To recap: The critical minerals carveout doesn’t do anything for the EU until it gets mines and processing facilities up and running. Brussels’ proposed policies are also no match for the IRA. And the US will continue to enjoy windfalls from exporting LNG to Europe and poach European industry.
A quick note on the latter: the spin in Europe now appears to be that the IRA "actually isn’t that bad", and they’re now blaming themselves for "overreacting". Consider this recent piece from Reuters, “.” It goes on about how Europe "already has its own subsidies" before this part buried towards the bottom:
A survey of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) released on Wednesday showed one in 10 German firms plan to move production to other countries, and North America came out as the region with the brightest business prospects. One reason cited was energy costs.
Belgian central bank governor Pierre Wunsch said Europe’s higher energy and carbon emission prices were likely to be have a greater impact than the IRA, which might for some companies be “a final straw”.
“It’s possible in some very energy-intensive sectors, new activities will go the U.S. or maybe Asia, but we will gain in others just because the exchange rate will adjust,” he said.
The US continues beating a dead horse. Scathing report.
What was it that they said ? Ah yes.
“Yes, we are a partner of the United States, but we are not a vassal state!"
Sure, whatever you say buddy.
As a result, the EU recorded a €34.6 bn deficit in trade in goods with the rest of the world in January 2023, compared with -€38.6 bn in January 2022. Intra-EU trade rose to €345.7 bn in January 2023, +12.1% compared with January 2022.
Just in the last 12 months, over 7500 Indians applied for a resident permit.
It is going to get worse with the OPEC+ production cuts. Also, eventually the US is going to need to stop draining the SPR, they already drained it by half in a year.EU's inflation doesn't seem to be subdued.