Peter Bruce
@Bruceps
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Columnist/Fumbling podcaster https://t.co/m0mK76wwsX Fmr Editor, Business Day & Financial Mail, Joburg. Ex Madrid, Bonn Corr & UK News Editor, Financial Times.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined March 2009
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts — Bertrand Russell
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RT @RyanCoetzee: Black racists and white racists attacking each other on X isn’t South Africa. It’s a self-selected group of people who do…
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This is the guy to lead a team to Washington... a very good letter...
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This is the guy to lead a team to Washington... a very good letter...
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RT @robin_j_brooks: The World Bank WITS data I'm showing in this chart are subject to many issues, including not capturing FTAs with countr…
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RT @SundayTimesZA: We are at the doors of tragedy: in 30 years of South African democracy I doubt we have ever been in bigger trouble, writ…
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RT @MotsohiThabang: @Bruceps The real issue and deep irritation with the White House is the successful prosecution of Israel at the ICC by…
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RT @williamnhutton: On his contempt for Brexit, Jeremy Clarkson speaks for millions of us. Soon only Nigel Farage and the Daily Mail will b…
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RT @TimesLIVE: The lunatics in Washington have resources and power. They do not prevaricate. They sign executive orders, however ill-consid…
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RT @TimesLIVE: If President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to immunise SA against Donald Trump’s poison, he needs to get the GNU to show greater uni…
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RT @TimesLIVE: Helen Zille can attempt to rewrite history but the facts remain unchanged: my departure was not about personal ambition — it…
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@Enghumbhini No, but someone has to be the sober grown up here and the @PresidencyZA should probably be it...
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...And it is even worse when you break it down in categories...
Lots of questions about World Bank tariff (WITS) data, in particular if they capture FTAs in places like Korea. But the basic point - that others tariff the US far higher than the US tariffs them - is robust, particularly in EM and especially as you dig into particular goods...
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This is what's coming next for South Africa from @realDonaldTrump (We're ZA on the graphs...)
President Trump is planning reciprocal tariffs on countries that apply higher tariffs on the US (red) than the US puts on them (blue). Much of the focus here has been on the EU, but it's EM that's in trouble. South Korea (KR), India (IN), Mexico (MX) and China (CN) stand out...
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RT @AmSantacreu: This graph by @robin_j_brooks shows large asymmetries in tariffs, especially in South Korea, Mexico and China
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Here's something to worry about (apologies but @realDonaldTrump is busy busy). We are ZA in the graphic ... pound for pound easily among the worst of the contenders for tariff retaliation...
This graph by @robin_j_brooks shows large asymmetries in tariffs, especially in South Korea, Mexico and China
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RT @AtholT: 🗞️Last week, @helenzille penned a @SundayTimesZA piece riddled with falsehoods and deliberate distortions. Read below as I set…
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