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Trade war America’s allies
should stand up to its reckless
mercantilism: leader, page12.
Donald Trump’s tariffs have
united his opponents at home
and abroad, page 61. How
retaliation hurts American
exporters, page 62
Xiaomi The forthcoming IPO
of China’s most successful
consumer brand shows how
the rules of business are
changing: Schumpeter, page 60
AI and jobs Clever machines
will make workers more
productive more often than
they will replace them. The
lessons from radiology:
leader, page13. Artificial
intelligence will improve the
speed and precision of medical
treatment, page 68. It has
already revived the semi-
conductor industry’s animal
spirits, page 53
The World CupIt rewards
liberalism, internationalism
and open markets: leader,
page14. How to win, page 50.
Football is sometimes an art,
too, page 71
International
50 Success in football
What it takes to win
Business
53 Chipmaking
Hyenas and cheetahs
54 Bartleby
Teaching entrepreneurship
56 Microsoft buys GitHub
Homecoming Death Star
56 The Algosaibi affair
Bankers’ bane
57 Tax evasion in China
Yin and yang
58 Fashion sharing
Something rented,
something new
58 Logistics in China
Manna from heaven
59 Air India
Grounded
60 Schumpeter
Xiaomi thinks different
Finance and economics
61 Trade wars (1)
Friends and foes
62 Trade wars (2)
Backfire
62 Sovereign money
How to lend it
63 Buttonwood
Euro-zone equities
64 Royal Bank of Scotland
Cut your losses
64 Stock exchanges
Whose price is it anyway?
65 Joblessness in Asia
The luxury of
unemployment
66 Free exchange
Driverless cars
Science and technology
68 Medicine
From A&E to AI
69 Climate change
Negative thinking
70 Evolution
Animal magic
Books and arts
71 The art of football
A beautiful game
72 Bill Clinton’s debut novel
Good guy with a gun
73 Nuclear secrets and lies
The writing on the wall
73 The Lost Colony
Myth and madness
74 Johnson
Arms and the man
76 Economic and financial
indicators
Statistics on 42 economies,
plus our monthly poll of
forecasters
Obituary
78 Zhao Kangmin
An army underground