Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick just relaxed export restrictions on AI chip manufacturers AMD and Nvidia. Lutnick's family business empire holds a combined $1.1B stake in both companies. "Conflict of interest" is an understatement.

27 Juillet 2025, Jour de la Déclaration de Dépendance européenne. 1.⁠ ⁠Un traité inégal où l’un paye des droits de douane à hauteur de 15% mais l’autre aucun. Comment ne pas appeler cela un tribut ? 2.⁠ ⁠Un accord d’investissement de 600 milliards de dollars à sens unique

What I worried about has happened. A completely unequal “deal” between the US and the EU. Have no doubt: asymmetric 15% tariffs are a EU defeat. When the law of the jungle prevails, the weak have little choice than to accept their fate. But Europe could potentially have been

Germany's biggest industry trade association BDI is scathing about the EU-US #TradeDeal : "inadequate" and "painful", "huge negative impact." ---> "The EU must show that it is more than just a single market – it must be a power player."

Tom Lehrer was one of my idols growing up in the late 50s - we played and sang his brilliantly mordant songs at parties - of course now he'd be demonized by the Patriotism Police as contributing to the " disparagement of USA" . We've never needed satire more

Spain: Pedro Sánchez now governs at the mercy of events and increasingly fickle allies. My report: economist.com/europe/2025/07…

Spain: why Pedro Sánchez should prepare to step down as prime minister. Our leader (editorial): economist.com/leaders/2025/0…

El Salvador🇸🇻| El partido de Bukele impulsa una reforma constitucional exprés para permitir la reelección presidencial indefinida. Están recorriendo el mismo camino que Venezuela. Empieza con un líder que usa su popularidad para concentrar poder, y termina en dictadura.

Bárbara Mingo Rosa Belmonte elandaluce Jon Viar Ricardo Dudda Anónimo García marianogistain Además: Enrique Krauze escribe un hermoso retrato de Joaquín García Icazbalceta. Michael Reid despide al diplomático peruano José Antonio García Belaúnde. Gabriel Zaid publica una nueva entrega de sus observaciones.

Colombia: La condena a Álvaro Uribe en un juicio cuyo trasfondo era las ultimas 30 años de la historia colombiana. Mi artículo: economist.com/the-americas/2…

Whatever his faults, it is Orwellian to apply the Magnitsky Act against a Brazilian supreme-court judge. His crime is to have tried to regulate the over-mighty US tech giants. And that is a main reason for the grotesque Trump tariffs against Brazil.

Muy contento de publicar mi primer artículo en la edición impresa de Letras Libres. Hablo de la estupenda exposición del Museo del Prado dedicada a la Virgen de Guadalupe, figura surgida en México pero con gran predicamento en España (un poco como Letras Libres).

En el Protocolo de 1934 Peru cedió Leticia a Colombia pero la Isla Chineria en el rio Amazonas, incluyendo Santa Rosa, seguía siendo peruana. Petro esta desconociendo el protocolo. Cabe una discusión mas madura sobre los cambios en el curso del rio elpais.com/america-colomb…

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Miguel fue un ejemplo de capacidad de perdonar, de pasión por servir y de construir un mejor país. Es una pérdida muy dolorosa para Colombia, la violencia jamás será el camino. Gracias a Miguel por querer mi música y compartirla con tu familia. Mucha fortaleza para su esposa

We are approaching arguably the geopolitically defining moment of the war. Trump has admitted he is cooking up a plan with Ukraine ceding territory to Russia. Ukraine will want to reject…and then European states will have to step up and be counted.

Who needs Portofino when you have Flushing in Cornwall…

Una visión equilibrada sobre la España del S. XXI, escrita por un periodista británico bien (in)formado y conocedor del país. Recomendable. Michael Reid

Witkoff's evasions & contortions on CNN today all but suggest that Trump team has asked Zelensky to cede unoccupied parts of Donbas to Russia in exchange for what Witkoff has been told & credulously believes are serious concessions by Russia. Make no mistake: this is worse than

Bolivia: if the opinion polls are right today's election will see the end of almost 20 years of government by the left, punished for its economic mismanagement and divisions. If so, this will have implications more widely in South America