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New: At today's meeting of the WTO disputes settlement body, a panel was established for the EU China EV tariffs case

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This thread of Alan's keeps coming up in conversations I'm having with officials. Everybody is - finally - realising that nobody knows anything

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Anyone in Ireland, going on Newstalk FM with @joeblynam.bsky.social now to talk Trump's tariffs and China's response.

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Chinese biz mag Caijing the first to report Chinese tariff exemptions for certain chip imports, then more from Bloomberg and Reuters China blinked too - but not publicly. And the most interesting line: "The Caijing report was deleted from its website and official WeChat channel by noon Friday"

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What is the message here for the South China Sea? Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/c...

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Japan intends to push back against any US effort to bring it into an economic bloc aligned against China because of the importance of Tokyo’s trade ties with Beijing, according to current and former Japanese government officials. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The real shock here is that 45% of Americans think Trump's doing a good job Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...

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EU spokesperson tells me: no plans to drop sanctions on China just because Beijing s lifting sanctions on some MEPs "The EU has not observed changes in the human rights situation in China/Xinjiang. Therefore, the Council maintains the China/Xinjiang - related designations"

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China denied it has made any overtures to the United States on trade negotiations, dismissing any claims of progress on bilateral talks as lacking “factual basis” in a press conference on Thursday. www.scmp.com/economy/glob...

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The White House is debating whether to lift sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and potentially other Russian assets in Europe as part of discussions on ending the war between Russia and Ukraine www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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In case you missed it last night: China is dropping sanctions on EU lawmakers, in place since 2021, as it looks to capitalise from the US' hostile turn towards Europe www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

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Tesla EV sales in the EU plunged 45% in the first 3 months of the year They dropped by 36% just in March, suffering in both periods the biggest fall in sales of any of major car group in the association's report, despite a growth in EV sales overall uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/teslas-....

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Oh, inverted world. On the day EU took on US Big Tech, we hear China is on the verge of lifting sanctions on EU lawmakers I've been a sceptic of whether Trump would inspire an EU-China detente - I still think the Russia issue is a disqualifier - but things are moving so quickly, I just don't know

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Quite a scoop by Noah, China is preparing to lift sanctions on MEPs as early as next week

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This would be some appointment as German economy minister. Hildegard Mueller is a regular feature in Chinese state media railing against EU policies - her being handed the economy ministry would be a serious throwback

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The Trump administration is considering slashing its steep tariffs on Chinese imports—in some cases by more than half—in a bid to de-escalate tensions with Beijing that have roiled global trade and investment www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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World leaders from China to EU joined a private video call organized by the United Nations on Wednesday to discuss climate action without the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article... w/ @lauramillan.bsky.social

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Could be a slippery slope "The EU is preparing a proposal to impose export restrictions on all eel species under an international agreement regulating trade in endangered species -- a move that could affect supplies to Japan, which has relied heavily on imports."

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This would be a tough sell... European pharmaceutical bosses have called on the EU to increase drug prices towards the much higher levels paid by the US, saying it will encourage innovation. www.ft.com/content/8c66...

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BREAKING: EU in major crackdown on US Big Tech Apple fined 500m euros for not offering alternatives outside app store Meta fined 200m euros for its "consent or pay" advertising model, which is not compliant with the digital markets act. Sets up a potentially huge geopolitical scuffle with Trump.

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Both the EU and China spinning that they won a little (or a lot in China's case) in the EU's anti-suit injunctions WTO case. But with the EU appealing at the alternative appeals court, Brussels surely didn't get all it wanted

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Zelensky: Chinese citizens were working at a drone production site in Russia, suggests Moscow may have “stolen” drone technology from China. Comments come days after he said China was supplying weapons and gunpowder to Russia www.scmp.com/news/world/r...

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The Chinese government has warned South Korean companies of retributions for exporting any product containing its critical metals to US military contractors, a move expected to take a toll on the export-reliant Korean economy. www.kedglobal.com/economy/news...

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Today is reportedly the day the EU gets tough on US Big Tech. Per Handelsblatt, via playbook, millions in fines for Apple and Meta under digital markets act Trump adm previously threatened strong retaliation, leading many to suspect this could be the first use of the anti coercion instrument

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