The data in EuroMoMo is quite stable now: The heatwave in calendar week 26 resulted in more than 15,000 excess deaths across Europe. That was worse than the flu wave this January.
Also, interesting that it was primarily France and Belgium. Then Germany.
For Portugal it was a rather normal week, it seems.
The planned measures sound very similar to what China is already doing for years?
xkcd 242 obviously
So "made in Europe" rather means "made in EU and partners".
This leaves Britain as a rare modern case study: a rich country that deliberately raised barriers to trade and cooperation and paid the price.
I’m not convinced yet. Please, would another country with an even bigger GDP deliberately raise barriers to trade and cooperation?
Even if Trump is gone in three years, the MAGA people are still there and so is Vance, Thiel, Musk, and others. That doesn’t sound very reassuring to me.
The prosecutor's office also said it was leaving X and would communicate on LinkedIn and Instagram from now on.
Laughing or crying?
Better than German style:
The instrument could initially be used to target US goods rather than services, reducing the likelihood of a severe American response.
In other words „don’t target Big Tech“ even if we fire the Bazooka.
More interesting imho is that Deutsche Bank cancelled them for it:
On Monday, Deutsche Bank cancelled its existing rental agreement with the Family Business Association following the news of the AfD being present at events being organised in their facilities, as reported by several news outlets including the Handelsblatt.
Yes, one has to think of family-owned businesses like Walmart, Ford, Koch Industries, etc.
There was no Tariff ‘exception’ announced on Friday,” he said
Feels like we are close to “We have always been at war with Eurasia.”
The people of the USA have a lot more money to invest. We need our money to pay for US tech after all.