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Trump Is Threatening the World. What Should It Do In Response?

We have never witnessed an attempt to build a global empire by trade and economic war alone before now. Trump is trying it. How should the world respond? 

Richard Murphy is Emeritus Professor of Accounting Practice at Sheffield University Management School. He is director of Tax Research LLP and the author of the Funding the Future blog. His best-known book is ‘The Joy of Tax’. 

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