Anthony Gooch
goochyshoes.bsky.social
Anthony Gooch
@goochyshoes.bsky.social
Secretary General
European Round Table for Industry
www.ert.eu
ex- #EuropeanCommission #OECD

#geopolitics #trade #AI #digital #climate #competitiveness
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Europe’s Captains of Industry meeting at the #EuropeanRoindTableforIndustry completed their biannual Spring #Plenary in Rome calling for acceleration in EU efforts to Compete by restoring #competitiveness & Complete the #SingleMarket

My read out:
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#plenary #defence #security #space #lucianoportolano #supercomputing #hp6… | Anthony Gooch Gálvez
We have completed the European Round Table for Industry - ERT’s biannual Spring #Plenary in Rome hosted by our 🇮🇹 member Claudio Descalzi and his wonderful team at Eni. We began addressing Europe’s...
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#UFOs & #Alien life have been covered up for decades essentially for fear that terrestrial rivals would steal a march in #UAP technology
#AgeOfDiscovery
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@phillipspobrien.bsky.social argues 🇺🇸 stance on 🇺🇦 has been a “Long Con” since the infamous White House meeting backfired, requiring Administration to pretend to be evenhanded.
With the 28 point plan, the mask definitively slipped leaving #NATO diplomats “nauseous as the world shatters around us”.
as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.

open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Long Con Comes To An End
The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again)
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
@NBER.org study on the #Economic Impact of #Brexit on 🇬🇧 since #EURef 2016 finds:

1. UK #GDP 📉 6-8%
2. #Investment 📉 12-18%
3. #Employment 📉 3-4%
4. #Productivity 📉 3-4%

Parallels with #Trump tariffs in raising trade barriers btwn developed economies

@nickbloom.bsky.social

lnkd.in/dsmQtFpX
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Fires 🔥 that can never be put out, unextinguishable so-called “#zombiefires that disappear and smoulder underground, may now be spreading as a phenomenon beyond the Arctic. This may explain what happened in #PacificPalisades in Los Angeles
Los Angeles officials theorise that a small fire burned its way down tree roots and remained there smouldering even when firefighters on the surface believed that it had been extinguished, only to later break out and grow into an inferno
Was the Pacific Palisades blaze a “zombie fire”?
Fires can linger underground in the Arctic. Might they do the same in California?
econ.st
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“En España siempre ha sido muy complicado enterrar a más de cinco personas en paz, sobre todo porque a veces esas personas no debieron de ser enterradas tan pronto.”
#ManuelJabois

➡️https://elpais.com/espana/2025-10-29/hasta-cuando-mazon.html
¿Hasta cuándo, Mazón?
Le insultaron a gritos, a la cara, con el resto de autoridades sentadas y calladas, alguna mirando para el suelo. Fue un castigo terrible, un veredicto sobre su futuro
elpais.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Preparations for a #Digital€uro advance with a view to launch by 2029
@ecb.europa.eu
The euro area is progressing to the next phase of the digital euro project to ensure its technical readiness. If the digital euro legislation is adopted in 2026, a pilot could start in 2027, with the potential issuance of a digital euro in 2029. Learn more www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Risk of a #defencetech bubble in Europe according to #Helsing co-CEO

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reposted by Anthony Gooch
Sobering words from the German intelligence services - “We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest. We are already under fire today.”

For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
www.euractiv.com/news/german-...
German spy chief says Russia won't shy from military confrontation | Euractiv
Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, warned on Monday that Russia posed a direct threat and the current “icy peace” with the EU could erupt at any moment into “heated confrontation”. J...
www.euractiv.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In an era of polarisation in politics, it’s refreshing to read in 🇪🇸(albeit posthumously) such a glowing tribute to Guillermo Fernández Vara, fmr president of the #Extremadura region who reached across the aisle like no other.
Don’t make em like they used to.
#RIP #DEP
www.elmundo.es/espana/2025/...
Muere Guillermo Fernández Vara, ex presidente de Extremadura y un hombre de consenso por encima de las siglas
El hijo de Guillermo Fernández Vara se casó en la basílica de Santa Eulalia de Mérida el pasado 13 de septiembre. Fue la última aparición pública del que fuera presidente de...
www.elmundo.es
October 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
How to motivate a top European 🇪🇺!!
Rory McIlroy told a heckler to “shut the f*** up” before hitting a brilliant approach to close out another victory with Tommy Fleetwood at the Ryder Cup.

The fiery exchange fired up the crowd as Europe tightened their grip.

#RyderCup #McIlroy
September 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mmmmm
Where are we on global trade today? Read my FT op Ed attached to find out or click on the link below.
ft.com/content/344ef0…
September 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
#Connecticut, #RhodeIsland, #NewYork, #Massachusetts and #NewJersey — all rely banking heavily on offshore wind to meet climate targets and rising energy demand — with important #wind projects

@washingtonpost.com

wapo.st/4mNXXgy
Trump’s war on wind just got much bigger
In moving to block New England Wind, the administration is seeking to halt a third offshore wind project in less than two weeks.
wapo.st
September 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Reposted by Anthony Gooch
Federal Reserve nominee Stephen Miran, a senior White House economic adviser, told senators that he does not plan to resign from the Trump administration if confirmed — an unusual arrangement likely to raise concerns about the bank’s independence.
Trump’s pick for Federal Reserve plans to keep his White House job while on Fed
Stephen Miran, a top White House economic adviser, says he will take an unpaid leave of absence from the administration while serving at the Fed.
wapo.st
September 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Reposted by Anthony Gooch
Droits de douane : l’Union européenne menace de répliquer à Donald Trump avec des mesures d’un montant de 72 milliards d’euros
Droits de douane : l’Union européenne menace de répliquer à Donald Trump avec des mesures d’un montant de 72 milliards d’euros
Le président américain a annoncé, samedi, une surtaxe douanière de 30 % pour l’Union européenne qui doit entrer en vigueur le 1ᵉʳ août.
www.lemonde.fr
July 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This from @sulliview.bsky.social is worth the read reflecting the degree of concern by powers that be at seriousness of newcomer’s @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social prospects to the embarrassment of @nytimes.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
July 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
🤣🤣🤣
Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉
June 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#OECD reveals extent of negative impacts of #tariffs on #growth #trade, #confidence & #uncertainty.

🌎 growth 📉 from 3.3% in 24 to 2.9% in 25 & 26 esp 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇨🇳

🇺🇸 #GDP growth 📉
2.8% 24
1.6% 25
1.5% 26.
#Inflation 📈4%

💶🇪🇺growth 📈
0.8% 24
1.0% 25
1.2% 26

🇨🇳
5% 24
4.7% 25
4.3% 26

oe.cd/EO-June25
June 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“Europe losing out on #AI”? Not so fast when you discover European #industry leads the way in nuts & bolts of #infrastructure underpinning #AI, around #datacentres.

The top 3 companies leading the charge #SchneiderElectric #ABB & #Siemens, are all #ERT members.

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June 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Reposted by Anthony Gooch
If even a fraction of this is true, it’s a remarkable achievement & a mark of how far Ukr deep strike has come. ‘An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has hit ‘more than 40" Russian bombers at air bases “in the rear of the Russian Federation”…’ kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...
'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claims
"Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
kyivindependent.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
‘A Different Kind of Power’ is @jacindaardern.bsky.social ‘s memoir on meteoric rise in politics to become 🇳🇿PM & youngest world leader leading #ChristchurchCall, 1st #WellBeingBudget & #COVID response

Very embodiment of #Humanity #empathy & #decency in politics.
June 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Europe’s Captains of Industry meeting at the #EuropeanRoindTableforIndustry completed their biannual Spring #Plenary in Rome calling for acceleration in EU efforts to Compete by restoring #competitiveness & Complete the #SingleMarket

My read out:
www.linkedin.com/posts/anthon...
#plenary #defence #security #space #lucianoportolano #supercomputing #hp6… | Anthony Gooch Gálvez
We have completed the European Round Table for Industry - ERT’s biannual Spring #Plenary in Rome hosted by our 🇮🇹 member Claudio Descalzi and his wonderful team at Eni. We began addressing Europe’s...
www.linkedin.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#StanTheMan Stanley Fisher 1943-2025 #RIP

An extraordinary, understated contributor to global #economics as both academic @ #MIT where he taught a whole generation of leading lights who gravitated to policymaking, & as a policymaker in #CentralBanking & #IMF.

lnkd.in/d_-wp7H6

on.ft.com/4kwoMEQ
June 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“What we are seeing then is an (UK) economy whose trade performance is dire, above all in goods. This reflects an underlying loss of competitiveness and dynamism. A possible response would be deeper integration with the EU.”

#MartinWolf
@financialtimes.com

➡️https://on.ft.com/3SjDYJh
May 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM