Weekly Briefing: Key Policy Developments

This weekly briefing provides overviews of the top policy developments that business leaders should monitor.

Key policy and political developments for the week ended April 26, 2024.

China-U.S. Relations

• In China, Blinken urges fair treatment of American companies (Reuters)

Climate and Energy

• US to Advance Carbon Offset Standards to Prevent Greenwashing (Bloomberg)

• JPMorgan warns of need for ‘reality check’ on phasing out fossil fuels (FT)

• Higher interest rates pose risk to renewable sector, hurting energy transition, say analysts (Reuters)

• Biden administration finalizes new rules for power plants in one of its most significant climate actions to-date (CNN)

• Nuclear Power’s Expansion Risks Collapse on Widening Conflicts (Bloomberg)

U.S. Economic Policy

• Net neutrality rules restored by US agency, reversing Trump (Reuters)

• What a TikTok ban in the US could mean for you (AP)

EU

• Macron Struggles to Deliver His Vision for a Stronger Europe (Bloomberg)

• Macron outlines his vision for Europe to become an assertive global power as war in Ukraine rages on (AP)

• Europe faces ‘mortal’ threat, says Emmanuel Macron (FT)