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— 🇺🇦 Ukrainian channel Ukraina Pravda News on Telegram:
"🌽 The Council of the European Union abolished all duties and quotas on exports from Ukraine for a year
🇳🇱 Ukraine is unlikely to soon receive the status of a candidate for EU membership — the Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Mark Rutte said that too many EU countries do not like this idea. According to him, this would also be unfair for the countries of the Western Balkans, which have been waiting much longer for candidate status.
Rutte said that one of the options is for Ukraine to become a potential candidate for accession and to be told how many steps it still needs to take to gain full status."
— Open borders to exports but not a full member of the EU.
#EU #Ukraine
"🌽 The Council of the European Union abolished all duties and quotas on exports from Ukraine for a year
🇳🇱 Ukraine is unlikely to soon receive the status of a candidate for EU membership — the Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Mark Rutte said that too many EU countries do not like this idea. According to him, this would also be unfair for the countries of the Western Balkans, which have been waiting much longer for candidate status.
Rutte said that one of the options is for Ukraine to become a potential candidate for accession and to be told how many steps it still needs to take to gain full status."
— Open borders to exports but not a full member of the EU.
#EU #Ukraine
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🌽 Рада Європейського Союзу скасувала на рік всі мита і квоти на експорт з України
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Macron announces "Turn off your lights" as it becomes clear Russia will not continue providing gas:
"French President Emmanuel Macron warned his country’s people Thursday to prepare for a total cutoff of Russian natural gas by supporting alternatives, having public lights switched off at night and engaging in a period of nationwide energy “sobriety.”
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and ensuing sanctions have aggravated other factors driving up prices for energy and others goods. With no end in sight for the Ukraine war, Macron said, the French should brace themselves for costs to remain high.
“This war will continue,” he said in a televised interview marking France’s national holiday, Bastille Day. “The summer, early autumn will be very hard.”"
#France #EU #EnergyCrisis
https://nypost.com/2022/07/14/macron-turn-out-the-lights-brace-for-russian-gas-cutoff/
"French President Emmanuel Macron warned his country’s people Thursday to prepare for a total cutoff of Russian natural gas by supporting alternatives, having public lights switched off at night and engaging in a period of nationwide energy “sobriety.”
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and ensuing sanctions have aggravated other factors driving up prices for energy and others goods. With no end in sight for the Ukraine war, Macron said, the French should brace themselves for costs to remain high.
“This war will continue,” he said in a televised interview marking France’s national holiday, Bastille Day. “The summer, early autumn will be very hard.”"
#France #EU #EnergyCrisis
https://nypost.com/2022/07/14/macron-turn-out-the-lights-brace-for-russian-gas-cutoff/
New York Post
Macron: Turn out the lights, brace for Russian gas cutoff
French President Emmanuel Macron warned his country’s people Thursday to prepare for a total cutoff of Russian natural gas
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Among the industrial production shutting down across Europe: everything needed to grow food.
See this map for a sense of how widespread - and drastic - the shutdowns of fertilizer production.
What has been put in motion cannot now he stopped - Famine ahead. Prepare.
#eu #fertilizer
See this map for a sense of how widespread - and drastic - the shutdowns of fertilizer production.
What has been put in motion cannot now he stopped - Famine ahead. Prepare.
#eu #fertilizer
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🇲🇽🇨🇴 Cartels traffic drugs in industrial machinery
Cartels, including those from Mexico, have found in industrial machinery a means to traffic drugs, mainly cocaine and methamphetamine, to Europe and Asia, as it provides greater shielding and allows for the transport of larger quantities.
According to information from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addiction, this modus operandi has increased so far this year with a total of eight cases in at least three of the 27 countries that make up the European Union (EU). Last year only three cases were recorded and in 2020, two. In the latest case, German authorities seized 200 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a 24-ton hydraulic press from Mexico last week.
The cost of the drug would reach 400 million pesos on the illegal market, according to German authorities.
Another 66 kilos of cocaine hidden in heavy rolling machines were seized last month by authorities in Spain. The machinery originated in Peru and was destined for Barcelona, according to the Guardia Civil.
Also in Spain, 464 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside an 11-ton crushing machine were intercepted at the port of Valencia. The seizure took place in January and the seized substance originated in Colombia.
This year, almost one ton of cocaine and methamphetamine transported in industrial machines has been seized, a figure higher than the 252 kilograms seized last year under the same circumstances, according to authorities in charge of the operations.
#Mexico #Colombia #EU
@meriblood
Cartels, including those from Mexico, have found in industrial machinery a means to traffic drugs, mainly cocaine and methamphetamine, to Europe and Asia, as it provides greater shielding and allows for the transport of larger quantities.
According to information from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addiction, this modus operandi has increased so far this year with a total of eight cases in at least three of the 27 countries that make up the European Union (EU). Last year only three cases were recorded and in 2020, two. In the latest case, German authorities seized 200 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a 24-ton hydraulic press from Mexico last week.
The cost of the drug would reach 400 million pesos on the illegal market, according to German authorities.
Another 66 kilos of cocaine hidden in heavy rolling machines were seized last month by authorities in Spain. The machinery originated in Peru and was destined for Barcelona, according to the Guardia Civil.
Also in Spain, 464 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside an 11-ton crushing machine were intercepted at the port of Valencia. The seizure took place in January and the seized substance originated in Colombia.
This year, almost one ton of cocaine and methamphetamine transported in industrial machines has been seized, a figure higher than the 252 kilograms seized last year under the same circumstances, according to authorities in charge of the operations.
#Mexico #Colombia #EU
@meriblood
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🇪🇺🇦🇷🇬🇧 EU signs deal with Argentina calling Falklands ‘Malvinas Islands’
EU chiefs met with 33 Latin American countries in Brussels earlier this week and signed the EU-CELAC summit declaration. The document referred to the contested Falkland Islands as “Islas Malvinas,” which is the Argentine name for the territory.
Argentina has been continuously claiming the British-run islands in the South Atlantic, over which the two countries fought a war in 1982.
🗣 “Regarding the question of sovereignty over the Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands, the European Union took note of CELAC’s historical position based on the importance of dialogue and respect for international law in the peaceful solution of disputes,” the declaration said.
Following the UK’s departure from the European Union in 2020, the EU declined to allow the Falklands to be part of the UK-EU trade agreement. As a result, the territory faces tariffs on its exports to the EU.
Rishi Sunak has criticised the EU for a "regrettable choice of words."
🗣 "To be clear, the Falkland Islands are British, that was the choice of the islanders themselves," Sunak's spokesman said.
🔎 Source
#Argentina #UK #EU
☠️ Blood Meridian
EU chiefs met with 33 Latin American countries in Brussels earlier this week and signed the EU-CELAC summit declaration. The document referred to the contested Falkland Islands as “Islas Malvinas,” which is the Argentine name for the territory.
Argentina has been continuously claiming the British-run islands in the South Atlantic, over which the two countries fought a war in 1982.
Following the UK’s departure from the European Union in 2020, the EU declined to allow the Falklands to be part of the UK-EU trade agreement. As a result, the territory faces tariffs on its exports to the EU.
Rishi Sunak has criticised the EU for a "regrettable choice of words."
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#Argentina #UK #EU
☠️ Blood Meridian
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🌎 Eight Amazon countries sign Belem Declaration
🔻Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela Tuesday signed the Belem Declaration on the opening day of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Summit in the Brazilian State of Pará.
Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified policies and measures to bolster regional cooperation, which include: protection and promotion of human rights; active participation and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples and local and traditional communities; gender equality.
It was up to the Brazilian government, as host of the Summit, to present a basic text, later analyzed and adjusted by the other countries.
🔻The joint declaration creates an alliance for combating forest destruction, but still leaves countries to pursue their own individual deforestation goals.
The European media were quick to call the Belem Declaration "a failure," as a lack of common stance on deforestation among countries of the Amazon region complicates the EU's negotiation process. The issue of deforestation is still standing in the way of the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
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#Brazil #Bolivia #Colombia #Ecuador #Guyana #Peru #Suriname #Venezuela #EU
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🔻Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela Tuesday signed the Belem Declaration on the opening day of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Summit in the Brazilian State of Pará.
Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified policies and measures to bolster regional cooperation, which include: protection and promotion of human rights; active participation and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples and local and traditional communities; gender equality.
It was up to the Brazilian government, as host of the Summit, to present a basic text, later analyzed and adjusted by the other countries.
🔻The joint declaration creates an alliance for combating forest destruction, but still leaves countries to pursue their own individual deforestation goals.
The European media were quick to call the Belem Declaration "a failure," as a lack of common stance on deforestation among countries of the Amazon region complicates the EU's negotiation process. The issue of deforestation is still standing in the way of the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
🔎 Source
#Brazil #Bolivia #Colombia #Ecuador #Guyana #Peru #Suriname #Venezuela #EU
☠️ Blood Meridian
🇭🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺 ❗️ Budapest is ready to withdraw its veto on EU funding for Ukraine in exchange for billions of euros the #EU is withholding because of Hungary's democracy problems, Bloomberg quoted Viktor Orban's top political adviser as saying.
Hungary wants about €30 billion from the EU.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-12/hungary-says-it-may-lift-ukraine-aid-veto-if-eu-unfreezes-funds
https://archive.ph/Dkm2Y
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Hungary wants about €30 billion from the EU.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-12/hungary-says-it-may-lift-ukraine-aid-veto-if-eu-unfreezes-funds
https://archive.ph/Dkm2Y
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🇪🇺🇨🇳 EU feels heat from all sides as decision on Chinese EV duties looms
EU investigators are putting the finishing touches on a blockbuster probe of subsidies in China’s electric vehicle sector, but pressure is mounting from all sides as they decide what to do next.
A decision on whether to impose provisional duties on EVs made in China is expected close to a June 5 deadline, with Brussels thought to have gathered ample evidence that subsidies in the sector exist, and that they have distorted the European market.
Some EU member states with big automotive ties to China have been voicing their opposition to any push to match the United States, or to put tariffs on the imports at all. “We don’t want to dismantle global trade, that’s a stupid idea,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said this week, Politico reported.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pointed out that “currently at least 50% of imports of electric vehicles from China are from Western brands that produce there themselves and import them to Europe”.
#EU #China
@asianomics
EU investigators are putting the finishing touches on a blockbuster probe of subsidies in China’s electric vehicle sector, but pressure is mounting from all sides as they decide what to do next.
A decision on whether to impose provisional duties on EVs made in China is expected close to a June 5 deadline, with Brussels thought to have gathered ample evidence that subsidies in the sector exist, and that they have distorted the European market.
Some EU member states with big automotive ties to China have been voicing their opposition to any push to match the United States, or to put tariffs on the imports at all. “We don’t want to dismantle global trade, that’s a stupid idea,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said this week, Politico reported.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pointed out that “currently at least 50% of imports of electric vehicles from China are from Western brands that produce there themselves and import them to Europe”.
#EU #China
@asianomics
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🇪🇺🇨🇳 EU investments in China soar to new quarterly record of US$3.9 billion
Despite calls by European Union political leaders to “de-risk” economic ties with China, EU businesses’ greenfield investments there surged to record levels in the second quarter of 2024, led by German carmakers.
Greenfield investments – the creation of a new company or establishment of new facilities – soared to €3.6 billion (US$3.9 billion) in China from April through June. This was the highest quarterly level on record and well above the average quarterly EU investment of €1.8 billion since 2022.
The top five EU corporate investors were Germany’s Volkswagen, BMW and chemicals giant BASF, Sweden’s Ingka Group – which owns furniture retailer Ikea – and Dutch-incorporated tech company STMicroelectronics.
#EU #China
@asianomics
Despite calls by European Union political leaders to “de-risk” economic ties with China, EU businesses’ greenfield investments there surged to record levels in the second quarter of 2024, led by German carmakers.
Greenfield investments – the creation of a new company or establishment of new facilities – soared to €3.6 billion (US$3.9 billion) in China from April through June. This was the highest quarterly level on record and well above the average quarterly EU investment of €1.8 billion since 2022.
The top five EU corporate investors were Germany’s Volkswagen, BMW and chemicals giant BASF, Sweden’s Ingka Group – which owns furniture retailer Ikea – and Dutch-incorporated tech company STMicroelectronics.
#EU #China
@asianomics
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🇨🇳🇪🇺 EU industry could grind to a halt over China’s rare earth restrictions
Chinese government restrictions on the export of rare earth elements have forced some European companies to halt production using the highly sought-after minerals essential for making smartphones and electric vehicles.
The measures announced by Beijing on April 4 were seen as retaliation against US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”, but European industry now warns it is being caught in the crossfire.
The EU Chamber of Commerce in China has held several meetings with China’s Ministry of Commerce, its secretary general Adam Dunnett said, and senses Beijing is overwhelmed with applications to export the minerals vital for many hi-tech goods.
“Thousands of applications need to be reviewed but the ministry’s resources are limited. We’ve seen a sprinkling of approvals in the last week, but some companies have lodged dozens of applications … some have had to stop production,” Dunnett, also vice-chair of the European Business Organisation, told journalists in Brussels.
#China #EU
@asianomics
Chinese government restrictions on the export of rare earth elements have forced some European companies to halt production using the highly sought-after minerals essential for making smartphones and electric vehicles.
The measures announced by Beijing on April 4 were seen as retaliation against US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”, but European industry now warns it is being caught in the crossfire.
The EU Chamber of Commerce in China has held several meetings with China’s Ministry of Commerce, its secretary general Adam Dunnett said, and senses Beijing is overwhelmed with applications to export the minerals vital for many hi-tech goods.
“Thousands of applications need to be reviewed but the ministry’s resources are limited. We’ve seen a sprinkling of approvals in the last week, but some companies have lodged dozens of applications … some have had to stop production,” Dunnett, also vice-chair of the European Business Organisation, told journalists in Brussels.
#China #EU
@asianomics