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OnthecoverWith his caLlto put "AmericaFirst", Donald Trump is thelatest recruit to a pessimisticand dangerously zero-sumnationalism: leader, page 9.ALlaround the world,nationalists are gainingground. Why? page 51. Chinahas a particularvision ofethnidty and nationhoodthat carries big implicationsat home and abroad, pages20-22
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Leaders9 Trump's world
The new nationalism10 Obamacare
And a pony far everyone10 The French election
Europe's populist danger12 Padtic trade
Try, Persist, Persevere!14 Tata Group
Ratantrum
Letters16 On the American election
Brieting20 Who are the Chinese?
The upper Han
Europe23 France's Republican
primaryThe veterans
24 The Balkans returnEnd ofthe Clinton era
25 Russian intriguesArresting developments
25 Procurement spendingRigging the bids
27 CharlemagneMerkel, iron waffler
Britain28 Online shopping
Solid melts into air29 Brexit and public opinion
Fifty-fifty nation30 Bagehot
The special relationship
Middle East and Africa31 The nuclear dea l with Iran
On borrowed time32 Sex scandals in Iran
Theocratic trouble32 Warin Syria
The next pus h33 Ghana's election
Heirs to Nkrumah34 Corruption in Sierra
LeoneCall itin
\ \ 'United States
35 The Trump administrationTower of silence
36 American health careObamasnare
37 Trump and the SupremeCourtListing right
37 Voter registrationOregon lets it ride
38 Capital punishmentDeath has less dominion
38 Conflicts ofinterestTrusts unverified
39 Election dataIllness as indicator
40 LexingtonDemocrats on the brink
The Americas41 Latin America and China
Agolden opportunity42 Haiti after the hurricane
Voting in a ravaged land43 Bello
Colombia's new, improvedpeace deal
Asia44 The coLlapse ofTpp
Trading down45 South Korean politics
Talking impeachment46 Indonesian politics
Tolerance on trial46 Malaysia's lMDB scandal
Nothi ng to see here47 Islamic State in Pakistan
Lethal partners47 Australia and
asylum-seekersThe American solution
China48 Coping with America
Weighing up Trump49 Hong Kong's legislature
Localists disba rred49 The Communist Party
Call me comrade50 Banyan
A China-America romance?
What will Trump do? Thepresident-elect appears to beunsure whether or nottogovern as he campaigned, page35. On Obamacare, he has madea promise he cannot keep:leader, page 10. The RepublicanCongress scrambles to find analternative to the AffordableCare Act, page 36. MrTrump'sattempt at Reaganomics willprove costlier than theoriginaI: Free exchange, page66. The next administrationmay slow America's clean-energy transition, butit willnot derail it, page 56
French politics The centre-right's nominee will probablyface Marine LePen forthepresidency, page 23. Whocanbeat her? Leader, page 10
Iran The nuclear deal isunlikelyto survive, page 31.A Koranic reciter hasthreatened the clerics' moralauthority, page 32
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6 Contents The Economist November 19th 2016
Trade deals in Asia America'sparticipation in TPPis over.But don't give up efforts toliberalisetradeand harmonisestandards in Asia: leader, page12. The pact's demise leaves aworrying void in Asia, page 44.AChina-America romance isnot as unlikely as rnany punditsthink, but nor could it last:Banyan, page 50
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TurmoilatTata One of Asia'smostimportant firms hasdescended into chaos. ltspatriarch, Ratan Tata, is
'largelyto blame: leader, page14. lndia's biggestcompanyadds internal strife to its longlist of problems, page 55
7,:::ffij,Magnetic moments3D printers promise better,cheaper and more powerfulmagnets, page 68
International51 Global politics
LeagueofnationaHsts
Business55 Tata Group
Clash ofthe Tatas56 Donald Trump and
American energyPolluting the outlook
57 MiningVein hope
57 Samsung and HarmanAmp my ride
58 Corporate ItalySeize the day
59 Consumer goodsPot of gold
60 SchumpeterUncertain business
Finance and economics61 Emerging markets
Reversal of fortune62 Buttonwood
Underfunded pensions63 Iceland's economy
Bubbling again63 Agricultural Bank of
ChinaSanctions with Chinesecharacteristics
64 Banks and "too big to fail"Kash call
64 China's corporate debtState of grace
65 Credit in ChinaJust spend
66 Free exchangeReaganomics, Trump-style
Sdence and technology68 Additive manufacturing
Magnetic moments69 Oceans in space
Not so lonely sea in the sky69 Malaria
The biter bit70 Censusing fisheries
Where's the catch?
Books and arts71 Globalisation
The third wave72 Somalia
Hope among the horror72 Campaign strategists
The art of political war73 New fiction
Rhythm of life73 Physics
Empty space, the finalfrontier
74 Classical musicWest meets East
78 Economic and finandalindicatorsStatistics on 42economies, plus a closerlook at access to electricity
Obituary80 Leonard Cohen
Raising the song
Leonard Cohen The novelist,poetand singerdied onNovember zth. aged 82:Obituary, page80
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