Freelance Journalist, former Wall Street Journal Senior Editor.
bob.davisreports@gmail.com
Does China have some not-so-secret weapons that will help it outlast the U.S. in the trade war?
https://time.com/7276876/china-retaliatory-tariffs-us-trade-war/View / Download
The U.S. president still has plenty of outs from his extreme tariffs.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/trump-tariffs-exclusions-trade-war/View / Download.webp)
The U.S. president’s ambitions for “reciprocity” aren’t limited to China.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/06/trump-global-trade-system-china-tariffs/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921View / Download
Trump vs. Xi: Who will win?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/27/trump-xi-trade-war-00197883View / Download
Biden’s embrace of Trump-era tariffs is emblematic of a broader change in U.S. thinking on trade—and toward China.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/10/us-protectionism-biden-trump-tarrifs-harris-china/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921View / Download
The first in a series of articles on the retreat of globalization and the rise of economic populism.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whatever-happened-to-free-trade-1490800293View / DownloadPlants in China kept producing as growth fell, fueling deflationary pressure world-wide. (With reporting from China and the U.S.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/glut-of-chinese-goods-pinches-global-economy-1433212681View / DownloadThis story broke the news that IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was being investigated for sexual misconduct.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122427783161845699View / DownloadJihad Al-Wazir must navigate Palestinian politics and the Israeli military to run the Palestinian Authority's version of a central bank.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121928637131859287View / DownloadThe era of easy globalization is over.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120934738145948747View / DownloadDC lobbyists work overtime to help foreign Sovereign Wealth Funds by U.S. companies.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120120895483414521View / DownloadBefore the U.S. invaded Iraq, it knew little about how Iraq's economy worked.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10498350606817400View / DownloadThis article broke the news of how much the Bush administration figured an invasion of Iraq would cost. It vastly underestimated the bill.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1032128134218066355View / DownloadHow the Clinton administration's best and brightest struggled to contain the Asian financial crisis.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB906521085454794500View / DownloadHow the IMF sought to remake the South Korean economy during the Asian Financial Crisis and the backlash that ensued.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB888848234230217000View / DownloadBefore the U.S. battled China on economic issues, Japan was the main target.
View / DownloadNafta made trade a big political issue. For critics, it became a symbol of poverty and treachery.
View / DownloadA tank commander, who once faced Tom Seaver as a young baseball player, readies his batallion for war in Iraq.
View / DownloadFreelance Journalist, former Wall Street Journal Senior Editor.
bob.davisreports@gmail.com