How Houthi rebels are threatening global trade nexus on Red Sea
The U.S. is mustering an international armada to deter Iranian-backed Houthi militias from Yemen from attacking shipping in the Red Sea, one of the world’s most important waterways for global trade,...
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Chemicals ban could derail EU’s chips ambitions, lobbies warn
BRUSSELS — The EU wants to scale up microchips production. It’s also floated a ban on the chemicals needed to make them. That contradiction could undermine the bloc’s ambitions to re-shore some of the...
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Norway doubles down on deep-sea mining bet despite green fears
The Norwegian government wants to fire the starting gun on the exploitation of rare metals and minerals at the bottom of the ocean. But critics fear irreversible environmental damage. Earlier this...
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The uncertain future of the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor
Anchal Vohra is an international affairs commentator and was based in Beirut until recently. The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) was launched on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi...
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Expensive fuel and million dollar missiles: Counting the cost of the Red Sea...
The combat reports from Western navies operating in the Red Sea in recent days read like missives from a war zone — anti-ship missiles shot down, boats full of fighters sunk. But this conflict is...
View ArticleOn the ballot in Taiwan: The global microchip supply chain
BRUSSELS/TAIPEI — Forget Brussels, London and Washington. For the microchips industry, all eyes are on who grabs the power in Taipei this weekend. Taiwan is gearing up for its Saturday election — and...
View ArticleRussia finds way around sanctions on battlefield tech: report
Russia has largely succeeded in finding ways to get around sanctions on the technology it needs to fight its war against Ukraine, and that means the West needs to make the trade curbs more effective...
View ArticleMusk’s Tesla halts Berlin production over Houthi Red Sea crisis
Electric carmaker Tesla will largely suspend activity at its Gigafactory near Berlin due to shipping delays caused by missile attacks in the Red Sea. Elon Musk’s company said Thursday it will soon run...
View ArticleChina vs. EU in Davos: Dueling speeches display global divisions
DAVOS, Switzerland — The fractured state of the world was on raw display Tuesday in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos as European and Chinese leaders gave dueling speeches to open the annual meeting...
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Ireland’s wide use of unlicensed medicines raises safety concerns
Ireland is increasingly plugging holes in pharmacy shelves with unlicensed medicines in a process that has become so ingrained it risks undermining the EU’s rules for ensuring safe medicines, warns a...
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Europe has a new Covid jabs plan
Despite the controversies, the European Union isn’t sick of Covid shots. The union is orchestrating a tender for nearly 150 million doses of mRNA Covid vaccines updated to the dominant variant, in a...
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UK Labour’s secret love: The oil and gas industry
LONDON — It was an unlikely stage for a political love-in. Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband, his shadow energy secretary, headed north to the Scottish coastal city of Aberdeen last...
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The UK’s great disappearing energy summit
LONDON — It was billed as the summit that would “rewire the global energy system” — a chance for Brexit Britain to lead the world as war raged in Europe and energy prices soared. The London Energy...
View ArticleUK/Canada trade talks collapse
LONDON — Britain and Canada are pressing pause on negotiations for a new trade deal. Officials representing Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng and British Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch spoke Thursday and...
View ArticleFrance axes tractor fuel hike, cuts red tape to appease angry farmers
PARIS — The French government on Friday promised to cut taxes on agricultural fuel and reduce bureaucracy in an attempt to calm farmer protests that are spreading across the country. “We have decided...
View ArticleSpoilage alert: Red Sea crisis hits Europe’s fresh food trade
When Houthi missiles began raining down on container vessels in the Red Sea last year, European leaders feared a blowback on energy supplies. Three months on, it’s food that is under fire, with...
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Britain’s Brexit border is finally here. No one is happy
LONDON — Four years after the U.K. formally left the EU, businesses are waking up to yet another Brexit hangover. The British government is finally rolling out its post-Brexit border regime, which...
View ArticleUS-China meetings fail to produce breakthrough on Red Sea shipping attacks
The U.S. failed in two days of talks to prod China into pressuring Iran to stop Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, an administration official said Saturday. National security...
View ArticleRed Sea attacks strain Europe’s supply chains
Cargo shipments between Asia and Europe are being disrupted by continued attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, and that’s starting to have an economic impact. Most shipping lines have diverted away from...
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Germany’s rude political awakening
Germans have long considered the blandness of their politics to be a virtue. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a man whose seeming automation earned him the sobriquet “Scholzomat,” was voted into office on an...
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