Commentary:Poland has become the front line in a growing battle over the future of the civil society institutions that sustain the world’s liberal democracies, writes columnist John Lloyd. In recent days, protesters have filled Warsaw’s streets, “singing the national anthem and chanting ‘konstytucja’ (constitution). They believe that their country’s constitution is being violated, and that the ruling right-wing Law and Justice Party is degrading the law and dispensing with justice by sealing off the institutions which can hold a ruling party to account.”
Trump’s tariffs on imported metals were instrumental in reviving an aluminum plant that most locals had written off for dead. But in the fields surrounding the plant and across the county, farmers anxious over trade retaliations against U.S. crop exports are delaying equipment purchases, renting their land to hunters and pre-selling crops before harvest - locking in today’s prices for fear they will fall.
Major Chinese ports have started clearing goods from the United States, as new tariffs on U.S. imports have gone into effect, three sources told Reuters, as a trade spat between Beijing and Washington escalated into an outright war last Friday.
BMW plans to source 4 billion euros’ ($4.7 billion) worth of battery cells from Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology over the next few years, the carmaker’s purchasing boss said.
