Keith Johnson is a staff writer at Foreign Policy covering geoeconomics and energy. He has been at FP since 2013, after spending 15 years covering terrorism, energy, airlines, politics, foreign affairs, and the economy for the Wall Street Journal. He has reported from Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press in Washington on April 1. Trump goosed oil prices in hopes of a grand bargain with Russia and Saudi Arabia, but the economy continues a historic contraction even as the administration warns of more than 100,000 deaths.
North vs. South: The Netherlands competes against Spain in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final in Johannesburg on July 11, 2010. The Netherlands, like Germany, is resisting Southern Europe’s calls for fiscal solidarity as the coronavirus causes economic chaos across the continent.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has unveiled unprecedented measures, including unlimited Fed support, announced Monday, to help contain the fallout of Covid-19, Mar. 3.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a travel ban in a belated effort to contain the coronavirus whose outbreak is decimating the U.S. and global economies, Mar. 11, 2020.
