Tag: Foreign trade policy
Russia wages war with hunger and deprivation
Annalena Bärbock According to the Foreign Minister, Russia is preventing Ukraine from exporting 20 million tons of grain. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) new York Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has accused Russia…
USA propose a tariff
Oil refinery in Russia Russia is the third largest oil producer and the second largest exporter in the world. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Brussels The US is getting involved in the debate…
Europe is hopelessly bogged down
Demonstration for a western oil boycott against Russia in London The chance to curb Russia’s imperialist strivings in the short term by means of oil sanctions can be regarded as…
300 billion for independence from Russian energy
Brussels According to the EU Commission, the European Union must invest up to 300 billion euros by 2030 in order to become independent of Russian energy. Commission President Ursula von…
300 billion for independence from Russian energy
Brussels According to the EU Commission, the European Union must invest up to 300 billion euros by 2030 in order to become independent of Russian energy. Commission President Ursula von…
Putin friend Gerhard Schröder is said to lose his former chancellor’s office
Berlin The office staff have long since resigned, his party is suggesting that he leave, and now former SPD chancellor Gerhard Schröder is to finally lose his office because of…
This is how the solution in the ruble dispute could look
gas station So far, one of Moscow’s demands that European gas importers should also open a second account in rubles has been controversial. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf There is a temporary…
USA propose a tariff
Oil refinery in Russia Russia is the third largest oil producer and the second largest exporter in the world. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Brussels The US is getting involved in the debate…
Save all soldiers in Azovstal
Mariupol These soldiers have left the steel mill. (Photo: AP) Kyiv After the evacuation of around 260 Ukrainian soldiers from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, the situation of the city’s…
The fight over oil sanctions is about more than just money
Viktor Orban and Vladimir Putin three years ago Orban wants to keep relations with Moscow as intact as possible. (Photo: dpa) It takes a special perspective to see Brussels and…
Claudia Major on Russian warfare
Bucha The reports of further skirmishes in the Russian war of aggression do not diminish. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Reports of shootings, rapes and even kidnappings by the Russian army are…
Price caps would harm German industry
gas flame With a gas price cap, the supply could collapse faster in Germany than in other countries. (Photo: AP) Brussels German economists warn of an uncontrolled collapse of the…
Ukraine has to give up last bastion in Mariupol
Mariupol These Ukrainian soldiers holed up in the steelworks until the end. (Photo: via REUTERS) Kyiv The port city of Mariupol has been the subject of fierce fighting for months.…
Europe is at risk of becoming energy dependent on China
Europe column Every week, Moritz Koch, head of the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because…
Russia spies on companies and carries out cyber attacks
cybersecurity The Office for the Protection of the Constitution warned of an increase in cyber attacks on German companies and research institutions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Office for the…
Situation in the morning: Soldiers evacuated from Azov Steelworks
Kyiv After weeks of blockade, 264 soldiers have been evacuated from the Azov steelworks in Mariupol, according to Ukrainian sources. Among them were 53 seriously injured, as the Ukrainian general…
Situation in the morning: Soldiers evacuated from Azov Steelworks
Kyiv After weeks of blockade, 264 soldiers have left the Azov steelworks in Mariupol, according to Ukrainian sources. Among them were 53 seriously injured, as the Ukrainian general staff announced…
The risk of a global recession is increasing
The author Kenneth Rogoff teaches international economics at Harvard University. From 2001 to 2003 he was chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. (Photo: Getty Images) Is the global economy…
McDonald’s: Fast-food chain gives up business in Russia
First McDonald’s store in Moscow On January 31, 1990, the fast food chain opened its first snack bar in the Soviet Union – a harbinger of the end of the…
Russia’s war fuels tech alliance between Europe and the US
The EU and the USA want to redesign the international rules for the use of technology and are currently meeting in Paris at the second Trade and Technology Council (TTC).…