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Also in this newsletter: the EU green rules hurting Ukraine

The region must make a distinction between inefficiency and a lack of global competitiveness

Such measures wouldn’t be necessary if Beijing ran anything like a normal, balanced economy

EU’s top trade official says bloc must not delay vote on pact with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay

Companies such as battery maker CATL earn big margins on export sales despite US tariffs

Washington pushes for concessions from London on the broader trade relationship

Changes aim to build reserves and quell investor concern about President Javier Milei’s economic policy

Trump ally says US central bank should lower interest rates more quickly

You cannot keep tightening the screws on the institutions that finance the real economy

Read the Monetary Policy Radar preview of the ECB’s December meeting

US agriculture is at the bottom of the trade policy food chain

Maroš Šefčovič says bloc must not delay vote on pact with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay

Also in today’s newsletter: conservative hardliner wins Chile’s presidency and Hong Kong court convicts media mogul Jimmy Lai

Weakest retail sales growth in three years underlines challenge for Beijing to cut waste and boost domestic demand

Fed bill buying vs Fed bond buying

Also in this newsletter: Why complaints about the EU’s methane regulations may be overblown

Vote expected to pass by narrow majority and to hang heavily on the views of governor Andrew Bailey

Official figures delayed by government shutdown will provide little clarity on the outlook for interest rates

Paris says pact with four South American countries needs more work but unclear if it has enough support to block it

Brussels has more power to apply and enforce the rules than it is currently using