At EU Parliament hearing on Taiwan, BusinessEurope, which says it reps 20 million EU firms, comes out again against an EU-Taiwan bilateral investment deal. Senior adviser Elena Suarez: We need to ask what we want to do, is it deepen economic ties or make a political statement?

This point has been made before. In March, Benedikt Wiedenhofer, an advisor at Business Europe, says the group does not support "negotiating a headline grabbing agreement" with Taiwan However, European Parliament remains a strong proponent of BIA x.com/fbermingham/st…

MEP Reinhard Bütikofer says a BIA won't happen "this year and probably not next year". "EU-Taiwan relations should not be hostage to EU-PRC relations, nor should we address these relations to poke China in the eye". But he says "we can't ignore the political context".

🇪🇺 proposing a €20bn fund to finance military aid to 🇺🇦. That'd effectively mean EU can remove Ukraine from the aptly named, off-budget European Peace Facility with a dedicated fund. It'd also be part of long-term guarantees agreed by leaders in June. politico.eu/article/eu-20-…

The road to EU strategic autonomy will be long, winding & full of wrong-turns. The “Fiona Scott Morton affair” is the perfect example. For all its achievements & ambitions, the EU remains uncertain & divided on what it means to become an econ superpower to rival the US & China 1/

"As the war grinds on into its second year, the stakes haven’t lowered an inch... we must remain steadfast in our belief in the Ukrainian people & undeterred in our work to get them the support they need." Senator Mark Kelly & Tammy Duckworth on 🇺🇸 support for 🇺🇦 nytimes.com/2023/07/24/opi…

Admitting Ukraine into the EU will be Europe's biggest, most important geopolitical contribution to the war My latest piece for POLITICOEurope looks at the emerging debate in Bxl & EU capitals over “how” best to do it politico.eu/article/admit-…

🇪🇺 keeping 🇹🇷 happy (🇸🇪 membership to @nato still pending ratification in Ankara) & finally developing some sensible sensitivity towards 🕌🕋 (esp. considering the EU's 25m+ Muslim population that's forecast to be more than 10% of the bloc's population) europa.eu/!yvTW3b

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Bugünkü TCMB raporunun iki kazananı var: 1) Piyasa ekonomistleri: Tekrar konuşmaya değer bir raporları oldu 2) TCMB çalışanları: Düzgün tahmin ve analiz yapmanın hazzını kısmen de olsa tekrar yaşadılar. Sabit gelirliler ise uzun süreli yüksek enflasyon haberiyle yine kaybetti.

Finally the governor herself! Turkey's new central bank governor Erkan Hafize Gaye Erkan -- the 1st woman to lead the institution in its 93-year-long history --made her public debut. 1st beril a.'s story ⤵️ and then some observations: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

“Derisking doesn’t mean that China is a risk.” 🤔 🇫🇷❤️🇨🇳?✔️ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"Our exit ramps are not applicable to their highways." ft.com/content/9a23b1…

The destruction already wrought by climate change is devastating; what inaction holds for our future is terrifying. Must read by Alissa Johannsen Rubin, aided by Bryan Denton's pictures 👇 nytimes.com/2023/07/29/wor…

🇹🇷🪙💸🛏️ High inflation + plummeting lira + low deposit & policy rates + quashing of investments in alternative assets (🚗🏘️ etc.) = Money under the mattress ft.com/content/f8f25e…

Sweden's national interests are being threatened , says Prime Minister Kristersson, by those people and entities determined to burn holy books. The government wants to restrict the right to do this in the interest of national security without limiting freedom of speech.

2027... nytimes.com/2023/07/31/bus…

“The USA is a permanent Pacific power much to China’s fierce opposition,” Rahm Emanuel says. “The trilateral partnership is a significant strategic shift in favour of our collective vision.” After Quad & AUKUS, JUSK? ft.com/content/936bc6…

It kinda sounds like "the artist formerly known as Prince" but is nowhere as cool, catchy, or sexy...

Le Pen always at her highest between elections. When she has to come out of hiding & say how she will run the country, she always deflates. More significant finding here may be the resilient popularity of Edouard Philippe Edouard Philippe 1/