Topic: leonid bershidsky
Bershidsky: Huawei is being held to an impossible standard
No matter what the Chinese company does, the current US administration will keep going after it for a mix of national security, trade and competition-related reasons which are hard to separate from each other.
Bershidsky: All tariffs must go
Abolishing tariffs would be a good start, if only because it would help take trade out of the populist realm of simple solutions and back into negotiating rooms filled with detail-oriented professionals.
Promises won’t kill the combustion engine
Governments are rightly hesitant to force something on consumers that doesn’t really work for them –which is why countries that plan to ban combustion engines in new cars haven’t actually legislated on it yet.
Bershidsky: Disruptors need sound business models too
Blue Apron is a company that claims to have “reimagined the traditional grocery business model.” Thursday’s disappointing initial public offering makes you wonder if investors are losing faith in such “reimaginings.”
The EU will not help a weakened Theresa May
The only decent argument in favor of U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision not to step down as prime minister after a disastrous election is that the first round of Brexit talks is scheduled for June 19.
Bershidsky: EU could live without UK
There are two sides to any divorce, and the relatively passive partner – in this case the EU – must also consider the impact of losing Britain.
Bershidsky: The risky mix of politics and offshore finance
What purpose do the Panama Papers investigations really serve?








