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The messy reality of Trump’s trade war: Ed Conway investigates

December 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM

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Robin Brooks

@robin-j-brooks.bsky.social

If you're interested in how global supply chains work and how this year's US tariffs hit the world's economy, watch this amazing report by @edconway.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social. Ed is the frontier of journalism on the global economy, tariffs and sanctions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woT0...

Sky’s Ed Conway on the frontline of Trump's trade war

December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM

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Kathryn Corrick

@kcorrick.bsky.social

This is excellent.

Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 26d

📽️ Been working on this film, on & off, for the best part of a year.
It's about the REALITY (not just the theory) of tariffs.
It's the tip of the iceberg of the biggest econ story of our day.
It'll air on Sky News on Fri 9pm but you can watch the whole thing here NOW👇
youtu.be/woT0FX5Ztas?...

Sky’s Ed Conway on the frontline of Trump's trade war

December 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

📽️ Been working on this film, on & off, for the best part of a year.
It's about the REALITY (not just the theory) of tariffs.
It's the tip of the iceberg of the biggest econ story of our day.
It'll air on Sky News on Fri 9pm but you can watch the whole thing here NOW👇
youtu.be/woT0FX5Ztas?...

The budget vs your wallet: How the chancellor could raise billions

December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

📽️What on earth is "fiscal drag"?
Why will it form the centrepiece of @RachelReevesMP's efforts to raise money this week?
Why are Budgets getting ever more complex?
And could this one backfire like @George_Osborne's omnishambles?
All this and more in my 11m(!) primer👇 youtu.be/idnW0Wu3BzQ?...

Are pre-budget leaks damaging the economy?

November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

📽️Did the Treasury just pull off an audacious trick to reduce the "black hole" by billions - without actually having to do anything about it?
Or is the market rollercoaster yet more evidence of incompetence?
Watch my 10m primer and decide for yourself...
youtu.be/KG1uW-9XKuo?...

Ed Conway analysis: Is raising taxes the only option for the chancellor?

November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

🎥 Why is the chancellor rolling the pitch for tax rises?
Because she's backed herself into a fiscal hole.
So what happens next?
The short answer is a VERY controversial Budget. A massive moment in UK economics and politics.
For the longer answer watch my 13 min (!) primer 👇 youtu.be/uminSMgTxjM?...

Trade War Explained: The Rare Earth Metals China Dominates and US needs

November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

📽️What on earth are rare earths?
Why do they matter so much?
Why do they nearly all come from China?
And how worried should we be about the latest chapter in the trade war?
These and more questions answered in my latest primer👇 youtu.be/vq4eRtwFjIc?...

The rock that runs the world

October 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM

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Anisa Khalifa

@anisa.bsky.social

today on The Broadside: how a rock from western NC is key to making basically every semiconductor in the world…and why it’s important to know where all the raw materials we need for our stuff actually comes from. featuring @edconway.bsky.social

www.wunc.org/podcast/the-...

Arguably the most important mine in the world is located in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. And we don’t have a backup.

www.wunc.org

September 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM

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Tom Heap

@tomheap.bsky.social

If its not built of it its probably built by it but can #steel ever be green? Rare Earth @bbcsounds.bsky.social with @helenczerski.bsky.social @edconway.bsky.social @steelwatch.bsky.social @willarnoldengineer.bsky.social Also BBC R4 today midday

September 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM

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Marc de Faoite

@marcdefaoite.bsky.social

Last week, trying to find arguments to convince my colleagues to stop binning paper clips, I went on a deep dive about what it takes to make one. There was a lot of crossover with this thread. Also - paperclips are reusable almost to infinity.

Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · Nov 13

That’s me in the hard hat, in front of the bucket of a terrifyingly enormous digger.
What you can’t really tell from the picture is that my head was spinning.
I’d just had one of those moments that change your life forever.
It would set me off on a journey around the world…!🧵

September 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

Anyone fancy ten-plus minutes of non-emotive charts on what's really going on with immigration in the UK?
Well, either way, here you go👇 youtu.be/zTs3PDEkB2w?...

UK immigration: What the numbers really show

Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

Great news 🤓

Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · Aug 14

Happy to report that since this book was published, this Mining Engineering degree at @exeter.ac.uk has been reinstated.

"But at the time of writing there was such a dearth of young people wanting to study mining that the Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, one of the world's pre-eminent metallurgy institutions, had suspended new intakes for its mining engineer-ing degree. If there is no one left who knows how to procure the minerals we need, what hope have we then?"

August 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

📖A few years ago I wrote a book about the materials that make the world go round.
It was pretty relevant then. I think it's still pretty relevant (maybe even more relevant) today.
Anyway it's on offer TODAY ONLY👇
Have a read & let me know what you think shorturl.at/ONyBZ

August 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM

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Tim Leunig

@timleunig.bsky.social

If you have not already bought @edconway.bsky.social Material world then do so today - one day kindle offer, £1.99 - a steal www.amazon.co.uk/Material-Wor...

Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future eBook : Conway, Ed: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

www.amazon.co.uk

August 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM

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Ian McKee

@ianmck.ee

We already knew about the scale of waste from these kinds of retailers, this is eye opening about the environmental impact of the shipping. All that stuff from Chinese e-commerce is getting *flown*.

Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · Jul 29

📽️What ACTUALLY happens when you buy an item - some cheap clothes or a trinket - from an e-commerce site like Shein or Temu?
Our deep dive into the fascinating way e-commerce is changing trade. Raising ENORMOUS questions along the way. Feat @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtqw...

The trade loophole that's costing the UK economy billions

The trade loophole that's costing the UK economy billions

July 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

📽️What ACTUALLY happens when you buy an item - some cheap clothes or a trinket - from an e-commerce site like Shein or Temu?
Our deep dive into the fascinating way e-commerce is changing trade. Raising ENORMOUS questions along the way. Feat @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtqw...

A dying industry dies a bit more

July 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

How on earth did one of the world's most cost-competitive chemicals plants become unsustainable in only a couple of decades? Here's what happened to the ethylene cracker at Wilton - and one or two wider lessons... edconway.substack.com/p/a-dying-in...

How did one of the world's most cost-competitive plants become unsustainable in only a couple of decades? Here's what happened to the ethylene cracker at Wilton - and one or two wider lessons

edconway.substack.com

June 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

Campbell's Soup, tin cans and tariffs.
Here's the story of the unexpected economic chain reaction that links the closure of a blast furnace in Wales with one of the most iconic American products in history... open.substack.com/pub/edconway...

Tinned Soup and Tariffs

A dive down the rabbit hole of what it actually takes to make a seemingly simple supermarket product - and what happens when that product gets embroiled in a trade war

open.substack.com

June 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

🧵Some thoughts re inflation.
Not the data today, but two deep issues we should prob spend more time thinking about.
1. While economists and policymakers may have convinced themselves that the cost of living squeeze is over, for millions of households, it doesn't feel that way.

June 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM

Ed Conway

@edconway.bsky.social

📽️Here's a film @aoifey.bsky.social and I have been working on for a while. About a slightly off piste topic (for me) - but one that matters.
It's about what happened to Leicester in the wake of all those "fast fashion" scandals a few years ago. In short: not good www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArF1...

How Leicester's 'sweatshop' scandal devastated the city's fashion industry