Ben Bschor

The silence of the CEOs A lack of audible protest against Trump’s tariff chaos is one of the biggest failures of leadership in corporate history

Why have global bosses failed to lead when it is clear that every one of their stakeholders will suffer if anything like the tariffs being discussed come to be?

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Trump Threatens 200% Tariff on Champagne and Wine From Europe The president said he would impose the levies if the European Union did not walk back plans to place retaliatory tariffs on whiskey and other U.S. products.

If this leads to a champagne glut in Europe, I might finally have found a Trump policy I can get behind. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

If that's not the opposite of breaking news, what is?

Have America’s industrial giants forgotten what they are for? Critics say fragmented ownership, weak culture and a fixation on financial results have harmed innovation

"Kodak had been exploring digital imaging since the 1970s. It was Wall Street that pressured the company to continue milking its high-margin analogue film business, even as it became clear that consumers would inevitably switch to digital." www.ft.com/content/9500...

Mexico left with 500mn-litre tequila lake after demand slows The post-pandemic US thirst for the spirit has faded, leaving the country distilling more than is being sold

With a 500mn-litre tequila lake in Mexico and US tariffs looming under the incoming Trump administration, I’m calling it now: Europe & the UK are headed for a margarita summer 2025. Cheers?

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Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar Country’s energy minister describes ‘shit situation’ as domestic prices hit highest level since 2009

Resource nationalism is on the rise. This is just another example on.ft.com/3VzrUWe

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