time on ‘The New Transatlantic Dialogue’. It is ongoing until 16 May and looks sure to be informative and useful.
• The epic beef-hormone conflict looks like it is coming to an end, while the nascent cheese war seems to have been nipped in the bud too.
• The Financial Times has an interesting profile of President Obama’s trade brinkmanship.
• The Guardian’s business section on Monday contained the headline ‘Europe accused of protectionism‘.
• The Catholic Times reports that ‘Pope accused of Catholic leanings’.
• Ngaire Woods discusses the influence of China on Bretton Woods reform.