FT News briefing: Russia’s ‘second front’

Consumer confidence in the Eurozone is up, Moscow is buying influence in Africa on the cheap, and the FT’s Henry Foy explains how the war in Ukraine shattered illusions and shifted EU foreign policy.
FT News Briefing

What China’s reopening will mean for the global economy

A timely discussion about the reopening of China after the zero-Covid policy and its implications on the global economy As China moves closer to fully re-emerging from three years of government imposed Covid isolation and…
Bruegel

Drum Tower: Up in the air

Sino-American relations have been blown off course after the downing of a Chinese balloon. Economist's Beijing bureau chief, David Rennie, and senior China correspondent, Alice Su, explore whether China and America are heading towards a…
The Economist

How should Europe react to the Inflation Reduction Act?

A deep dive into the IRA and its expected impact on the world trade system. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 is a milestone in US climate policy. Unfortunately, it also contains protectionist elements,…
Bruegel

Drum Tower: Waiting games

It’s been a year since Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin announced the “no-limits” friendship between China and Russia, but is it one between equals? In the second episode of a two-part series, The Economist’s Beijing…
The Economist