Declan Kelleher
@deckelleher.bsky.social
Former Ambassador of Ireland to the EU. Former Ambassador of Ireland to China
Totally agree with @kevinhorourke.bsky.social . Excellent piece by @alanbeattie.bsky.social .
This is spot on by @alanbeattie.bsky.social .
If you care about rules you don’t reward people for breaking them. (And in a dangerous world if you are perceived as weak you will be treated accordingly.)
on.ft.com/4kb20Co Court tariffs bombshell should inspire trading partners to defy Trump
If you care about rules you don’t reward people for breaking them. (And in a dangerous world if you are perceived as weak you will be treated accordingly.)
on.ft.com/4kb20Co Court tariffs bombshell should inspire trading partners to defy Trump
Court tariffs bombshell should inspire trading partners to defy Trump
The EU must stand up to the US president’s bullying for the sake of the world trading system
on.ft.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Totally agree with @kevinhorourke.bsky.social . Excellent piece by @alanbeattie.bsky.social .
Reposted by Declan Kelleher
It’s like a festival of red flags, an orchestral symphony of alarm bells. A global AGM of bad ideas.
FORMER MORGAN STANLEY BANKER MICHAEL GRIMES EXPECTED TO LEAD NEW U.S. SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND, SOURCES SAY U.S. SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND TO BE FINANCED BY TARIFFS IMPOSED ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES, SOURCES SAY
March 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It’s like a festival of red flags, an orchestral symphony of alarm bells. A global AGM of bad ideas.
Reposted by Declan Kelleher
"From a European perspective it seems prudent to start with the worst-case assumption, given all we know about Trump’s nature and his intentions. Expecting the worst may ultimately help to avoid the worst."
Read more in discussion paper by Fabian Zuleeg & me here:
epc.eu/en/Publicati...
Read more in discussion paper by Fabian Zuleeg & me here:
epc.eu/en/Publicati...
Europe’s next watershed – how liberal Europe should react to Trump 2.0
Europe’s next watershed – how liberal Europe should react to Trump 2.0
epc.eu
January 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"From a European perspective it seems prudent to start with the worst-case assumption, given all we know about Trump’s nature and his intentions. Expecting the worst may ultimately help to avoid the worst."
Read more in discussion paper by Fabian Zuleeg & me here:
epc.eu/en/Publicati...
Read more in discussion paper by Fabian Zuleeg & me here:
epc.eu/en/Publicati...
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January 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A must-read article by @alanbeattie.bsky.social
My Trade Secrets today.
Joe Biden tried hard, despite competing priorities, to create an "economic security state" akin to the post-WW2 national security state. It's a bit ramshackle and uneven, but at least it's there. Donald Trump is, let's say, unlikely to improve it.
on.ft.com/4gJ9smL
Joe Biden tried hard, despite competing priorities, to create an "economic security state" akin to the post-WW2 national security state. It's a bit ramshackle and uneven, but at least it's there. Donald Trump is, let's say, unlikely to improve it.
on.ft.com/4gJ9smL
Trump has limited powers to fight an economic cold war
[FREE TO READ] The new president is not the man to shore up the US ‘economic security state’
on.ft.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A must-read article by @alanbeattie.bsky.social
😂😂👍
Also a ready-made gag about receiving lawyers' lettuce etc.
Beginning to suspect she's not thought this one through.
Beginning to suspect she's not thought this one through.
My "I did not crash the economy" legal letter raises many questions that... etc... etc...
(More importantly, can someone find out which lawyers are sending these letters.) www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
(More importantly, can someone find out which lawyers are sending these letters.) www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
January 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
😂😂👍
Reposted by Declan Kelleher
My Trade Secrets today. It's not just political caution about Brexit restraining a Labour government from aligning with the EU economy. If the US presses the UK to join its anti-China camp on tech and trade, Britain will be pulled in two directions.
on.ft.com/3zfXoZ6
on.ft.com/3zfXoZ6
Labour may face a tug of war between European trade and US security
[FREE TO READ] The gravitational force of the EU economy will pull against the UK’s strategic alliance with Washington
on.ft.com
June 28, 2024 at 11:13 AM
My Trade Secrets today. It's not just political caution about Brexit restraining a Labour government from aligning with the EU economy. If the US presses the UK to join its anti-China camp on tech and trade, Britain will be pulled in two directions.
on.ft.com/3zfXoZ6
on.ft.com/3zfXoZ6