Eric Martin
@EMPosts
International @economics and security reporter for @business. Foreign policy, trade, IFIs. @SAISHopkins @NorthwesternU. In a JV w/ @roslmartin. Opinions my own.
President Biden's answer to my question on Saturday in Rehoboth about his reaction to former President Donald Trump's behavior at Arlington National Cemetery. (Posting from @gabegutierrez NBC News package, as prior video I retweeted was since deleted) youtu.be/XfA5znjsRJs?si…
NEW: Trump says the tariff rate for #Philippines is being cut to 19%, from 20%. An entire (checks notes) 1% tariff cut as the result of the nation's trade deal with the US.
IMF Deputy Gita Gopinath Set to Depart in Opening for Trump bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
NEW: Gita Gopinath is LEAVING the IMF to return to Harvard as an economics professor at the end of August.
The great irony of Trump slapping a ~17% tariff on Mexican tomatoes is that it may to lead to lower employment in an industry of 1.5 million people -- leading more of them to seek to migrate illegally by crossing the US border. I wrote about this in 2019 bloomberg.com/features/2019-…
Trump to Pull US Out of #UNESCO Again, Citing National Interests bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Ukraine Risks Becoming to Trump What Afghanistan Was to Biden From @nwadhams and me bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
#Venezuela released 10 Americans as it prepares to receive a group of deportees freed from jail in El Salvador after an unexpected breakthrough in ongoing talks with the US. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Hoy fue la presentación de la tesis de maestría de @EMPosts sobre inmigración en Polonia y con esto concluye su etapa de posgrado sobre política global 🥳
In a very D.C. way to unveil this info, Nationals No. 1 pick Eli Willits just told @wolfblitzer on CNN that he will sign his contract tomorrow and head to Florida on Sunday. cnn.com/2025/07/18/Tv/…
One final Friday afternoon (as a student) on Washington DC's best rooftop! @JHUBloombergCtr @SAIS_MAGP
A notably firm assessment of the Lerners’ situation from a soon-to-be Hall of Famer. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…
I don't understand the title "Saved by the Bell." Zack Morris made it to class thanks to MANY factors. It takes a village to raise a California slacker. But the bell was essentially a bystander, even if it did go off AFTER arrival. Typical onfusing correlation with causality.
MACMA: Making American Coca-Cola Mexican Again
Trump is making American Coca-Cola MEXICAN Again?
NEW: President Donald Trump is likely to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell soon, a White House official said, and discussed the possible move in a meeting with congressional Republicans on Tuesday night. @josh_wingrove bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
I'm loving the guy I'm listening to walk around the US Capitol listening to these McLaurin comments on his cell phone speaker. He is the TRUE Washingtonian...
Terry McLaurin- At some point there is a point of no return but I don’t think we’re there yet. Time is ticking though
NEW: The Trump administration withdrew from a longstanding trade deal with Mexico governing the import of tomatoes and will push forward with a new tariff of just over 17%.