US President Donald Trump has ushered in a coal revival for his country – and wrongly cited Germany as a positive example. On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order to heavily subsidize coal as an energy source. Ministries and authorities are instructed to repeal all measures diverting the country from coal production.
By Lukas Bayer
Beijing and Washington are tightening the tariff spiral. Around the world, containers are being loaded at the last minute in an effort to ship as many goods as possible to the United States. Yet consumers are already beginning to feel the effects.
By Angela Köckritz
The realignment of US trade policy is damaging the fight against global warming: uncertainty and crises mean less investment in climate action and the greentech industry is suffering. One particularly dangerous aspect of the tariff conflict has hardly been discussed so far.
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Radio Free Asia has been forced to reduce its programs after the US drastically cut funding. Broadcasts in Mandarin, Tibetan, and Laotian have been discontinued, and broadcasting times have also been drastically reduced.
By Ning Wang
US President Trump's tariff plans are causing an earthquake around the globe. The US's blow to trade flows is so powerful that the EU still needs time to find its response.
By Till Hoppe
The Chinese reaction to the new US tariffs is rhetorically harsh, but so far, there have been no concrete countermeasures. The German Chamber of Commerce Abroad is cautious. However, China stands to benefit from tariffs against other Asian countries.
By Manuel Liu
At his first meeting with NATO foreign ministers, Marco Rubio denied that the USA was planning to leave the alliance. On the sidelines of the North Atlantic Council, however, he reiterated the demand that the member states should increase their defense spending to five percent.
By Stephan Israel
Taiwan's government considers the 32 percent tariffs imposed by the US on the island inappropriate. The cabinet argues that Washington is partly to blame for the trade imbalance that is the basis for the new tariffs.
By Manuel Liu
In a dramatic escalation of the trade conflict, the US President is imposing tariffs on all its trading partners. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that the EU would apply countermeasures and would not accept dumping through trade diversion.
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In a speech that was combative by her standards, the Commission President assured Parliament that the EU would negotiate tariffs with the USA from a position of strength.
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