Whow small and futile in the face of war everything else seems. Federal politics, winter storms and the corona pandemic have shrunk to marginal phenomena overnight. Germany has woken up to a new reality in which new standards and laws apply. Also for the German companies and their business in the world. Exactly what this … Read more
Gerhard Schroeder and Matthias Warnig The Chancellor a. D. and the Nord Stream 2 boss hire themselves out to Russian companies. – (Foto: imago images/ZUMA Wire) – – – – Paris, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin The German with the most supervisory board mandates in Russia is not ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder: This dubious honor is shared by Nord … Read more
Exporthafen Hamburg The federal government is canceling the loan guarantees for exports to Russia. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Düsseldorf The federal government is now making it considerably more difficult for German companies to do business with Russia, even if their products are not on the European sanctions list, such as microchips or … Read more
Qingdao A recent study from China lists the country’s weaknesses in technological competition with the USA – and apparently aroused the displeasure of government agencies. The investigation, which was published in the Wechat app at the end of January, was “deleted by the author” four days later, according to the app without further explanation. However, … Read more
– Washington According to US President Joe Biden, a Russian invasion of Ukraine would mean the end of the controversial German-Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2. At a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Monday, Biden said that in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine “there … Read more
– Oil production The US is apparently in talks about tapping oil reserves. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Washington According to Reuters information, the US government has spoken to important other countries about tapping parts of their respective oil reserves. Such a coordinated move would aim to push oil prices down and stimulate … Read more
– Joe Biden At the beginning of the week, the US President and the Chinese head of state met for a virtual meeting. – (Photo: AP) – – – – Washington An important body of the US Congress is pushing for drastic measures against economic ties with China. In its annual report published on Wednesday, … Read more
– Boris Johnson The British government does not come up with free trade pacts as easily as it has thought. – Image: Reuters – Washington/London According to a foreign trade expert, Great Britain currently has little prospect of participating in large trade alliances. “Accession to the CPTPP trade pact of the Pacific countries and above … Read more
“The world does not belong to the globalists, but to the patriots.” With this provocation, the then US President Donald Trump in 2019 offended the United Nations (UN), which was meeting in New York. Two years later, Trump’s successor Joe Biden promises: “America is back. We believe in the United Nations and its values. ” … Read more
– Like Germany, China and Russia belong to the G20, in which economically strong countries from all continents have come together to tackle global problems together. At this year’s meeting of foreign ministers, in addition to fighting pandemics, climate protection and aid to Africa were on the agenda. China and Russia gave vaccines to other … Read more