Emmet Oliver on Business

Warren could out-Trump Trump on trade, hurting Ireland and China

Elizabeth Warren: the would-be Democratic presidential candidate’s economic policies seem mighty similar to those of Donald Trump

Elizabeth Warren’s poll numbers are surging, her crowd sizes are starting to look Trumpian and her policies are being lapped up by policy luminaries in Washington. The would-be Democratic presidential candidate is still trailing Joe Biden, but she is comfortably tucked in behind him in the chasing pack, waiting for him to slip up in the Democratic primary race.

Apart from an endless fusillade of barbs targeted at Trump, what does Warren stand ...