Owen Fairclough reports for CGTN from our Washington, D.C. office.
From election trails to Brexit, (nearly) Grexit and even Africa’s first World Cup, Owen has been a reporter for nearly 20 years in the UK, France and now in the United States, trying to make sense of perhaps the most defining story of our times: the Trump administration and the rise of populism.
Owen began his career as a newspaper and newswires reporter before betraying print journalism purists by crossing the aisle into TV with the BBC. He left the UK in 2008 to become business editor at France 24 and then moved across the Atlantic in 2014 to join CGTN America.
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August 19, 2025
Donald Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy he’d join a three-way meeting with Vladimir Putin during an extraordinary crisis meeting on Monday, Aug. 18. The U.S. President hosted Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House to discuss ending Russia’s conflict with Ukraine. It […]
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August 6, 2025
The latest inflation data suggests tariffs are contributing to the cost of living rising again in the U.S., but some lawmakers appear to have profited handsomely from the impact of duties on stocks. And that’s driving a renewed and rare bipartisan push to stop it. […]
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August 1, 2025
Global stock markets fell sharply on Friday as new U.S. tariffs on major trading partners came into force. President Donald Trump has launched a trade war aimed at protecting American manufacturing and fixing trade imbalances he believes hurt the U.S. economy. However, the new […]
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July 31, 2025
Black Friday in the U.S. is typically a discount sales bonanza after the Thanksgiving holiday. But the term could take on new meaning this Friday, Aug. 1., for some major U.S. trade partners. They’re facing hefty tariffs on the goods they sell the U.S. […]
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July 2, 2025
The BRICS summit begins on July 6 with the global trading landscape shifting quickly. U.S. tariffs on nearly all trade partners are especially harsh on manufacturing powerhouses who are members of a trading bloc representing some of the world’s biggest economies. And yet they’re pivoting […]
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June 29, 2025
The U.S. July 4th holiday season is underway for millions of Americans, but not for lawmakers. They’ve been working in Congress over the weekend trying to pass U.S. President Donald Trump’s signature legislation. Late Saturday, June 28, Senate Republicans managed to squeeze just enough votes […]
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June 28, 2025
Vehicle parts, crops and even whiskey, U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade battles have been waged over tangible, and often essential things businesses and consumers need and want. But the U.S. president is now sparring with his neighbor Canada over something much less tangible that brings […]
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June 24, 2025
The Trump administration is celebrating a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court over its hardline immigration policy.
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June 23, 2025
Donald Trump has claimed his bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities as a victory for the U.S. military as well as for stealth. It was so stealthy, that even some close allies were not informed. But it was especially galling for some American lawmakers, who say […]
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June 18, 2025
The U.S. central bank maintained its key interest rate on Wednesday, June 18. The Federal Reserve is holding the rate amid concerns inflation will return due to Trump’s trade war. Now the Fed also has to factor in the global repercussions of Israel’s conflict with […]
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