By Michael Roberts China’s second quarter GDP growth saw a significant deceleration, down to 4.3% year over year from 5.0% in the first quarter and
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By David Niven, PCS member, Defra North West & Cumbria Branch In our recent article The way forward for the PCS union – part 1
By Michael Roberts Financial markets and the world in general let out a sigh of relief when Iran and the US finally agreed a 14-point
By Michael Roberts Goldman Sachs, the mega investment bank, reckons that AI is just “one big trade on the US economy”. And the AI investment
By David Niven, PCS member, Defra North West & Cumbria Branch PCS is the largest union representing workers across national government bodies such as the
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Monday, 25 May 2026. The original article can be found here. ************** American
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By Michael Roberts On the first day of talks during US President Donald Trump’s recent state visit to China, his host China’s Xi Jinping invoked
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By Robin Jamieson Day after day desperate hungry people beholden to violent criminals are still risking and losing their lives boarding overloaded rubber dinghies with
By Michael Roberts US president Donald Trump travels to China to meet China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday 13 May. It will be the first
