The last great defender of rules-based open commerce — the European Union — is about to fall. It happens in slow motion and the impact will be painful. If the world’s largest trading bloc abandons the concept of free trade, the entire global economy will suffer. But such an outcome looks increasingly likely, as the …
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Press play to listen to this article Expressed by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Three years after leaving the EU to chart its own course, Britain finds itself caught between two economic behemoths in a brewing transatlantic trade war. In one corner is the United States, whose Congress passed the Biden administration’s vaunted $369 billion green …
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Northvolt, Europe’s great hope in the global battery wars, started life as a continent-centric start-up. From now on, the Swedish group, supported by Volkswagen, BMW and Goldman Sachs, is turning to the United States to develop its production. The reason for the pivot is the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Landmark U.S. green technology legislation, signed …
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