EU, US green steel showdown: How to decarbonise trade on 28/08/23
As the EU and the US hurry to agree on green steel before the end of October to prevent tariffs from snapping back into place, their diverging positions lay bare different philosophies on how global trade should be reorganised to account for climate priorities. Ireland: The Ideal Small Nation Solution to Host AMLA [Promoted content] on 28/08/23
As the EU prepares for the establishment of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), Ireland’s bid for host reveals its unique position as a small nation with extensive resources and connections to key financial and professional services providers, as well as a friendly and welcoming destination for incoming talent. German electricity price fight intensifies ahead of government retreat on 28/08/23
The German government coalition is split on whether or not to subsidise electricity prices for energy-intensive industries, such as chemical industries and steel, with Chancellor Scholz’s own Social Democrats party turning against his position. France’s Le Maire: We will be EU’s first green economy by 2040 on 26/08/23
France is to become one of the leading green nations in Europe, economy minister Bruno Le Maire announced on Thursday (24 August), adding that ramping up green industry investments - while keeping public spending in check - will be the country's priority. EU due diligence proposal raises hope for activists, worries foreign companies on 25/08/23
While civil society organisations look at the proposed EU due diligence rules with optimism for local communities abroad, foreign companies voice concerns over the lack of harmonisation of the draft rules as well as their extraterritorial dimension. Eyeing China, France mulls foreign investment screenings in raw materials sector on 24/08/23
The breadth of foreign investments control in France will be broadened to critical raw materials’ extraction and transformation, Economy minister Bruno Le Maire announced on Thursday (24 August), in a thinly-veiled stab at China’s near-monopoly in the sector. Let Finland and Sweden champion transatlantic economic security on 24/08/23
A fiercely competitive geoeconomic environment demands new ways to combine national security with economic prosperity and innovation. Finland and Sweden could take the lead, write Heiko Borchert, Pär Malmberg, and Mikael Wigell. German coalition bets on less red tape, more start-ups to boost economy on 24/08/23
Representatives of Germany's three-party government coalition bet on reduced red tape, renewable energy, and better conditions for start-ups to overcome country's current economic slump. Global uranium demand boost raises questions of supply security on 23/08/23
The war in Ukraine and talks of energy independence are pushing superpowers to turn to nuclear, driving uranium prices up after a 10-year slump, and raising concerns that supply shortages are not to be ruled out in the long run. Scholz hopes to resolve coalition spat paralysing government on 23/08/23
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) invited key ministers into the chancellery on Wednesday in the hopes of resolving an ongoing dispute over family benefits that is paralysing the government, but coalition partner FDP remains sceptical on whether it will succeed....
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