Rob Shum

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Public policy professor researching #energy & #climate politics, and, well, #IR & political stuff generally. Links to quarterly-ish thoughts on #InternationalRelations at https://post.news/@/robshum pinned/bookmarked below. Former #trade diplomat, future curmudgeon.
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UK Ministry of Defence update:

“American motorists alone consume 9% of all the world's oil, so the trajectory of U.S. gasoline demand is arguably the most important consumption metric in determining global fuel prices.”

Bumpy road ahead for US #gasoline demand and energy transition - #Reuters

https://apple.news/ALVhfGynSRfeOMNXrBgIYXQ

Bumpy road ahead for US gasoline demand and energy transition — Reuters

While U.S. gasoline demand is unlikely to rescale the pre-pandemic peaks of 2018 as the energy transition accelerates, the pace of its decline is uncertain, illustrating the challenge for industry and the government in planning the shift to a low-carbon economy.

Q2) Has #Macron weakened efforts to #deter #China from #attacking #Taiwan? (2/4)

Former WTO DG Lamy comes out swinging vs. USA #protectionism

The slow American protectionist turn | #CEPR

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/slow-american-protectionist-turn

The slow American protectionist turn

The adoption by the US Congress of the Inflation Reduction Act caught out those in Europe and elsewhere who, after the Trump presidency and its tariff aberrations, expected the Biden–Harris administration to respect its multilateral commitments within the WTO. This column argues that this view ignored the fact that the protectionist shift in the US began about 15 years ago, and that it is the product of structural forces whose actions have gradually modified the political balance in favour of trade openness that had prevailed in Washington since the 1950s

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“As #XiJinping prepares for a visit to #Moscow next week, is it still possible to rescind the blank cheque to his #NoLimits #WarCriminal friend?”

#ProTip: “the best example of how to cut-off errant allies occurred in 1956 during the Suez crisis…”

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