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 […]
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
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.
In the Blind Spot (Exxon, Asset Appropriation, UAP)
Welcome to the first premium edition of the Blind Spot Wrap, compiled by Izabella Kaminska (IK) with help from Dario Garcia Giner (DGG). Apologies for the Sunday arrival, but it’s half term and my comprehensive critique of Britcoin took priority on Friday. Reminder: Monday’s Spot Markets Live will be going ahead at 11am UK time […]
Estonia advances EU bill to fully appropriate Russian assets (POLITICO)
POLITICO, (Feb 7. 2023) – by Paola Tamma