Free trade has been so beneficial to so many countries that the world may find a way to live without its biggest player.

Some have muskets, others a fife and drum. For decades, the group has re-enacted crucial battles and moments from the War of 1812. The United States declared war on Great Britain back then in part ...

In the years since President Trump’s first trade war with China, Beijing has built an arsenal of tools to hit the U.S. where it hurts. Now, it is getting ready to deploy them in full.

“Warfare,” the new film co-directed by Alex Garland (“Civil War,” “Ex Machina”) and former US Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza, knows it’s going to give audiences a rough ride, so it starts off ...

Trade, war, and diplomacy have been inextricably linked since the first armed merchant travelled from one city-state to another. As of 2024, global trade totals nearly $33 trillion annually.

It had annexed the Philippines in 1898 in the Spanish-American War and, in the same year, the Hawaiian Islands. These made the US a Pacific power. Both men in the early 1900s understood the ...

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Join the NonStop Local Chord group and always be in the know. Trade, war, and diplomacy have been inextricably linked since the first armed merchant travelled from one city-state to another.

As President Trump’s tariffs against China go into effect, WSJ’s Paul Berger explains what’s next for the largest port complex in the U.S. Photo: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg, Alex Brandon/AP ...