Tag: Import
Import prices are rising as strongly as they were last in 1974 – plus 31.7 percent
container port The increased costs of imports are likely to cause consumer prices to continue to rise sharply. (Photo: IMAGO/Laci Perenyi) Berlin Expensive energy as a result of the Russian…
USA must import baby food from Germany
Baby food bottleneck in the US There has been a shortage of baby food in the USA for several weeks. (Photo: dpa) Washington Due to dramatic bottlenecks in the USA,…
Von der Leyen wants a “complete import ban” on Russian oil
Ursula von der Leyen The head of the EU Commission presents the sixth package of sanctions against Russia to the EU Parliament. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The European Union proposes a…
War in Ukraine causes considerable problems in purchasing
Gazprom refinery in Moscow 39 percent of large German companies fear bottlenecks in their own production if deliveries are stopped. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Dusseldorf The consequences of the war in Ukraine,…
Import prices increase by more than 30 percent
Compressor station for Russian natural gas In the energy sector, imports were a good 160 percent more expensive than in March 2021. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The exploding energy costs made…
Chinese exports are increasing despite the Ukraine war and the Corona wave
Hong Kong container port The corona crisis is affecting the country’s imports. (Photo: imago images/UIG) Beijing Despite the war in Ukraine and the Omicron wave, Chinese exports grew surprisingly strongly…
Chinese exports are increasing despite the Ukraine war and the Corona wave
Hong Kong container port The corona crisis is affecting the country’s imports. (Photo: imago images/UIG) Beijing Despite the war in Ukraine and the Omicron wave, Chinese exports grew surprisingly strongly…
EU wants import ban on Russian coal
Mining in Russia’s largest coalfield The EU wants to stop importing coal from Russia in response to alleged crimes by the Russian army. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The EU Commission has…
Energy from Russia: import ban – hardly calculable consequences
Gazprom headquarters in Berlin What would be the consequences of stopping imports of energy from Russia? (Photo: dpa) After the terrible events in Bucha, calls for an immediate ban on…
The Curse of the New Bipolar World Order – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
From China’s point of view, the West has twice signaled blatant weakness. Once with Brexit, on the other hand with the election of the political jumping-in field Donald Trump as…
Eon plans to import hydrogen from Australia on a large scale
Berlin The energy group Eon and the Australian company Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) want to bring hydrogen from Australia to Germany and other European countries on a large scale. The…
The Great Battle for Commodities – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, It has been four weeks since Vladimir Putin waged a bloody war of aggression on Ukraine. Four weeks in which Ukrainians have shown the world that they…
Scholz does not want to rush the import ban on Russian oil
Berlin Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) sees no short-term possibility of doing without energy supplies from Russia. In the general debate in the German Bundestag, the Social Democrat affirmed that…
The Ukraine War and the Economy – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, Last week there was this one brief moment of hope. For the first time since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression, there were signs of…
LNG import in Wilhelmshaven possible before winter 2023
Olaf Lies Lower Saxony’s energy minister is standing in front of one of the potential sites for an LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven. (Photo: dpa) Wilhelmshaven According to Lower Saxony’s Energy…
Despite the Ukraine war: global arms exports are falling
Leopard 2 main battle tank recorded as part of the Landwehr information course in Munster Germany is still one of the five largest arms exporters. (Photo: imago/photothek) Stockholm Fewer armaments…
The World in Energy Crisis – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, the war in Ukraine brought the world a third week of lies, futile negotiations and endless suffering. There are the Ukrainians, who have to beg for peace…
Greece plans to import nuclear power from Bulgaria
Athens Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said last December: “Greece has no nuclear power plants, and we will never have any either.” But in order to become less dependent on…
What would a total departure mean?
German and Russian flag “De-bundling from the Russian economy would be painful for a few sectors, but would cost little overall prosperity in the long term.” Berlin Are economic relations…
What would a total departure mean?
German and Russian flag “De-bundling from the Russian economy would be painful for a few sectors, but would cost little overall prosperity in the long term.” Berlin Are economic relations…