Contents The Economist May rsth 2019

On the cover

How to manage the growingrivalry between America and arising China: leader, page 11.Trade has long anchored theirrelations, but it is no longerenough. The world should beworried. See our specialreport, after page 38. Thetrade war's latest blows,page62

• Europe votes after a decadeof crises Why the comingelections will be oddlyconsequential: briefing, page 18.In Britain both mai n parties looklike taking a drubbing, page 25.Nigel Farage is back: Bagehot,poge rr

• How to bust thesanctions-busters Somecompanies face big risks from asurge in sanctions. Others spyopportunities, page 53.A mysterious attack in theMiddle East raises war jitters,page30

• Low-paid America Life isimproving for those at thebottorn, page 33

• Comedy and politics, joinedat the quip Legislators arethe unacknowledged comicsof the world: leader, page 14.The populists' secretweapon, page 51

The world this week

6 A round-up of politicaland business news

Europe

21 Immigration in Germany22 Bulgaria's "apartrnents

scandal"23 Crimean wine23 A new metro in Paris24 Charlemagne Eurovision

Leaders

11 China v AmericaA new kind of cold war

12 South AfricaNow for the hard part

12 America's abortion lawsSupremely wrong

13 Fiscal policyCocked and ready

14 Politicians and comedyYou couldn't make it up

Britain

25 Bizarre, unwantedEuropean elections

26 Football and finance27 Bagehot Mr Brexit is back

Letters

16 On Narendra Modi,religion, Brexit, YouTube,monarchies

Middle East & Africa

28 South Africa's election29 Fancy sheep in Senegal30 Getting by in Rwanda30 War jitters in the Gulf31 Putin's road to Damascus

Briefing

18 European electionsParliamentaryperspectives

United States

33 Better at the bottom34 Alabama's abortion law35 Amy Coney Barrett36 Fixing broken schools38 Lexington Campaigning

as the incumbent

Special report: China andAmerica

A new kind of cold warAfter page 38

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The Americas

39 Argentina's politics40 Colornbia's peace process40 Education in Mexico42 Bello Ineffectual

sanctions on Cuba

Schumpeter Why thetechie obsession withsleep makes perfectsense, page 58 coRTE DEI CONTI

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Contents The Economist May 18th 20194

Asia43 Afghanistan's feeble

government44 Poppy-growing in

Afghanistan45 Banyan Dismal dowries46 Democracy in Kazakhstan46 Age in South Korea47 Australia's election

China49 Taming deserts

International51 Comedians in politics

Business53 Sanctions Inc54 Chaebol family feuds55 Corporate spin-offs55 Digitising road freight56 Bartleby The joy

ofabsence57 Chinese businesswomen58 Schumpeter Sleepless in

Silicon Valley

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Finance & economics61 After Abraaj62 China talks tough

on trade63 Pakistan and the IMF63 Going public in the Valley64 Dank stats in Canada64 Flipping houses65 Buttonwood European

stocks66 Fiscal poliey67 Free exchange The final

economie frontier

Graphic detail77 Why beer snobs guzzle lagers they claim to dislike

Science & technology68 3D-printing body parts69 Growing cells in a lab69 Saving bilbies70 [eff Bezos's 1970S reprise71 New units for old71 Dung-free farming

Books& arts72 The history of tolerance73 From Mockingbird to

murder74 A novel of terrorism74 The value of wornen's art75 Climate change

Economie & financial indicators76 Statisties on 42 economies

Obituary78 jean Vanier, apostle of tenderness

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