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Raising productivity is key to expanding UK industry

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UNITED KINGDOM

New UK industrial strategy suggests a bottom-up approach to raise productivity.

Foreign influence could affect German elections

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GERMANY

With Angela Merkel stepping down after 16 years in power, and opinion polls showing the race is narrowing, the incentive for interference is unusually high. The Greens, who are…

German-Russian ties should survive Navalny attack

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GERMANY/RUSSIA

Leading politicians have called for the cancellation for the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, while NATO and the EU are considering fresh sanctions…

Battery production to influence politics in eastern EU

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EASTERN EUROPE

The global shift to a green economy coupled with the EU’s decarbonisation policy is creating new opportunities for business in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Low labour costs…

US Green New Deal will evolve piecemeal

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UNITED STATES

The GND calls for massive changes to the US economy, environment and social policy to make the country fully ‘green compliant’. The March 26 rejection of a GND resolution before…

EU green hydrogen efforts will increase significantly

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EU

'Green hydrogen' made using renewable energy offers a long-term, environmentally sustainable alternative with significant potential for cost reduction. Accelerating its deployment…

New policies will make China's ICT industry greener

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CHINA

The plan covers the years until 2025, and contains a significant number of specific targets falling into three major categories: core breakthroughs in energy-saving and carbon…

Trade will tighten Gulf-South Korea relations

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GULF STATES/SOUTH KOREA

Previously, in December 2023, South Korea signed a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), only the bloc’s second with a major…

Germany’s economy will struggle to grow this year

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GERMANY

GDP appears to have remained flat, quarter-on-quarter, in January-March, while there was a significant fall in industrial production in March and in investor confidence over the…

China's global initiatives will evolve

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CHINA

The summit marked the tenth anniversary of the government’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Beijing revised the BRI’s emphasis from large-scale infrastructure projects to…