@TheEuropeanNetwork
Recent related podcast episode on industrial policy in Romania:

"Romanians were facing two options – either to stay and try to navigate these stormy waters or take the path of the West now that Romanian borders were finally open"
https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/187-industrial-policy-and-the-rise-of-romanias-silicon-valley/

Industrial policy is extraordinarily difficult to get right, and is often a waste of money that could have been better spent elsewhere. This is a rare "success" story
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#economics #trade #TradeTalks #IndustrialPolicy #EU

The media and the stock market have made a big deal today about Biden’s executive order restricting certain high tech investments in China
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/09/president-biden-signs-executive-order-on-addressing-united-states-investments-in-certain-national-security-technologies-and-products-in-countries-of-concern/

To me it seems like more of the same and consistent with what the Biden Administration has been doing for a while. Perhaps worth a review of Trade Talks podcast episodes covering that:
https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/181-us-china-trade-war-fallout-this-is-what-decoupling-looks-like/
https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/170-national-security-semiconductors-and-the-us-move-to-cut-off-china/
https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/146-semiconductors-and-us-export-bans-from-huawei-to-smic/
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#china #usa #economics #semiconductors #TradeTalks #trade #Biden

RT @CPSEpvt@twitter.com

🧵 @SDPIPakistan@twitter.com in collaboration with @PakSingleWindow@twitter.com launched podcast series #TradeTalks to reflect on #PSW system and its allied components for #tradefacilitation
1st podcast shed light on nature and benefits of "National Single Window" by @CEOPSW@twitter.com

Here are the highlights ⬇️

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CPSEpvt/status/1607665535445078016

RT @TradeTalks
.@Bakkt Chief Product Officer @danoprey joins @JillMalandrino on @Nasdaq #TradeTalks to discuss creating a dynamic economy with digital assets. https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YqJDqNLnwvxV

RT @TradeTalks
When will #crypto decouple from stocks? Blockstream Co-Founder & CEO @adam3us joins @JillMalandrino on @Nasdaq #TradeTalks at #Consensus2022 by @CoinDesk to discuss. https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1lDxLLgYevbxm

“We expressed to the U.S. that Taiwan hopes to sign a trade agreement.”

The US and #Taiwan resumed #TradeTalks after 5 years, a move that has angered the #CCP regime in #Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the liberal democratic island.
US, Taiwan Revive Trade Talks Despite Objections From Beijing
The U.S. and Taiwan have resumed trade talks after 5 years, angering the communist regime in Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the self-ruled island.
theepochtimes.com