Politico – Trump to EU: Play ball or ‘we’re going to tariff the hell out of you’

Well, there will be a lot of German politicians who are going to be very disappointed, not to mention Hans-Werner Sinn, who still again got things wrong. Read Here

Is anyone in the least surprised? National plans to cut carbon fall far short of what’s needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the UN Environment Programme. Read here

There was too little reporting and analysis of the elections in Chile this week. Here a good piece by Franck Gaudichaud Read here