David Kleimann
@davidkleimann.bsky.social
🇪🇺 | PhD (EUI) | Trade, Climate, Industrial Policy | A spade is a spade | Personal Account
On the bright side, it will be fun to watch how EU Commission lawyers will try to justify this one.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3mo agoThe new rules would affect businesses in a handful of key sectors such as chemicals and industrial machinery, which have complained about a surge in cheap Chinese imports, according to EU officials. ft.trib.al/ToiembA
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Coal-based steelmaking outpaces the industry’s low-emissions transition
Electric arc furnaces grew by 1% over the past year to comprise 34% of global capacity, as steelmakers invest in existing blast furnaces, the Global Energy Monitor found.
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Protectionism has entirely foreseeable but completely ignored consequences, part 2,238,345,094,023.
UK manufacturers warn of ‘significant problems’ from steel tariff changes
Ministers should reconsider import measures due to take effect in July, says British Chambers of Commerce
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The Dutch government has objected to a proposed US law that would further restrict semiconductor equipment giant ASML from selling to China and servicing customers in the country
Netherlands opposes US proposal to further bar chip giant ASML from China market
While the chipmaking-gear giant is already banned from selling advanced kit to China, new rule would make low-end products off-limits too.
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Europe’s steel industry can be competitive and green. @davidkleimann.bsky.social shows practical and innovative ways to achieve this ambitious target. "Why embedded emissions standards are key for the EU Steel Regulation" - a very readable article. www.sustainableviews.com/why-embedded...
Why embedded emissions standards are key for the EU Steel Regulation
David Kleimann is a senior research associate at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability and S-Curve Economics Europe’s steel industry can be competitive and green
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New Op-ed for Sustainable Views at the Financial Times: "Why embedded emission standards are key for the EU Steel Regulation - Opportunities for EU Clean Steel Partnership Agreements" www.sustainableviews.com/why-embedded...
Why embedded emissions standards are key for the EU Steel Regulation
David Kleimann is a senior research associate at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability and S-Curve Economics Europe’s steel industry can be competitive and green
sustainableviews.com
“He’s a rock in the sea in a moment where a lot of people don’t seem to have good political intuition vis-a-vis the U.S.” Great pleasure to be quoted in this profile about the European Parliament's lead negotiator on all matters transatlantic, Bernd Lange. shorturl.at/TFt0W
The quiet MEP pushing back on Trump’s trade agenda
Seventy-year-old German socialist Bernd Lange has emerged as one of few voices resisting pressure from the U.S. in a push that brought the European...
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The European Parliament is standing its ground in negotiations over 🇪🇺🇺🇸 Turnberry deal implementation. 👏 www.politico.eu/article/eu-n...
EU negotiators fail to agree on US trade deal
Talks between the bloc’s three institutions were inconclusive, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to hike auto tariffs.
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The European Commission plans to ask member states next month for a green light to pursue far-reaching trade action against China, in what will be a major test of EU unity and resolve in responding to a deepening China shock open.substack.com/pub/nbarkin/...
Watching China in Europe - May 2026
The EU plans to ask European leaders next month for a green light to pursue far-reaching trade measures against China. It will be a test of EU unity and resolve in the face of a deepening China shock.
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"Electrifying industrial heat in India is now cheaper than producing heat from natural gas and oil across all temperatures, and cheaper than coal in three of five temperature bands, representing 55 percent of the country’s industrial heat needs."
Electrifying Industrial Heat in India
Cheap solar prices mean electrifying industrial heat in India is cheaper than producing heat from most fossil fuels, cutting costs and air pollution.
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Donald Trump's green new deal My latest column for @financialtimes.com: The US president has inadvertently raised the appeal of renewable energy across the world: as.ft.com/r/ac96a71b-a...
1/ The EU-Mercosur deal entered into force last week. 25 years of negotiations, 700 million people, the largest trade agreement the EU has ever signed. Brazil's president framed it as a response to Trump's tariffs and a reaffirmation of multilateralism.
Somewhat ironic that the permissibility of use of force against pirates on the high seas is one of the first customary rules that evolved in the history of international law. 🏴☠️🦜☠️ www.politico.eu/article/us-n...
US Navy acting ‘like pirates’ in Iran, Trump brags
“We’re like pirates … but we are not playing games,” Trump said at event in Florida.
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RIP: The security dimension of the transatlantic relationship. 🪦
Joni Askola@joniaskola.bsky.social · 3mo agoTrump pulling 5000 American troops from Germany right after talking to Putin is no coincidence. It is a massive strategic blow that heavily weakens US force projection across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He is outright sabotaging the US
In unrelated news, DC has a bar called the ‘Green Zone’ that sells an excellent coctail called ‘Fuck Trump’ 🍹
BREAKING: Trump is raising tariffs on all European Union cars and trucks to 25% starting next week. Germany and Italy will be hit the hardest. 24% of Germany's entire car exports go to the United...
BREAKING: Trump is raising tariffs on all European Union cars and trucks to 25% starting next week. Germany and Italy will be hit the hardest. 24% of Germany's entire car exports go to the United Sta...
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The 🇺🇸 is set to violate the 🇪🇺🇺🇸 Turnberry deal. Again. Excellent reporting by @camgijs.bsky.social and @arihawkins.bsky.social.
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · 3mo agoEXCLUSIVE: Nearly half of EU exports containing steel and aluminum are at risk of higher U.S. duties under Donald Trump’s latest tariff overhaul, according to an early European Commission assessment.
The EU is in talks to exempt Ukrainian steel from a key climate protection measure, according to Kyiv’s envoy to the EU.
EU mulls carbon tax break on key Ukrainian military resource
The country’s steelmakers had warned duties on carbon-intensive goods would kill their industry.
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@sabineweyand.bsky.social is a superstar and history will remember her as such. And she is very obviously correct on this matter. And the issues at stake are really important. www.ft.com/content/a714...
EU’s top trade official leaves after clashing over Trump deal
Sabine Weyand refused to endorse US tariff agreement as WTO-compliant
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“Weyand appears to have fallen victim to her principled approach to transatlantic trade negotiations. Weyand openly spoke about von Von der Leyen's and Sefcovic' 'security rationale' for agreeing to the Turnberry terms - a justification that did not withstand the test of time." Chapeau Madame!
Euractiv@euractiv.com · 3mo agoWeyand leaves EU trade chief role after public fallout over Trump deal
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the Iran war: "The Americans clearly have no strategy... This whole affair is ill-considered, to say the least. At the moment, I cannot see what strategic exit the Americans are now opting for... An entire nation is being humiliated."
Talks at the IMO about a carbon tax on shipping continue this week after the US tried to sink the idea last October. But delegates say that there is a risk it could end up in a "real fight" again: www.ft.com/content/23cc... w/ @attractamooney.bsky.social
Historic climate shipping deal faces ‘real fight’ as talks restart
Negotiators accused US last year of using ‘bully-boy tactics’ to sink a UN-backed net zero framework for the industry
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🇪🇺 Industrial Accelerator Act - EU content requirements. Here comes the inevitable: 🇨🇳's Commerce Ministry warns that if the 🇪🇺 “ignores 🇨🇳’s suggestions . . 🇨🇳 will have no choice but to take countermeasures”. If the 🇪🇺 is serious about 🇪🇺 content requirements, it will have to price in 🇨🇳 retaliation.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3mo agoChina warns EU over proposed ‘Made in Europe’ law ft.trib.al/5DAHfAB
EU Institutions agree Roadmap to achieve “One Europe, one Market” by end of 2027 The Presidents of the European Parliament, Council and Commission signed a Joint Declaration committing to achieve the “One Europe, One Market” roadmap. Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
EU Institutions agree Roadmap to achieve “One Europe, one Market” by end of 2027 | News | European Parliament
The Presidents of the European Parliament, Council and Commission signed a Joint Declaration committing to achieve the “One Europe, One Market” roadmap.
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AFRICA SOLAR: wowsers, almost 4GW of panels in one month! Yes, it was prior to the 9% China export rebate changes, so a bit of a rise was expected, but even still! Records everywhere.. 🧵
Dave Jones@cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 4mo agoAFRICA SOLAR: 7 months later, and still new records are being set☀️ DRC, Egypt, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe show a particularly new step up...
Deadlock over. The EU just cleared way for the €90-billion-loan for Ukraine and the 20th sanctions package. Russia’s war economy is under growing strain, while Ukraine is getting a major boost. We will provide Ukraine what it needs to hold its ground, until Putin understands his war leads nowhere.
