@tomwlost.bsky.social
EU & US trade & regulatory affairs lawyer. Currently in Brussels. Trade, climate, decarbonization, hydrogen, geopolitics, sanctions, foreign affairs, US & EU politics, Russia, Ukraine
Russians doing what they can to unite Europe against them.
13.09.2025 17:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Full agreement. 🎯
13.09.2025 16:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I guess we never fully understand RUS economy, but a major cut to its oil revenue would be very painful at a time when things are bad anyway. On politics, I think DE and its obsession with China exports is key here: have they reached a point to admit the old Chinese market is never coming back?
13.09.2025 15:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I dont think our internal set up is Trump's problem.
But even if, Trump is calling for "tariffs", not specifically "sanctions." Tariffs - even punitive - don't require the sanctions route. It's a Council competence through qualified majority vote. EU did this already with Russian agriculture.
I can see why Trump is conditioning US sanctions on EU taking hard decisions. We have indeed been hypocritical, requiring others to do what we ourselves cant agree on. That is simply not acceptable. While Trump is doing this for other reasons, he is 100% right asking us for a clear decision.
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We have been trying to achieve too many things simultaneously. Help Ukraine. Limit RUS revenues. Stop others from helping RUS, but keep buying what we need. Sanction circumvention, but maintain good relationships with China, UAE, Turkey, India. It can't all be done. We need to decide what's #1.
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Ian - maybe, but that's not Trump's problem. If EU cant sort out its own mess with HU, SK and Russian energy, it shouldn't be asking US to resolve the issue for us.
Trump is right - even if for the wrong reasons- to require EU to make a clear decision abt what's important for us. 1/3
It's not a "get-out". It's a smart move, asking EU to put money where its mouth is and make key decisions abt its future. You cant be "kind of" against RUS energy exports. If limiting RUS revenues is key EU existential objective, then EU must go along US plan, otherwise it must stop pretending.
13.09.2025 13:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Norway’s centre-left parties set to retain power after elections on.ft.com/3HMW19a
08.09.2025 21:19 — 👍 138 🔁 24 💬 5 📌 3
Fascinating discussion on a very important topic: #public #procurement reform in the European Parliament in Strasburg. Report by Piotr Muller. EU Industry Commissioner Stéphane Séjourne in attendance.
Check out the full room on the picture below 👇. Extremely disappointing.
Beautifully written. Condolences and thank you for sharing it so intimately with the rest of us.
06.09.2025 21:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Beautifully written, though painful nonetheless.
06.09.2025 21:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nothing is going to bring investment back to the U.S. like news that foreign-owned plants get raided and hundreds of its foreign employees arrested.
www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-...
It's interesting how Macron's shocking move last year to unexpectedly call for earlier elections is still judged to have "backfired spectacularly". His point was to prevent NR from getting power, which he did, so what's the measure of success? 🤔
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
World Bank lifts ban on funding for #nuclear energy. Another crack in the anti-nuclear regime.
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Another "I told you so" moment for Macron. Lets remember: the UK and US edged out France over this submarine contract.
If US backs out, the French stand vindicated and UK and Australian deeply embarrassed and betrayed.
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Possibility of EU- #China detente is a top topic in EU.
Today, I discussed this with TVP World host Anna Kalczynska.
- are EU-China #EVs and rare earth talks a sign of a thaw?
- will China "divide & conquer" EU ?
- will Trump blink in talks with China?
youtube.com/watch?v=aBoi...
The F-16 launched an AIM-120 missile, downing the Su-35 just 16 km from the border in Russia’s Kursk region. The pilot ejected, and the Ukrainian aircraft returned without losses.
Thankful to Ukrainian Allies for providing us with the tools!
Source: bild.de/politik/auslan…
For weeks I've been arguing EU must quickly strike a deal with US on trade, as our main preoccupation is not trade but security, and we must avoid a perfect storm of negotiating Russia peace, defence & NATO & trade at the same time.
Well, here it comes.🤷♂️
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Reportedly, this is Belaya airfield, Irkutsk region of Russia.
In terms of cost-efficiency ratio, #Ukraine's operation on June 1, 2025, is unprecedented. A single FPV drone can cost as little as $300 to $600. Russia's modernized Tu-95MS strategic bomber is valued at more than $100 million.
W nowym odcinku "Wywiad Bruksela" europoseł
Adam Jarubas:
- czy KE zaproponuje cel 90% do 2040 i PE go uchwali?
- czy uda się wymusić propozycję zmian #ETS2?
- czy #CBAM jest szczelny? Co z eksportem i darmową alokacją? Nowe sektory?
- co mamy na tapecie w Komisji SANT ?
xyz.pl/europa-na-kl...
Main points from my discussion at @tvpworld.bsky.social on Trump's plans to lift US Nord Stream 2 #sanctions:
- Trump's desperation for deal with Russia runs against most US objectives;
- RUS gas in Europe runs v. US econ goals;
- move unlikely to affect EU energy situation.
youtu.be/v4pPtGt22zo?...
W kolejnym odcinku "Wywiad Bruksela":
1️⃣ "wojna handlowa" z USA: USA zawiesza wyższe cła, zostaje 10%, wyłącza elektronikę, ale grozi kolejnymi cłami, a UE uchwala odwet za stal i zawiesza na 90 dni
2️⃣ sposoby utrzymania sankcji przy braku jednomyślności
youtu.be/IPJmSdtIr6g?...
I've said this before, but I believe Zelensky (properly) is doing what he can to stall and prevent any deal the US may want to strike with Putin.
Trump doesn't have much time, and Zelensky knows that only Trump wants this deal.
This is how you build a totalitarian state.
14.04.2025 14:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📱 EU targeting of digital services in tariff retaliation would present challenges
Apart from the question of whether retaliation against digital services is good strategy, there is a question of whether such retaliation is even feasible. Bertin Martens dives into this.
W najnowszym (mocno spóźznionym) odcinku "Wywiad Bruksela" o:
- wojnie handlowej USA-UE;
- skandalu dot. środków LIFE (KE finansuje lobbying NGOs);
- dojściu do celu 90% redukcji emisji w UE do roku 2040;
- ostrym komunikacie @cefic.bsky.social ws. REACH.
Zapraszam!
youtu.be/a7pED4TucDk?...
Good tsar, bad boyars.
"Putin said RUS security services told him [owners] were embezzling funds.
Friend said they had no access to funds, as operations were sole domain of RUS govt.
Putin expressed surprise and promised to look into the matter, after which the case stalled."
on.ft.com/4lr1BNl
Trump administration focusing on the most pressing issue this decade.
🤡🤦♂️
"Huawei, a conglomerate making items as varied as smartphones and auto parts, has just opened in Shanghai a research center for 35,000 engineers that has 10 times as much space for offices and labs as Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/b...
