What just happened? On 28 May, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a permanent injunction blocking President Trump’s recently imposed “Liberation Day” tariffs – a 10% across-the-board levy on all imported goods and higher “reciprocal”…
Seeing the diversity of places and economic visions competing for investor attention at MIPIM earlier this month, against a backdrop of an increasingly hostile and protectionist US, made me think…
EU – UK – US – Global Trade Diplomacy Almost 12 months on from the initial Covid lockdown, almost 2 months since Brexit became a reality and now we find…
With the coronavirus emergency and lockdown restrictions, Italy has had to quickly rethink its working and consumption habits, while for many European countries, telecommuting and e-commerce were already common practices,…
With 750,000 companies filed for government support during the corona crisis and a dire IMF forecast of -7.0% GDP growth, Germany’s economy is clearly taking a severe hit in…
We are experiencing some truly unprecedented times in Germany, where 725,000 enterprises (as of April 15th) announced short time work including BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen. SMEs face previously unimaginable rejections…
