CEE auto, steel at sharp end of Trump tariffs

3 min read Analysis, Austria, Business, Czech Republic, DACH & Slovenia, Economy, EU, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, V4 & Romania, auto, Belgium, Boeing, China, France, green transition, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Steel, switzerland, tariffs, Trump, Turkey, UK

US President Donald Trump’s new raft of global tariffs threatens to hammer the export-driven economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with his 25% duty on foreign-made cars posing a direct risk to regional manufacturing. As highly integrated suppliers in Germany-led EU value chains, Slovakia, Hungary and Czechia are

Russian Reports of Agreement to Produce Sputnik V in France Denied

1 min read Uncategorized, European Union, France, Russia, vaccine

None of France’s pharmaceutical companies have signed a contract with Russia to produce its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, a spokesman for France’s industry ministry said on Tuesday. The French reaction followed media reports by the head of Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund stating an agreement had been