Alberto Nardelli
Reporter at Bloomberg. In Europe, mostly. I have strong opinions about food and football. DM for Signal.
- “Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace… www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Sticking your head in the sand and hoping for the best is not a strategy when so much of consequence is at stake. Inadequacy abounds, leadership is MIA.
- Promises
- Maybe I’ve become more cynical with age, but it’s curious how Russia re-engages with peace talks whenever there’s the whiff of possible new US sanctions
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- NEW: Documents reviewed by Bloomberg reveal Russia's plans to disrupt and undermine Moldova's elections: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- The US has signalled that it’s prepared to significantly ramp up sanctions on Russia provided that Europe does too www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- The question that European leaders have been hiding from and have been too afraid to answer is whether they can trust Trump, even as he continues to gaslight them. My take on today’s DC meetings: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
- Russia’s second largest bank, VTB Bank PJSC, is seeing a sustained deterioration in profits made from lending, feeding concern at the bank over its stability amid the economic pressures from President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- One for fellow tomato obsessives www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
- Important detail in the EO www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... on EU-US tariff arrangements and those of other trading partners
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- The EU's trade agreement with the US -- if implemented as advertised -- is the least bad outcome available to the bloc among the options actually on the table and given the position of the its biggest member states www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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- Documents obtained by Bloomberg reveal how Russia has been working with Chinese companies since end 2022 to manufacture and localize the production of drones used against Ukraine www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- The EU is willing to accept a trade arrangement with the US that includes a 10% universal tariff on many of the bloc’s exports, but wants the US to commit up front to lower rates on key sectors www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Season 4 is just so good. Perfect.
- The EU and US are confident they can reach some type of agreement on trade/tariffs by July 9 deadline www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Key questions in EU-US trade negotiations are coming into focus: how much asymmetry — if any — can the EU accept and will it go for countermeasures to correct any imbalances in the event of sub-optimal arrangements www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- The US is opposing a European push to lower the G7 price cap on Russian oil www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- “Two Weeks”
- The EU has proposed sanctioning two small Chinese banks for helping Russia get around existing restrictions www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- EU sees framework agreement on principles with US before July deadline to then for allow trade negotiations to continue as best case scenario. Talks have gathered pace but an asymmetrical outcome remains likely, so EU continues work on potential countermeasures www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Hegseth’s reassurances to US allies in Asia were welcome — but they’re not yet sure whether they can trust his boss www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Ballon d’Or? Discuss.
- Well I for one am glad I did not get up at 3am to watch the football
- Europe's key message to SE Asia: Russia and China threats are linked, and we need to work together to preserve the rules based order. “If you are worried about China, you should be worried about Russia,” the EU's HR/VP Kaja Kallas told the #SLD25 in Singapore www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- China has cut drone and component sales to the west, while continuing to boost shipments to Russia www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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- The EU is considering cutting more than 20 banks from SWIFT, lowering oil price cap, further export restrictions and banning Nord Stream pipelines as part of a new sanctions package on Russia over its full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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- Here’s what’s in the EU trade proposal that Trump is shunning www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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- Europe waits to find out where Trump swerves to next on Russia www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- A short thread (sorry) with the latest on EU-US trade talks: - US has shared a very generic paper - an unrealistic wish-list - US "deals" with China and UK provide little clarity, as keep in place many tariffs, while landing zone and baseline unclear
- The world number one is back
- One of the most interesting aspects of the US-UK trade deal is that it suggests that these negotiations are mostly an exercise in damage limitation resulting in asymmetrical arrangements where everyone is going to be worse off than they were before Trump's tariffs
- This game is just unbelievable
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- Masterpiece
- US officials have prepared a set of options to increase economic pressure on Russia, as Moscow continues to drag its feet over attempts to end the war in Ukraine. No decision yet as diplomatic efforts ongoing and any decision would be for President Trump alone www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- EU to draft trade proposals for US negotiators next week, as well as potential retaliatory measures should talks fail www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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- What a game of football this is
- The US will demand that Russia accept Ukraine's right to have its own adequately resourced army and develop its defense industry as part of any peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- An observation: the US position on Ukraine and much of its aspirations for an economic partnership with Moscow as part of any agreement would require Europe to lift sanctions on Russia.
- The US is prepared to accept Vladimir Putin’s demands to recognize Russia’s control over the Ukrainian region of Crimea as part of a peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, a move that would undermine international law and treaties www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- The EU is working on a proposal to introduce restrictions on some exports to the US as a possible countermeasure to Trump's tariffs if trade negotiations fail to achieve a satisfactory outcome www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Latest on EU-US trade talks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
