WTO doesn’t like EU’s plan to trade tariffs for migrants (POLITICO)
By Camille Gijs – March 1, 2023 The EU could be at risk of breaching global trade rules — if it pushes ahead with a controversial plan to link trade benefits to resettling migrants. That’s the verdict of a former World Trade Organization lawyer, as the European institutions gear up for negotiations Thursday on renewing […]
EU to move ahead on power market reform (POLITICO)
By Victor Jack – Feb 27, 2023 EU countries increasingly agree the bloc must undertake a speedy reform of its power market, although they remain split over how deep the revamp should go. The bloc’s countries have been staking out their positions on the upcoming reform — which among other things is aimed at shielding […]
Spot Markets Live Transcript (27/02/23)
Anjuli Davies10:56 … 10:57Good morning and welcome to Spot Markets Live, the weekly round-robin of stocks and markets news. Today I’m excited to be joined by Helmholtz, a former sell-side pro with nearly 40 years worth of experience running rates desks at various investment banks. Helmholtz has agreed to give us his thoughts on the condition […]
In the Blind Spot (ETFs, Green nukes, Unified ledger)
This week’s Blind Spot Wrap was compiled by Izabella Kaminska with help from Dario Garcia Giner. Quick housekeeping note: You may have spotted that our house style has been in flux the past few months, moving first from sentence case to title case, then incorporating AP-style, then forgetting to carry it through. From today we’re […]
Eurozone Central Bank Losses Threaten Bloc Cohesion (POLITICO)
POLITICO, (Feb 23) – By Johanna Treeck
Calls Mount to Sanction Russia’s Nuclear Sector (POLITICO)
POLITICO (Feb 20) – By Jamie Dettmer, Wilhelmine Preussen
Were Western Sanctions Worth it? (POLITICO)
POLITICO, (Feb 20) – By Barbara Moens, Leonie Kijewski
Spot Markets Live Transcript (20/02/23)
Good morning and welcome to Spot Markets Live, the weekly round-robin of stocks and markets news. Today I’m excited to be joined by Neil Collins. He’s a veteran in the world of finance having “done” 19 years at The Daily Telegraph as City Editor. Welcome Neil and thanks for joining us. Would you like to […]
In the Blind Spot (Activist Journalism, ChatGPT, Attack Helicopters)
This edition of the Blind Spot Wrap was compiled by Dario Garcia Giner, with contributions from Izabella Kaminska. Finance, Business, Econ, etc: Saudi Aramco warned that ESG investing had undermined oil and gas investments, a strategy that was “based on flawed assumptions” said Amin Nasser, chief executive of Saudi Aramco, and which posed a threat to […]
Eurozone Cbankers Head to Lapland to Discuss the Digital Euro (POLITICO)
POLITICO (Feb 15, 2023) – by Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Under a cloak of secrecy in the frozen hinterlands of Lapland, eurozone central bank governors will gather next week to thrash out how to sell a digital upgrade of the euro project to a skeptical public.