Russia and China want to make the world dependent on raw materials

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping

Raw materials become weapons in the struggle for a new world order.

(Photo: Smetek)

  • Gas, nickel, neon – even wheat: the consequences of the war are dismantling entire supply chains, sending companies into an economy of scarcity and ministers on begging trips.
  • This is just the beginning of a global distribution struggle – and if Germany does not quickly find a strategy, industry and consumers in this country will pay the price.
  • Ifo President Clemens Fuest warns in an interview with the Handelsblatt, among other things, about a sustained energy price shock. He also explains why economic calculations are indispensable, especially in highly political times.
  • Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine has triggered a chain reaction on the commodity markets. This is just the beginning of a global struggle. Ten theses.

Robert Habeck looks quite satisfied when he has bowed his head to the sheikh, buried most of his own party program in the Arabian sands and the biggest problem for the German economy for next winter seems to have been solved thanks to gas supply promises.

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