Europe's Fiscal Reckoning
A painful reality is forcing a long-overdue reckoning across Europe, and the United Kingdom (and France) are the canary in the coal mine
Go Deeper (6 min read)2008... But Bigger
The grand European project, born from the ashes of war, was built on a promise of shared prosperity and cradle-to-grave security.
Go Deeper (8 min read)Debt Crisis 2.0.
The stability framework designed to protect the Eurozone is facing a challenge it was never truly built for: a crisis of fiscal credibility within its core.
Go Deeper (5 min read)The European Union Kills Europe
The European Union was founded as a bold promise: a continent without barriers, where trade and cooperation would unleash economic dynamism.
Go Deeper (8 min read)The EU's Broken Model
The European Commission sharply reduced its growth outlook on Monday, warning that trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainty risk further weakening the bloc’s fragile economy.
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Green Energy To Replace Coal?
Nearly a decade after the signing of the Paris climate accord, it was widely believed that coal use would be rapidly reduced. World leaders had been heard promising that coal would be phased out in pursuit of the 1.5 °C warming limit.
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Newly released trade figures from Beijing show shipments to the U.S. tumbled 35% year over year in May, the steepest decline since the pandemic’s early months in 2020.
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China’s Rare Earth Export Freeze
Since early April, China has effectively shut off the global supply of several heavy rare earth elements and magnets critical to sectors ranging from auto manufacturing to aerospace defense.
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Made In China 2025
Rolled out a decade ago, the plan was aimed squarely at transforming China from a low-cost assembly hub into a high-tech industrial powerhouse.
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Europe’s Gap Widens
The continent that once gave the world the printing press, the jet engine and the World Wide Web is now conspicuously absent from the global tech vanguard.
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Europe’s Capital Challenge
Despite an abundance of savings across the continent, Europe continues to struggle with converting those reserves into productive, high-growth investments.
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