Fascinating- new position on China from German Chamber of Commerce comes out AGAINST EU's planned solidarity mechanism, designed to compensate firms hit by retaliation "A blanket compensation fund can create false incentives & should not replace companies’ own risk provisioning"

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A little late to the debate after a couple of weeks off, but here are a few thoughts on the Franco-German compromise on “Made in Europe” rules for cars.

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There are economic drivers of anti-system voting on right and left, but there are a range of them - financial crises, unemployment, status loss from skills-biased technological change, trade shocks. So you end up with 'do economic policy better', rather than any particular ideological programme

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Ah, & übrigens: Dass sich das System überhaupt noch über Wasser hält, liegt an intrinsisch motivierten Leuten, die dafür zig Überstunden machen & persönliche Opfer bringen, teils bis Burnout. Das ist eh kritikwürdig & unfair. Nun zusätzlich Personal einkürzen wird Leute endgültig in die Knie zwingen

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🇪🇺🇨🇳 Exclusive: EU hybrid safeguard Cars at sea: hybrids shipped from China after 1 October could be turned away at the EU border if the quota is used up. All the details by @robfranciseu.bsky.social #EUChina #safeguards

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