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Trade barriers against China's solar industry? Impact on climate action, human rights and international justice

From Emma Jacoby / 25.06.2024 Comments Disabled

The trade dispute between the US and China over the dominance of green technologies (e-cars, batteries, wind and solar systems) is also spilling over to Europe. The U.S. has imposed tariffs on Chinese [...]

What does Europe bring us? The EU election in the PowerShift check

From Emma Jacoby / 30.05.2024 Comments Disabled

From 6 to 9 June, the people of Europe will elect the European Parliament. The EU also has a major influence on the PowerShift sectors - raw materials, trade, investment, climate and energy policy. In [...]

Metal trade: the blind spot in the supply chain

From Emma Jacoby / 22.05.2024 Comments Disabled

When we think of (metallic) raw materials, we often think of the mines where they are mined, the mining companies and working conditions of the miners. Or to the companies and products, [...]

Consuming fewer metals – how Germany’s raw materials transition succeeds

From Emma Jacoby / 08.04.2024 Comments Disabled

A world without metallic raw materials? Not imaginable. They meet us in our everyday lives in the form of coffee machines, bicycles, cutlery, smartphones and are installed in our apartments as pipes, pipes [...]

CETA balance sheet: How the agreement drives climate-damaging trade

From Emma Jacoby / 03.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Climate crisis and trade policy, how does this fit together? The trade agreement between Canada and the European Union – CETA – has been partially implemented since 2017, with the remaining parts [...]

Neocolonial reissue: The EU-Chile Trade Agreement

From Emma Jacoby / 23.02.2024 Comments Disabled

The EU needs raw materials – and it is signing more and more trade agreements to secure its access to lithium, copper and the like. At the end of February, the vote on the [...]

Raw materials at all costs – an analysis of the Critical Raw Materials Act

From Emma Jacoby / 27.01.2024 Comments Disabled

The EU Critical Raw Materials Act was discussed in record time. Just nine months after the European Commission's first draft, it was adopted by Parliament in December 2023. It should help [...]

Hydrogen march?! The German Hunger for H2 Imports

From Emma Jacoby / 15.12.2023 Comments Disabled

With hydrogen, Germany wants to make its industry more climate-friendly. A large part of the hydrogen is to be imported. This is exactly what the German government is currently working on with its hydrogen import strategy. In this episode, [...]

Rohstoffe und Handel – Wie die EU sich durch Handelsabkommen Rohstoffe im Globalen Süden sichern will

Raw materials and trade - How the EU wants to secure raw materials in the Global South through trade agreements

From Emma Jacoby / 07.12.2023 Comments Disabled

Deutschland und die Europäische Union wollen klimaneutral werden und das so schnell wie möglich. Dafür braucht die EU Rohstoffe, die häufig in anderen Weltregionen unter der Erde liegen. Um […]

New raw material needs in the EU – how they exacerbate old injustices in South Africa

From Emma Jacoby / 17.10.2023 Comments Disabled

South Africa has rich reserves of raw materials – many German companies also source their raw materials from there. The effects of colonialism and apartheid in the South African raw materials sector are still noticeable today. [...]