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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 4h

In the first seven months of 2025, Chinese grid-scale lithium-ion batteries accounted for about 65% of US imports, according to the most recent data available from BNEF.

China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries

The US is heavily reliant on Chinese batteries as it seeks to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center demand for power.

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Marianne Gros @mariannegros.bsky.social · 1d

Washington, with the help of big American companies like ExxonMobil, has been lobbying the EU to scrap its due diligence rules.

Behind closed doors, Brussels is telling EU capitals that it’s not on the table.

Read more from @gabrielgavin.bsky.social and I 👇

Douglas Busvine @busvine.bsky.social · 1d

Sabine Weyand tells member countries that the EU won’t bow to the Trump administration’s demand to rip up its business regulations.

Great get from @gabrielgavin.bsky.social and @mariannegros.bsky.social from this week’s no-phones meeting:

www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules

Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

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David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social · 11h

Sabine Weyand for President 💚

David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social · 1d

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EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules

Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

www.politico.eu

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David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social · 14h

“Stock markets fell as the simmering trade war between the United States and China reignited, with the Nasdaq down 3.6 percent and the S&P 500 down 2.7 percent”

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 17h

US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping. In full: buff.ly/h7xPaA4

Trump announces new 100 percent China tariff, threatens to scrap Xi talks | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs...

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David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social · 1d

www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules

Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

www.politico.eu

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4d

European Commission: The proposed measure is fully WTO compliant. Upon receipt of a mandate from the Council, the Commission will swiftly engage with affected EU trading partners under the Article XXVIII GATT procedure regarding this change to the EU's WTO tariffs, with a view to

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David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social · 5d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 5d

The Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this month that it would stop making polluting companies report their greenhouse gas emissions to it, eliminating a crucial tool the US uses to...

The EPA is ending greenhouse gas data collection. Who will step up to fill the gap?

With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools—and legal right—to fulfill this EPA function.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

Jayapal: It is a strange and bizarre time when we literally have a president thinking about plating the ballroom in gold—while he’s thrown 15 million Americans off healthcare, fired over 150,000 federal workers, and is threatening to fire even more if we go into a shutdown.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you. I should have added a sarcasm alert.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 11d

The European Commission is eyeing a possible signature of its long-awaited partnership agreement with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries on Dec. 5 in Brazil, four EU diplomats told POLITICO.

Brussels aims to sign Mercosur trade deal on Dec. 5

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff crusade has pushed the EU toward completing its long-awaited agreement with the South American bloc.

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David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social · 11d

I liked the Third Reich touch of the “you gotta be fit and beautiful when you serve”.

For Germans, this admin provides so much Deja Vu.

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NPR @npr.org · 11d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

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Rob Francis @robfranciseu.bsky.social · 11d

EU trade commissioner says the EU could conclude trade negotiations with Malaysia, Thailand, and Philippines "in the next year". Could be a bumper year with India, plus already concluded talks with Mercosur, Mexico, and Indonesia still to be ratified

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11d

Free speech news

SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 11d

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Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman

John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests

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David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social · 11d

A blunt and staggering admission that EU trade policy (US AND non-US) is determined in Washington, not in Brussels and member states capitals.

Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 11d

Asked if the EU is ready for "a fundamental shift in the global order"

"Global trade will not go back to pre-April 2, especially because in the US, this new approach has bipartisan support. So all those who are longing for the world of the past, are losing time"

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 11d

EU trade chief Sefcovic, speaking at the Atlantic Council event today, says the EU and US are "very soon going to propose the post 2026 safeguard measures" on steel, working with tariff-rate quotas, to deal with "global overcapacity"

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12d

Chinese turbine maker Ming Yang hires a top executive at chemical giant BASF as its new European chief executive.

Chinese Turbine Maker Hires BASF Renewable CEO for Europe Plans

Chinese turbine maker Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Ltd. has hired German chemical giant BASF SE’s head of renewables as its new European chief executive, hoping to regain footing in the region’s wind market.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12d

The Department of Energy has added these terms to its growing “list of words to avoid” because words are dangerous:

climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 12d

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Malaysian steel industry roadmap aims for "fully green" sector by 2050

Malaysia is planning a revamp of its steel industry that aims to manage overcapacity, restructure licensing and prepare for decarbonisation with a goal of achieving a "fully green" sector by 2050, trade minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said on Monday.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 15d

Maybe...try making some EVs people want to buy?

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 15d

GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERZ: I AM CAMPAIGNING IN THE EU FOR LIFTING THE BAN ON COMBUSTION ENGINE CARS FROM 2035

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: EU said to be preparing to hit China with 20 new anti-dumping probes

They will be ‘opened consecutively in the coming weeks’, according to former European trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom

EU said to be preparing to hit China with 20 new anti-dumping probes

They will be ‘opened consecutively in the coming weeks’, according to former European trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom.

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