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 June 14, 2024.

Trade and Investment

• Tariffs are bad policy, but good politics (FT)

Climate and Energy

• Europe’s green backlash (FT)

• China’s EV Makers Saw Europe Tariffs Coming, and Many Already Have a Plan (WSJ)

China

• Can China’s Export Machine Run Without the West? (WSJ)

• EU Tariffs on China EVs to Reach as High as 48% With New Levies (Bloomberg)

• Xi Has Few Options to Punish EU Without Starting Trade War (Bloomberg)