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U.S. to impose 100% tariff on branded, patented drugs unless firms build plants locally, Trump says The measure will not apply to companies building drug manufacturing plants in the U.S., Trump added.

Does this really mean tariffs do not apply if there any kind of construction of any kind of pharmaceutical plant – even it totally unrelated to branded, patented drugs?

Back on air and speaking freely.

Quote: “The Trump Administration has taken direct aim at the First Amendment, the foundation stone of our democracy.”

"Falling Far and Fast"

Yale Law’s ROBERT POST — one of the nation’s foremost experts on freedom of speech — has been teaching First Amendment law for more than 40 years.

For the first time, he fears that freedom of speech in America is truly endangered.

verfassungsblog.de/turn-against...

The interesting question is also what qualifies as „controversial view“ - since even stating mere facts might be considered a „controversial view“. Press also needs to get this straight.

US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website

and, well:

Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows Donald Trump and top administration officials confidently assert that left-wing political violence is a huge problem in the US. They’re wrong, say researchers who study extremism.

and:

Is “radical-left” violence really on the rise in America? The killing of Charlie Kirk is part of a grim pattern of political violence. This is what the data show

also:

10 Political Violence Experts on What Comes Next for America Can America escape the spiral of political violence after Charlie Kirk’s killing?

If statements of fact can get a satirical late night show cancelled, maybe it’s time to share more facts.

#jimmykimmel #democracy

very interesting – by experts, do you also include academics, or 'just' the earlier mentioned technocrats? and in both cases, I wonder whether it would not actually result in a systemic change of their role if they became public figures, given that their traditional role is one in the background...

Security policy is not my specialty. To understand better, I went to an event about the role of Europe in Swiss security policy: In essence, the panel held that we are not witnessing the transition to a multipolar world, but the global battle between democracy and autocracy. What if that’s true?! 🤯

I thought military parades were so 19th century… 🤷‍♀️

Appeals Court Rules Against Many Trump Tariffs The decision is a big blow to President Trump’s trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.

Breaking News: A federal appeals court ruled that many of President Trump’s most punishing tariffs are illegal. But the judges delayed the implementation of their order until October to grant the administration time to seek review by the Supreme Court.

For me, the confirmation that climate mitigation must comply with sustainable development is just as central as the fact that states have individual obligations of ambitious climate mitigation measures under customary international law.

#goodread #generationalequity #ICJ #climatechange

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Trump's very bad trade deal with Europe President Donald Trump hailed the trade deal with the European Union announced in Scotland last Sunday as "the biggest deal of them all." But a closer look shows that it is actually not really a deal....

Trump's very bad trade deal with Europe www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

... although it is really difficult to tell whether – given the impossible circumstances – MS and MEPs are not actually hiding behind the commission in order not to be blamed should things go South. Commission cannot ratify & implement this deal alone – checks & balances are still there.

not sure I agree that this is an example in which the EU is making European states weaker in trade negotiations… there are substantial disagreements between the parties as it seems now - but the European view of this „deal“ is much more than I expect Switzerland to achieve…

The EU-US trade deal is here - it's probably not the end of uncertainty as the details are ironed out, but it's a momentous deal. In sum, it's a political defeat for the EU, but in economic terms I see it as, under the circumstances, a win of sorts. 🧵

The International Court of Justice climate judgement was – in many ways – better than expected. Here are 11 takeaways about what ICJ judgement and what it means for the protection of the climate:

Was ist #Greenwashing und kann es effektiv reguliert bzw. verboten werden? Mit diesem hochkomplexen Thema befasst sich unser Sammelband: staempflirecht.ch/greenwashing...

Mein Kapitel zur CH-Greenwashing Regulierung im europäischen Kontext gibt's gratis hier: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website! With the help of amazing volunteers, I've converted my Trump action tracker spreadsheet into an easy to use website - now up to 740 actions and counting

Practical and very useful from @chrischirp.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/christin...

genuinely curious: how will a donation make any difference, if there is no food, drinking water or medical treatment available that you could buy for yourself and your family? Not even the big international aid organizations have access to Gaza right now- how can money change your fate?

The Beautiful bill: ugly for the poor - In today’s Opinion page of the @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/03/o...

just a tiny update here: Ramallah has been spared from a rockets so far and supply is still working. However, no way to get out. Our friends have to sit tight for the time being, together with their little kids, and despite having a Dutch passport.

Nachhaltige Entwicklung im Schweizer Recht Dieses Grundlagenwerk beleuchtet erstmals umfassend, wie nachhaltige Entwicklung im Schweizer Recht verankert ist. Über 30 Expertinnen und Experten analysieren die

Es ist geschafft: das vollständige Manuskript mit über 30 Kapiteln, geschrieben von 32 Autorinnen und Autoren zur rechtlichen Verankerung von nachhaltiger Entwicklung in der Schweiz liegt beim Verlag!

Eine Fülle von neuen Erkenntnissen ist da zusammengekommen – echt schön!

amidst #nokings, political murders, a new treaty for Swiss-EU relations, and cancelled nuclear talks, they‘re bracing for a rough night, even more so than yesterday, over in Ramallah.

some news at last: Israeli and Jordanian air defence manage to stop more rockets from hitting Palestine than last year, more damage on the Israeli side. Two rockets landed in South West Bank on Palestinian villages. Third wave… awaiting?

Does anyone know what’s going in in Ramallah right now?! We have friends there and they are sending pictures of rockets, third wave on-going.

Die Volkswirtschaft | US-Zollpolitik: Ein Impuls für das internationale Handelsrecht? Die Ursprünge des heutigen internationalen Handelsrechts reichen fast hundert Jahre zurück, bis ins Jah...

If the current crisis creates the required incentive to finally negotiate modern multilateral trade-rules – we would all win.

For the Swiss journal Die Volkswirtschaft / La Vie économique, I wrote a short piece on the basics of tariff-rules, lost consensus, and opportunity of re-negotiation.