Andrew Spannaus

Andrew Spannaus is an American journalist and political commentator based in Italy, founder of the Transatlantico.info newsletter. He lectures on US economic history at the Catholic University of Milan, and is currently the Chairman of the Milan Foreign Press Association. His latest book is "L'America post-globale. Trump, il coronavirus e il futuro".

J.D. Vance: the good and the bad of the new Republican Party

Donald Trump's choice of J.D. Vance as his running mate has been met with heightened anguish in mainstream US media and political institutions. The senator from Ohio is an outspoken representative of the MAGA movement, who rarely pulls his…

The past and future impact of Trump’s tariffs

As the November 2024 US presidential election nears, Donald Trump's threats to impose a new round of harsh tariffs to favor American industry are beginning to draw attention. The trade war launched during Trump's first stint in the White…

The State of the Unions: the US and the EU toward 2024

The Transatlantic community is undergoing a period of significant transformation, in which successive shocks have brought a rapid change to the vision of expanding globalization that had taken hold in the 1990s and 2000s. The emergence of…

Weakness into strength: Italy and the globalized economy

Italy is no stranger to criticism when it comes to perceptions of the country’s economy: Italian businesses are too small and family-controlled, its financial markets are poorly developed, and as a result Italy cannot keep up with the…

The Inflation Reduction Act and the rebirth of US industrial policy

It is ironic how well-known the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has become in recent months, as the Biden administration trumpets its environmental and social measures, and Europeans complain of its protectionist features. Indeed, despite its…

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