By Tom Harper, Lecturer in International Relations, University of East London
Donald Trump has partially walked back on his so-called “liberation day” tariffs on nearly all US imports after fears mounted that the move would result in a global recession and much higher borrowing costs for the US government.
On Wednesday, April 9, a mere 13 hours after his higher rate of “reciprocal tariffs” had come into effect, Trump announced they would…
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By Maha Rafi Atal, Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
The US has decided – again – to upend the global trading system. With the latest raft of tariffs just beginning to kick in, and after a week in which markets worldwide fell precipitously, the Trump administration announced that it would be suspending high tariffs on nearly 60 countries for 90 days.
The announcement is only a partial reprieve.…
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By Helen Bedford, Professor of Children's Health, UCL
Measles is one of the most challenging diseases to control. It requires a sustained uptake of well over 90% of two doses of a measles-containing vaccine such as MMR. But since the COVID pandemic, there has been a decline in uptake of routine vaccines in many countries including the US, Canada and Europe, resulting in outbreaks of the disease.
For instance, despite eliminating measles in 2000, the US experienced
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By William E. Donald, Associate Professor of Sustainable Careers and Human Resource Management, University of Southampton
Higher living costs, more barriers to work and a large disability pay gap all increase the risk of poverty. Cutting benefits is not a solution.
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By Louise Bourdua, Professor of Art History, University of Warwick
I had been looking forward to the National Gallery’s exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 for several reasons.
First, it was many years in the making. Its curator, Professor Emerita Joanna Cannon of the Courtauld Institute of Art, had been working on it for a decade or so. Duccio, one of the exhibition’s featured artists and one of the greatest Italian painters of the middle ages, had a major show in Siena in 2003. Another featured artist, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, had a…
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By Cailbhe Doherty, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin
New research shows a lot of data goes into scores like “readiness” and “strain” but it’s not clear how personalised these numbers really are.
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By James Hague, Senior Lecturer (in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Biophysics), The Open University
One day, lab-grown tissue could give us new livers, help rebuild tissues damaged in accidents and enable personalised treatments for cancers.
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By Aimee Grant, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
For decades, a jigsaw puzzle piece has been used to symbolise autism across the world. It has been used for charity logos and awareness ribbons, and even tattooed on to the bodies of well-meaning parents.
But for many autistic adults, the puzzle piece isn’t just outdated – it’s offensive. Some consider it a hate…
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By Andie Riches, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Science, Anglia Ruskin University
Mathew Dowling, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Sport Management, Loughborough University
They might be rowing the same course now but things still aren’t equal for women rowers at the boat race
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor
You have to marvel at Donald Trump’s prescience. After his announcement of America’s new tariffs regime on April 2, “liberation day”, the stock markets plummeted, causing faint hearts around the world to quail. Nerves fluttered particularly hard when bond yields started to rise rapidly this week, suggesting a growing lack of confidence in US 30-year debt – traditionally the gold standard for security.
“I don’t want anything to go down,” Trump told a reporter at the weekend. “But sometimes, you have to take medicine to fix something.”
The US president remained bullish on…
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