EU trade commissioner Dombrovskis pressed for a fair trade environment between the European Union and the People's Republic in Shanghai. On Monday, he is expected to meet with Vice Premier He Lifeng in the capital Beijing. Criticism of Brussels' decision to investigate Chinese EV imports is practically certain.
By Amelie Richter
In an interview with Stefan Braun and Michael Radunski, Sigmar Gabriel does not have one good word to say about his successor Annalena Baerbock. He also sharply criticizes how the German car industry is being treated: One must learn to firmly pursue one's own interests politically – especially when it comes to a pillar of one's prosperity. He sees China in a phase of weakness, which could lead to risks in foreign policy.
By Redaktion Table
EU trade commissioner Dombrovskis pressed for a fair trade environment between the European Union and the People's Republic in Shanghai. On Monday, he is expected to meet with Vice Premier He Lifeng in the capital Beijing. Criticism of Brussels' decision to investigate Chinese EV imports is practically certain.
By Amelie Richter
The new right-wing government of Finland has announced comprehensive cuts in social security just a few months after taking office. It also plans to restrict the previously extensive right to strike and limit the power of trade unions.
By Alina Leimbach
The gridlocked fronts in international climate diplomacy have started to shift: New pioneers are emerging, and surprising alliances are aligning national interests in the global North and South. But there is one area where the old borders are still in place.
By Goswami Urmi
On September 25 in Bonn, the International Conference on Chemicals Management seeks a new framework for the global chemical industry – the goals: saving raw materials and energy, and achieving climate targets. The German start-up Traceless is working on solutions to achieve these goals. But the company is also facing criticism.
By Leonie Sontheimer
Excessive bureaucracy and liability from product development to disposal: The proposals for the EU Supply Chain Law face sharp criticism in the agricultural sector. In reality, many more companies would be affected by this framework than by the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act. Moreover, the scope and liability areas of the EU directive are broader.
By Redaktion Table
The UN's Climate Ambition Summit is putting the pressure on for a successful COP28. The summit was the antithesis of the grassroots climate conferences - and achieved something that is practically unthinkable in the diplomatic cosmos: A UN ranking of who takes climate action seriously and who does not.
By Bernhard Pötter
Xi Jinping is outraged because Biden and Baerbock publicly call him a dictator. China has different terms and a different understanding of what defines an autocrat. And yet, the controversy is about more than words – it is about the intellectual interpretation of political narratives and who can disseminate them internally and externally.
By Fabian Peltsch
The triumph of electric cars saw hydrogen in passenger cars as obsolete. But mobility requirements and energy planning in China push the technology back into the spotlight. And that globally.
By Christian Domke Seidel
