The Economist - Sept 19 - 25, 2009 - China - Green Cars
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The Economist MAGAZINE
September 19th-25th 2009
Vandalism - America's mad trade war with China
Inside... On the cover Slapping tariffs on Chinese tyres is bad politics, bad economics, bad diplomacy and hurts America. Did we miss anything? Leader: page 13. Atrade row that steepens global risks, page 37. America also needs to find a bigger role for China and other emerging countries at the IMF: leader, page 14 Daily news and views: news analysis, online-only columns, blogs on politics, economics and travel, and a correspondent's diary E-mail: newsletters and mobile edition Eeonomist.com/email Research: search articles since 1997, special reports E c o n om€st.co mi res e a rc h Print edition: available online by 7pm London time each Thursday Economist.com/print Audio edition: available ontineto download each Friday. Economist.com/audioedition Volume 392 Number 8649 First published in septemberi843 to take part in "a severe contestbetween intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress." Editorial offices in London and also: Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Cairo, Chicago, Delhi, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, NewYork, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Washington 9 The world this week Leaders 13 Barack Obama and free trade Economic vandalism 14 The International Monetary Fund Back from the dead 14 Goldstone on Gaza Opportunity missed 15 Tobin taxes The wrong tool for the job 18 The car industry Trouble down the road 20 Germany's uninspiring election Set Angela free Letters 22 On electric cars, Vladimir Putin, antitrust policy, Canada, Congress, meetings, Richard Dawkins Briefing 33 Germany's election A change of partners? United States 37 The tyre wars Playing with fire 38 Barack Obama at the United Nations Saying all the right things 39 Health-care reform Half a loaf, or half-baked? 39 Political memoirs In their own words 4o Gloomy numbers from the census Poorer, but not sicker 40 Illegal immigration The continuing crackdown 42 The revival of Pittsburgh Lessons for the G2o 44 Lexington Charlie Rangel's taxesThe Americas 47 Chile's presidential election... The strange chill 48 ...and its surprising president The Bachelet model 49 Venezuela's foreign policy Dreams of a different world 49 Homophobia in Jamaica A vicious intolerance Asia 51 Thailand's political army Where power lies 52 Japan's new government Poodle or Pekinese? 53 Commonwealth games in Delhi Who will bell the cat? 53 Counter-insurgency in Afghanistan A surge in trouble 54 Nepal's political stalemate Demonstration effect 56 Banyan The trials of Taiwan's former president Middle East and Africa 57 The UN report on Israel and Gaza Israel in the dock 58 Iran's shaky government The crisis isn't over yet 59 Riots in Uganda Whose behind them? 59 Zimbabwe's land invasions Out with the white farmers 60 Al-Qaeda in Somalia The long arm of America Europe 61 Russia's political leaders Behind the golden doors 62 Russia's odd couple The Vlad and Dmitry show 62 A carbon tax in France Taming the carbonivores 63 Norway's election Rich, but worried 64 Charlemagne In knots over headscarvesAngela Merket German voters should release their chancellor from the cage of her grand coalition: leader, page 20. A fresh team would help, but itwouldonlybea startto dealing with Germany's long-term problems, pages 33-35 Israel Aflamed U N report should not stop Israel holding itse If a n d its so [di (? ~ s to the highest standards: leader, page 14. The Goldstone report controversially chastises Israel's government and its army for their actions in Gaza, page 57 Europe's muslim ghettos A cautionary tale from Antwerp about the tricky task of educating Europe's Muslim children: Charlemagne, page64 N Contents continues overleaf
