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RT @TheStalwart: I've said before. I've learned a ton on here. Made a bunch of friends. And found a bunch of great contacts and guests. Tha…

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RT @simongerman600: The wonderful global Submarine Cable Map got a makeover and includes 2023 data. These cables are why you can access all…

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RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Brazil is transforming into the worlds agricultural powerhouse. Brazil's trade surplus has been rising. Reason for that…

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RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Brazil has become an agricultural powerhouse for the world, which is showing up in huge trade surpluses. To see just ho…

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Germany clashes with other EU states on pharma regulation overhaul. Berlin echoes biz in warning that new regs could "stifle investment". Once again the Scholz coalition batting for industry. ft.com/content/55d042… https://t.co/BWUBncCbuU

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"92 per cent of innovative medicines are available in Germany, but less than 30 per cent in smaller and former Communist states, according to research by Efpia, which represents the drug industry." @hannahkuchler @AndyBounds ft.com/content/55d042…

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The Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said all member countries have agreed that Ukraine will eventually join the transatlantic military Germany: "The door is open a crack, but this is not the time to decide now.” theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…

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RT @martin4monks: The detectorists. What a snapshot of globalisation in @adam_tooze's Chartbook #209. https://t.co/nrxpyJKYt8

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RT @PGDynes: The heat across most of Asia for April is insanely hot. The severity of climate change is being witnessed today- not 20-30 yea…

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@KevinPGallagher GREAT piece and kudos to @RobinWigg for all great convening that is going on at @FTAlphaville

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"China, already the world’s biggest market for EV, is set to knock Japan from top spot for global car export volume this year after overtaking Germany in 2022." Western firms waking up to scale of Chinese lead in EV both at home and in world market. ft.com/content/42b0b5… https://t.co/DNZtkQTwlD

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"Yellen argued that safeguarding semiconductor technologies from Chinese military was of “vital” interest, but “not designed to stifle China’s economic and technological modernisation”. So either you believe your can partition or intentions are the key. ft.com/content/b38478…

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"Even as our targeted actions may have economic impacts, they are motivated solely by concerns about our security & values. Our goal is not to use these tools to gain competitive economic advantage.” Still trying to wrap my head around Yellen's sophistry ft.com/content/b38478…

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RT @etbadabim: @a_publica @adam_tooze @noahbarkin 30% of all cars in the first Q were electric from which 80% were Chinese, 15% Tesla (most…

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No Chinese arms for Wagner High-jacking satellites The US defense establishment is doing a lot of "leaking" when it comes to China right now https://t.co/Slk5SeOlcS

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RT @a_publica: @adam_tooze But more and more Chinese are buying Chinese cars nytimes.com/2023/04/14/bus… cc @noahbarkin

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Sure enough, German carmaker Volkswagen, which owns Porsche, this week announced a plan to invest €1bn to build an innovation centre in China. This came after a decision last year to spend €2.4bn on a venture with Chinese chip designer Horizon Robotics ft.com/content/1b0bc6… https://t.co/BJnMOhhAvY

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"The @WorldBank is from Venus and @IMFNews is from Mars. WB wants to mobilise trns of private sector $ to avoid climate catastrophe & persistent poverty; IMF warns that many developing countries are shut out of capital markets altogether." @KevinPGallagher ft.com/content/2ad734…

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RT @ahistoryinart: 'Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits.' Tennyson was a great fan of William Webbe who paint…

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RT @leee_harris: “The World Bank is from Venus and the IMF is from Mars. One wants to mobilize trillions of private dollars to avoid climat…

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RT @TheStalwart: A little news in The Hollywood Reporter hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin… https://t.co/JeQHVpAQe7

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On the pod this week @CameronAbadi & I did sneakers … and a train wreck. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

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RT @AllianceProg: 🗓️April 21 | 1:15 PM Join us and @ColumbiaEurope tomorrow for the launch of the book "Struggle and Mutual Aid: The Age…

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RT @janrosenow: This is huge: Yesterday the German government confirmed plans to no longer allow stand-alone fossil fuel heating systems to…

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Fascinating. So Philippines says yes to US upgrade of military bases but NO to using them as forward bases for "Taiwan contingency". twitter.com/ZachAbuza/stat…

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RT @TomFStevenson: The US military used to have reasonably friendly contacts with the Chinese military. US undersecretaries of defence woul…

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RT @toddntucker: 9/10 top countries on renewable energy have all or partly publicly owned clean energy producers. weownit.org.uk/blog/guess-whi… h…

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RT @kjhealy: The old classification system was a farrago of socially constructed nonsense. Fortunately, however, the new one is a pure refl…

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RT @daniel_dsj2110: Kwame Anthony Appiah with an essay on Carl Schmitt and what he deems useful fiction of neutrality": https://t.co/9n1Y8j…

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RT @JonathonPSine: One of the most interesting things I've read on the Party's analysis of the CPSU's collapse. It's very edgy, directly…

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RT @simongerman600: Great #map of #Berlin marks all building destroyed in #WWII in yellow. Check out the high res version here: https://t.c…

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RT @RuneStahl: I've just finished Crack-up Capitalism for a review, and I must say that @zeithistoriker has really gathered an exquisite se…

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RT @hyoyoonkang: It’s exceedingly beautifully written, both angry and funny, esp. about Canada, Keats, Calvinism, Hackman. An unexpected pa…

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RT @friiyo: Der Tod als politische Kategorie. (Dazu viel in meinem Buch, insb zum Brexit.) twitter.com/business/statu…

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