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The United States imagined that China would veto its export of rare earths. Has a plan B: The Pacific Fund

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In the midst of the tariff war that has ended up becoming a bilateral front between the United States and China, the Asian giant He has responded blocking rare earth export. The White House seems to be seen coming and has played with one of its last buzas. The forecast. The Trump administration has written an executive order to allow the storage of metals found in the marine bed of the Pacific Ocean, According to Financial Times. This initiative seeks to counteract China’s influence on supply chains of critical minerals, since it controls 70% of the global market. A Great Reserve. These metals are found in the polymetallic nodules of the seabed, which contains minerals such as nickel, cobalt, copper, manganese and rare earth traces. As The British media has had accessthe US government has considered that deep water mining will guarantee a national source of these materials, so it seeks to accelerate mining requests under national legislation. Within that idea, it would include the creation of a strategic reserve of minerals to self -abuse. It won’t be so easy. The International Marine Funds Authority (ISA) is responsible for regulating mining in international waters. In a recent meeting, still an agreement has not been reached About how to proceed in underwater mining, and many countries are asking for a moratorium on this practice due to the impact on little known marine ecosystems. In the case of the United States They have not ratified The United Nations Convention on the Law of the 1982 Sea, the treaty that gives the ISA legal support. In other words, it is not within the entity, so the big doubt opens if you can legally grant permits to companies to operate in international waters. For their part, entities like The Metals Company have insisted that the ISA It does not have an exclusive mandatebut some legal experts have warned that acting without their guarantee is a risky movement that can put all nations against. That ocean and not another. While the United States is in this situation, the Pacific choice has much more background and has to do with the Asian giant. China is One of the main actors in underwater mining, with exploration contracts granted by the ISA In the Clarion-Clipperton area (CCZ), a region rich in polymetic nodules. In addition, it is estimated that this underwater corridor can contain more critical minerals than many combined land reserves, which makes it a strategic objective. Taking advantage. Recently, China It started The construction of an underwater laboratory at 2,000 meters deep in the Meriodional China Sea, reinforcing its scientific and operational position in oceanic funds. According to Financial Timeseverything responds to a broader vision: andThe Pacific as the new Front of Economic and Military Competition, where the control of deep resources can make a difference. 80% without mapping or exploring. The oceanic background It is our great unknownsso the ISA is holding these meetings to establish a mining code between all nations as soon as possible. For its part, scientists and environmental groups They have warned that ocean protection is prevailing due to the irreversible effects that could be given. Image | Trump White House Archced and Mister Pommeroy Xataka | There are billions of dollars in rare land buried in full view: you just have to look at the coal ashes

Europe’s boycott to the United States is real and is being noticed in one of its most profitable sectors: tourism

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David Pereira is 53 years old, Reside in France And like others thousands Millions of Europeans have been raised under the influence of the US culture. The songs he listened to, the series he saw as a child, the films they threw in the cinema of his city or the cars he dreamed of driving: all ‘made in use’. Hence, when Pereira saw enough money, he decided to make his bags and meet the country in person. And he has done it conscientiously. He has been there almost a dozen times. Two years ago the national parks of the west coast was toured. His idea was to return this summer with his family to Yellowstone. But after two months of Trump administration, Pereira has changed plans. A few days ago I recognized To the CNN that has decided, in conscience, to cancel the trip. Your case connects with A trend which begins to be received in the powerful US tourism industry. A percentage: 17%. That the change of harmony between the US and Europe is taking its toll on American tourism is not a novelty. Weeks ago than the sector emits signals In that direction. And from both banks of the Atlantic. In Europe there are agencies that They find a loss of interest In the US. And on the other side of the ocean there are organisms that They start talking of a puncture in the demand. The clearest track of what is happening, especially in the flow of Europe-Use tourists, it gave it however Financial Times (Ft) a few days ago in An article with A holder that leaves little margin to interpretations: “European tourists cancel their trips to the US for Trump’s policies.” What are they based on? Basically in A percentage: according to international trade administration data (Itafor its acronym in English) visitors from Western Europe who spent at least one night in the US over March 17% collapsed with respect to 2024. It is a considerable fact. Especially if the relevance of the tourism industry is taken into account as an economic engine: represents about 2.5% of the country’s GDP. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Are there more indicators? Yes. Trump does not have not been at the head of the White House for three months, so there is still a perspective, but throughout the last weeks they have been published figures and testimonies that suggest that something is changing in US tourism. And not for good. FT He has prepared graphics They show that the flow of travelers with destiny has collapsed from Austria, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Norway or Spain, sometimes with setbacks that exceed 20%. There is also a puncture on the flights of different regions. “Something is happening”. In general Ita has found that in March they traveled to the US 12% less of foreign visitors who during the same month of 2024. And that the percentage excludes the arrivals from the residents of Canada and Mexico, two markets that do not seem to look with too much enthusiasm American tourist destinations. You have to go back to 2021, when the sector still suffered the pandemic hangover, to find a more dire March. Probably in that percentage has influenced the fact that last year Holy Week fell in March and in 2025 it will do so in April, but the sector acknowledges that there is a background trend that goes much further. “It is clear that something is happening … and it is a reaction to Trump”, Recognize Tourism Economics. Fall of reservations. They are not the only ones to point in that direction. In early April the French hotel group Accor SA, behind several brands and highlighted accommodations in the USA, confessed to Bloomberg TV that European reserves to visit this summer the country of bars and stars have collapsed 25%. Simply, tourists seem to opt for Canada, South America or Egypt. In Spain the Confederation of Travel Agencies (CEAV) also recognized A few days ago that perceives a loss of attractiveness of the US for tourists. With those data as a backdrop, Tourism Economics He has rethink down its forecasts this year for the US sector. If in February it foresee a fall of around 5%, that percentage has worsened until 9.4%already around. The French Voyageurs Du Monde has also recognized the CNN chain that since Trump’s investiture the reserves to the US have fallen by 20%. But … why? “It is probably anxious to enter an unknown territory,” He reflected the executive director of Accor when talking about the trend with Bloomberg. The truth is that the change in tendency in the sector coincides with a complex geopolitical framework: the distancing Between Washington and Brussels after Trump’s return to the White House, the escalation in the Commercial Warthe recession drumsthe speech about the European rear and, in Paul English opinionKayak co -founder, a change in the reputational image of the US. Throughout the last months several European countries They have updated Their recommendations for travelers who move to the US or have shown concern about changes in migratory and border control policies, including guidelines that affect trans people. Denmark ha issued an alert and in Spain exterior has updated Its guidelines. In the US attraction they also influence The news about arrests at the borders. Beyond Europe. The phenomenon goes beyond Europe. China He has issued Warnings on the “deterioration of economic and commercial relations” with the US and warns its citizens: “completely evaluate the risks of traveling to the US and travel with caution.” In Canada the Statistics Office registered in February A 23% drop on car trips to the US. In air traffic the descent was somewhat lower, but also stood at 13%. Those percentages and those of Ita coincide with another phenomenon that has been found for months, especially in Europe and Canada: The boycott of USA products in favor of domestic goods and services or other countries. In fact there … Read more

The United States exempts from reciprocal tariffs on key consumption electronics and strategic components

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The Donald Trump tariff war against the world has a new episode, one in which the main American technology manufacturers breathe relieved … for the moment, because with the Republican president he never knows. The administration of the president of the United States has released reciprocal tariffs at electronic devices such as mobiles, computers and other components. Also to the 125% tax applied to China imports. The strip and loosen of tariffs is resulting Critic for large North American companies in this democated global economy. Apple is the most obvious example: after making the ‘old’ tariff of 104% of the United States to China effective, It ceased to be the most valuable company. Faced with such a critical situation, drastic decisions: Chop an airplane full of iPhone From India. But Apple is just the tip of the iceberg And the reality is that until this ‘truce’, they paint with other large ones such as NVIDIA and more generic, to the bulk of the industry, where the final cost of those products in whose manufacture are used semiconductors, chips or SSD unitsthey would support dramatic increases. Consumer electronics is the great beneficiary The United States Customs and Border Protection Office of the United States He published a statement Friday night detailing that certain electronic devices and components 10% global tariff are left out That the United States applies to most countries, such as much higher tax applied to Chinese imports. What devices? Among the exemption list are mobile phones, computers, hard drives, processors, memory chips, semiconductors, memory cards or solar cells. Two of the great direct beneficiaries are Apple and Nvidia, who manufacture in China, but the stage remains uncertain: Trump is volatile and it is not known how China will respond to this gesture. This decision of the Trump administration comes after the hardware Big Tech showed their concern against the inevitable and imminent price escalation, since Most of these devices are manufactured in China. After giving A 90 -day pause Last Wednesday for countries, except for China, they will adapt to the new tariffs, Trump loosen. These exemptions are retroactive as of April 5 (as if this week had not happened) and as detailed by the White House Secretary and CNBC is echoedaims give margin to US companies to transfer their production to the United States. But his message is blunt: ‘President Trump has made it clear that the United States cannot depend on China to make critical technologies such as semiconductors, chips, smartphones and laptops‘. In Xataka | China responds again to US tariffs and rises to 125%: from here it would be a “joke” to keep climbing Cover | Xataka

The United States of Kailasa have appropriated indigenous lands in Latin America. And who are they? Well nobody knows

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At some point in 2023, a man approached several enclaves of Ecuador and Paraguay with An irrevious offer. The guy ended up signing symbolic agreements of “sister cities” even in Newark, United States. Did it in the name of the Kailasa nationand its last appropriation occurred in Amazonian lands of Bolivia. There was only a small “but”: neither man nor Kailasa existed as such. Invent. He self -proclaimed “Sovereign State of the United States of Kailasa”, led by the controversial Indian Guru Swami Nithyanandahe has returned to the headlines, this time for A scandal of international proportions. Although Kailasa does not exist as a recognized entity, it has been presented by its followers as the first nation for Hindu in the world, with its own “cosmic” constitution, passports, sacred coin in gold and even an alleged central bank. However, this fantasy construction has given Bruces with reality when Bolivia’s authorities recently arrested 20 people linked to Kailasaaccusing them of “land traffic” after having negotiated lease contracts with Amazonian indigenous communities for a thousand years. Reinventing sovereignty. Nithyananda, whose real name is Arunachalam Rajasekaran, is a Hindu exmonje that built A spiritual empire From India to multiple cities on the planet. After being accused of rapeChild Torture and Abuse, fled from India in 2019 and reappeared proclaiming the foundation of Kaillasa, a “resurrection” of ancestral Hindu kingdoms. In his speeches, the man claims to have supernatural powers How to open the “third eye”, delay dawn or guide the reincarnation of billionaires such as Bill Gates or Warren Buffet, assuring them that rich will be born again if they deposit their fortune in a background managed by him. Its logic is clear: if you manage to convince the rich that you need eternal immunity, then the creation of a fictional state can become useful. A nation as an immunity strategy. Based on an unidentified region of South America or the Caribbean, Nithyananda argues that he chose his exile for the Advantages of diplomatic immunity that would allow him his role as head of state. In fact, Kailasa has tried to consolidate as a real nation: its envoys have posed with high profile politicians, including Mayor of Newark and American congressmen, and have even intervened in UN forums. However, these appearances have caused Political crises and resignationsas happened in Paraguay and the United States, discovering that it was a assembly without legal or territorial legitimacy. Attempt for appropriation. In Bolivia, the Kilasians entered as tourists and infiltrated official events, achieving even photograph With President Luis Arce. Was The newspaper El Due Who uncovered the case: Kailasa’s followers negotiated with the Baure community, an Amazon Ethnicity, offering help after the latest forest fires. The conversations resulted in an agreement that initially seemed to be a lease for 25 years and an annual payment of almost 200,000 dollars. However, the contract delivered (in English and more than a thousand years) included the exploitation of natural resources and the use of airspace. Despite the warnings, indigenous leaders signed. Today, one of them He has admitted to the media that: “We made the mistake of listening to them.” Spiritual manipulation. Indigenous leaders have denounced Feel deceived. In subsequent statements, they said that Kaillase representatives offered humanitarian and environmental aid after forest fires, but ended up demanding the signing of documents that did not understand at all and never imagined that they would imply the assignment of their ancestral lands. The organization Multi -ethnic indigenous territory IIwhich represents the peoples That exjasaid that some of its members were manipulated and pressured To sign, under the promise of easy benefits. In a sharp statement, they made it clear that: “Our territory is not sold, does not rent and is not subject to any type of negotiation. It is the legacy of generations that defended it with blood and resistance.” Legal and diplomatic consequences. The Bolivian government declared The null agreementsarrested those involved and deported them to their countries of origin: India, the United States, Sweden and China. The Foreign Ministry clarified that Bolivia does not recognize diplomatic relations with any entity called ‘Kailasa’, and denounced the facts as a scam. False documents and environmental conservation promises were part of the deception, and although there is no evidence that Nithyananda was physically in Bolivia, it is thought that its emissary network operated as a parallel diplomacy for illegitimate purposes. Religious dystopia. Be that as it may, the Kailasa case It highlights a sophisticated form of colonialism disguised as spiritual diplomacy, where the religious symbol becomes a legal weapon to strip indigenous communities of its territorial heritage. Beyond the apparent absurdity, what happened in Bolivia, and before in Ecuador and Paraguay (or even the United States), was a systematic attempt to install fictitious sovereignty on real territories, and all this with legal, political and cultural implications. In a dystopian crossing between the unusual and the alarming, magical realism does not seem to be in the contracts, but in the fact that they almost worked. Image | Kailasa, Nithyananda Dhyanapetam In Xataka | Christian sects: there are more (and more geeks) than you could imagine In Xataka | The peculiar utopia of Auroville, the city without money, political parties or religion

The European Union has an ace in the sleeve to negotiate tariffs with the United States: digital services

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The United States is the great world importer. Its economy is the paradigm of consumerism, and China – the great world factory – has taken advantage of it. Precisely Trump’s tariffs –now in pause in almost everyone– They intend to correct that deficit, but not only with China, but with everyone. And the European Union, one of the affectedhas its particular As in the sleeve: its deficit in services. The EU is what the US to the goods. The European Union is a great services importer. In the old continent we are eager consumers of digital services that come from the US and ranging from the subscription to Netflix to the use of platforms such as Azure or AWS. The situation in services is similar to the one Trump wants to correct, but in that USA panorama it is “our China” and the EU would be the US. Europe has digital services deficit. And von der Leyen knows. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, has already made it clear that the shots can go in the negotiations for tariffs. As they point out in Financial Timesthe president indicated that the EU will seek a “completely balanced” agreement with Washington during the 90 -day truce to the application of the reciprocal tariffs announced by Trump a few days ago. Trump makes the accounts that agree. The European Parliament already published a study Preliminary of what would happen if the US imposed extra tariffs on EU products, and detailed what the situation of imports of goods and services was. The US only talks about goods (Goods’) of consumption in its analysis, and does not mention the services for a simple reason: it has a deficit of goods (it loses) but surplus of services (it is winning). The EU is losing in services, and if the US applies tariff But it is that the US exports services to every cloth. As they also point out In The Wall Street JournalTrump’s mathematics ignore digital services exports. The former leading role of the United States as a manufacturer, with Ford or General Motors as great examples, has changed: now there the protagonists are the services, but the tariffs raised by the US government take them out of the equation, and that clearly affects the EU. In danger. According to the European Parliament data, in 2023 the EU had a surplus of goods and USA had a service surplus. In the Global EU had a surplus of 48,000 million euros, but in the study they indicate that it is a modest figure that “only represents 3% of the total commercial flow, 1.6 trillion euros.” Tariffs to services. If these negotiations fail, explained von der Leyen, the EU will expand the global trade war on services. The idea would be to include an income tax for digital advertising, something that already outlined with the DSA. The measure could have a remarkable impact on the income of companies that depend on the advertising model such as Meta, Google and Facebook. Evening threats. “We are developing retaliation measures,” said Von der Leyen, noting that “there is a wide Ramgo of countermeasures … in the event that negotiations are not satisfactory.” The advertising tax would be applied in Europe and would be different from taxes to digital sales, which have independent tax burdens according to each Member State. Image | Xataka with chatgpt In Xataka | There is a critical sector that is still expected the worst before the tariffs of the United States: that of medicines

The commercial war between the United States and China is having an unexpected victim: Christmas trees

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At the doors of Holy Week and with half a pending country, in Spain almost no one (Neither Abel Caballero) Think of Christmas. In China The thing is different. There the factories that are dedicated to manufacturing the ornaments and trees that decorate the US households every December should be receiving orders that do not just arrive. And in the industry there are little doubt what the reason is: the Commercial War raised 145% (If you take into account 20% applied by the export of fentanyl precursors) the rates to Chinese imports. What is less clear is … What will happen at Christmas? Where are the orders? That is the question that Chinese companies are being asked that are dedicated to manufacturing Christmas ornaments and trees. Yes, we are still in early April; but under normal conditions they should be receiving orders from their US clients. And it is not so. The news The Reuters agency advanced yesterday, which has spoken with the administrator of a Jinhua Christmas tree factory that has even seen how one of its partners on the other side of the Pacific suspended an order worth $ 400,000. And that the Chinese company has already invested $ 54,000 in materials. His great fear is now that the commission is annulled. “No request”. Jinhua is not an isolated case. Nor unique. Reuters He has spoken with other Chinese Christmas manufacturers that point in a similar direction. “We are concerned that US orders decrease,” explains the owner of another factory dedicated to Shaoxing Christmas decoration. The person responsible for a third company admits that at least the situation breaks with the experience of past years. “In mid -April all orders are usually finished, but now … it is difficult to know if any will come,” The manager tells from Jinhua. So far they have not registered “any request” from the US. And what is the cause? For China manufacturers there are few doubts. Or none. If 2025 is being an anomalous exercise for them is basically The commercial war unleashed on the other side of the ocean and that has been climbing. “Of course it is the tariffs,” assumes one of the entrepreneurs in the sector. After all, the tariff war may have intensified over the last days, after The act starring Trump in the Rosaleda de la Casa White with his already famous tariff table by countries and regions; But the word tariff (the favorite of the Republican) has been grabbing headlines for months. And one of the countries that He has always been In the focus is China, as was already happening in His first mandate. A figure: 145%. The result is that in the middle of April the Trump policy and the resurgence of the commercial war between Beijing and Washington (which has resulted in a mutual exchange of attacks and counterattacks tariffs) threatens to have an unexpected victim: Christmas. For now, Chinese merchandise to the US faces a tariff rise in the 125%percentage to which another 20% applied by the commercialization of fentanyl precursors. If we talk about Christmas ornament, USA and China maintain a more than prominent relationship. According to Reuters calculations 87% of the supply of American retailers dedicated to Christmas decoration comes from the factories of the Asian giant, which in turn half of their production to the US. “My colleagues and I depend on American orders to survive,” assumes Jessica Guo, administrator of a Christmas tree factory. Christmas decoration (and something else). At stake there is more than the Christmas ornament or that the US halls have more or less garlands, foams and artificial trees this year. That the sector goes well or badly translates into employment. And in millions of dollars. Two data arrives to get an idea. The merchandise acquired by American retailers in China reaches a value of 4,000 million of dollars. As for employment, only in Jinhua there is a factory of artificial trees of almost 11,000 m2 that normally uses 140 people, a template that can be elevated to 200 employees during the months of greater activity. Except for surprise, everything indicates that in 2025 it will not be necessary. Is there alternative? That is the other big question. And twice. Does China have an alternative market with which to compensate in a puncture of the American demand? And do the US companies have to the Asian giant to stock up on figurines and trees with lights? None will have it easy. In China, domestic demand for Christmas decoration is low and there are already businesses thinking about strengthening their efforts in Russia, Europe or Southeast Asia, which are an important part of the sales cake. Yet, days ago A local businessman shared with Reuters his “concern.” The situation in the US. The US can also look at other suppliers, but without getting rid of the elongated shadow of tariffs. Another country with some weight in the production of Christmas ornaments is Cambod 49% to imports from that country. From the sector they also question that manufacturing ends up moving to the US, as the Republican leader aspires. “There is no technology or labor market,” They recognize To the agency. Result: Ten months seen worries since those who want to decorate their houses face a price increase. Images | Frames for Your Heart (UNSPLASH), Gage Skidmore (Flickr) and Trong Khiem Nguyen (Flickr) In Xataka | In the middle of the largest commercial chaos, olive oil seems immune thanks to a factor: consumption in Spain

China has just launched another blow to the United States in full tariff war and this time points directly to Hollywood

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“China wants to reach an agreement. The problem is that they are not clear how to do it,” Trump declared Wednesday to the press. He did it shortly after announcing the temporary suspension of “reciprocal” tariffs to dozens of countriesalthough not before hardening its pulse with Beijing: the White House raised the levies to Chinese imports up to 145%. At first, there was 125%, Although Washington clarified that this figure joined 20% already in force. But with the commercial tension on the rise, China does not give signs of giving in, as the American president is probably waiting. Beijing has raised the tone and made its position clear. “If the United States insists on following its own path, China will fight until the end,” A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said this week. And as if they wanted to underline it with facts, this Thursday they have announced a reprisal measure that points against the American film industry. Less Hollywood, more local cinema. As Global Times collectsthe China National Cinema Administration has announced that it will reduce the number of imports from American films. The agency ensures that the measure responds to the “market law” and the election of the public, although it shows a political background by ensuring that tariffs imposed by Washington will end up deteriorating the perception of the Chinese public on US films. From now on, the number of premieres from the United States will be limited in the country’s rooms. A trend that comes from afar. The decision occurs in a context where Hollywood had already begun to lose presence. According to April box office dataonly two of the ten American films released so far from 2025, ‘Captain America: A New World‘ and ‘A Minecraft movie‘, have exceeded 100 million yuan (about 13.6 million dollars). The rest has barely generated impact. Far from being an isolated reaction, the measure fits with a broader transformation. For years, Hollywood productions enjoyed great acceptance in China, but that panorama has changed. According to data collected by the Xinhua agencyin 2012, seven of the ten higher films in the country were Americans. Today, however, Hollywood titles barely manage to sneak among the most seen. China has followed a usual strategy: learn from global referents and replicate them with their own seal. In the last decade he has developed an industry capable of producing local blockbusters with great reception. Recent examples such as’Wolf Warrior‘,’Hi, mom‘,’NE ZHA II‘ either ‘The Wandering Earth II‘They demonstrate that turn. These last two, in fact, currently lead the national box office. The commercial war continues. After the rise in tariffs to 145% to Chinese imports announced by the United States, it remains to be seen what the next Beijing reaction will be. For now, the answer has been a moderate adjustment in the cultural field, but nothing prevents them from opting for more forceful measures. Currently, Chinese tariffs on American products are at 84%. Images | Freepik | ZHE ZHANG In Xataka | Apple and Trump’s dance is taking shape: threat, panic … and an imminent exemption

There is a critical sector that is still expected the worst before the tariffs of the United States: that of medicines

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For three decades, pharmaceutical products have enjoyed green light in international trade in terms of tariffs. However, the commercial war unleashed by the tariffs of the new US government does not understand essential products. Change of course. Upon yesterday, President Donald Trump announced A 90 -day truce to the introduction of tariffs in many countries. Did it one day After ensuring During the National Committee of the Republican Congress an upcoming introduction of “Great tariffs”To the pharmaceutical sector. This raises an unknown to the European pharmaceutical industry, whose immediate future depends on whether this moratorium also means a pause in tariff fever that this week promised specific rates to this sector in principle exempt from tariffs that affect general trade. An industry with its own rules. And until now the pharmaceutical industry had enjoyed tariff exemptions under the Agreement for Pharmaceutical Products of 1994 of the World Trade Organization, agreement in which the European Union, the United States and other countries such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland or Japan participate. The agreement eliminated tariffs and other surcharges in a variety of drugs and pharmaceutical products. Tariff war. All this is part of the context of a commercial war unleashed by the new US tariffs. Although the tariff issue raised months on the table, the storm broke out last Friday when Trump announced outside the White House the amount of “reciprocal” tariffs that would be taxes to each country (already the European Union). Yesterday, when the tariffs seemed to come true, the president of the United States turned back (more or less). He did announcing 125% tariffs on Chinese products and a 90 -day moratorium on other countries. “Fast and radical” action. Trump’s announcement of industry -specific tariffEuropean Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations), appealed to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, take actions “fast and radical“Aimed at avoiding the” risk of exodus “of European producers to the United States. On the other side of the puddle, analysts do not see this hypothetical exodus clear. “Although the details are scarce, we are strongly opposed to tariffs to any pharmaceutical product: these will probably do little to bring their manufacturing again to the US.” pointed to Reuters Evan Seigerman, BMO Markets BMO analyst. “Given the complexity of the pharmaceutical supply chain, we do not expect the industry to make substantial changes.” Ozempic, in the eye of the hurricane. In recent days, Lars Fruerd Jørgensen, CEO of Novo Nordisk, has also spoken, the company he developed Ozempic and Wegovy. The Danish company manager expressed a certain degree of concern: “Of course there will be short -term impacts while mitigating the impact of tariffs,” collect Bloomberg. Ozempic’s case is relevant. On the one hand, for months we have seen how the demand for this drug against diabetes converted into weight loss treatment far exceeded its offer. The Danish recipe has, on the other hand, with a competitive formula created in the United States, the tirzepatida we found in Zepbound and Mounjarocreated by Eli Lilly laboratories. The manager also put the focus on generic drugs. “As much as the highest category of drugs is that of generic medicines,” It also pointed to Bloomberg. “If you put tariffs, it is difficult for me to see that it will not lead to another situation of medicine shortage or in general to an increase in prices.” Despite this, the United States closely follows the future of prices of this drug to the point where they have spread Bulos on false tariffs To this product. From Australia to Spain, through India. The question of the genericians has had echoes in distant countries such as India and Australia. In the “Aggravic list”Commercial of Spain, the pharmaceutical issue was manifested in a concern for pricing measures in pharmaceutical products, among other issues. It is not only Spain: in Australia, the PBS program (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) has been at the center of the tariff discussion. This mechanism dedicated to the pricing of pharmaceutical products homogenizes drug In an article for The conversation Deborah Gleeson, from the University of La Trobe. A key country in all this is India. This country is an important drug supplier for US pharmacies. Asian giant producers They fear that tariffs raise the price of their products, which will ultimately lead to a product increase in the US market. In Xataka | There is something more disturbing than the collapse of the bag: the collapse of the shelter values ​​such as the US dollar and debt Image | Glsun Mall

become the main United States military pitcher

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When Elon Musk founded Spacex in 2002 with ambitions as grandiloquent as the conquest of Marsfew would have bet money to unseat the two giants of the US space industry: Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Now it is a reality in every way because Spacex has just officially become the main military pitcher in the United States. Sorpasso The US space force has awarded 13.7 billion dollars in public contracts to launch the most critical satellites of the Pentagon from here at the beginning of the next decade. Among them, new advanced GPS satellites and strategic communications systems capable of resisting even a nuclear conflict. Spacex has taken most of the cake with 28 missions, valued at 5.9 billion dollars. There are nine more than those awarded to United Launch Alliance (The Boeing and Lockheed Martin Joint-Venture), With 19. For its part, Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos’ Aerospace Company) has received seven missions. Goodbye to the duopoly. When the New Space emerged with new rocket startups such as Spacex and Blue Origin, Boeing and Lockheed Martin shielded their military contracts with a joint business called ULA. For years, and thanks to the demonstrated reliability of its rockets, the Pentagon continued to feed the duo with the exclusivity of its juicy contracts. Spacex got open a gap in 2015 with its first military contract after a hard legal battle to compete on equal terms. Since then, he has not only managed to consolidate, but to become the preferential provider of the space force with the highest number of contracts. Excuses are over. With about 140 successful releases In the last year and more competitive rates than competition thanks to its unique reuse capacity, the Pentagon does not have many excuses to maintain favor treatment with ULA instead of choosing Spacex. Spacex requested space force 212 million dollars per launch In his Falcon 9 rockets and Falcon Heavy, compared to the 282 million that Ula asked for the Vulcan and the 341 million asked for Blue Origin for the powerful New Glenn rocket, which has barely flown once. There is a game. In spite of everything, ULA still has a lot to offer with its new Vulcan rocket, especially thanks to the upper Centaur V stage that offers greater maneuverability and orbit thrust than the Spacex falcon. Blue originated on your part, has the most powerful rocket of the fourwith a huge cofia in which all kinds of loads fit, and the same reuse aspirations as Spacex. Of course, he has barely completed a test launch, and failed in his first attempt to land in a barge in the Atlantic. He has at least one certification flight to launch military charges. Images | Spacex, United States Department of Defense In Xataka | Spacex has shot at unsuspected levels. So much that Gwynne Shotwell has entered the list of billionaires

The United States has been fantasizing with an “made in USA” iPhone. Now you will have one made in … India

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The Commercial War unleashed by Trump He is forcing Apple to look for alternatives for its iPhone, especially for those dedicated to the United States, with India arising as the salvation table against tariffs that threaten to shoot prices. The current situation. Apple has suffered its worst stock market fall in what we have of the century, collapsing 20% ​​in just three days After the announcement of the new Trump tariffs that impose 54% of Chinese products compared to only 26% to the Indians. The company, according to The Times of IndiaIt is quickly redirecting iPhone manufactured in India towards the US market, in a defensive maneuver to mitigate the immediate economic impact while looking for long -term solutions. Why is it important. This crisis could accelerate a geopolitical change in global technological manufacturing, with India gaining ground at the expense of China as the main electronic production center. The transfer is not limited to avoiding tariffs: diversifies geopolitical risks and takes advantage an Indian market that is booming. The great myth. The fantasy of an “iPhone made in USA” promoted by the Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick It is economically unfeasible. It is quite obvious but details it well 404 average. An iPhone that costs $ 30 assembled in China would require $ 300 in the United States. A complete restructuring of global supply chains established for decades would be needed. Even manufacturing in his country, Apple would continue to depend on imported components subject to tariffs. In figures. Current tariffs would increase the cost of production of an iPhone 16 Pro 550 to 850 dollars (300 more dollars), while from India the increase would be “only” 150 dollars. If Trump fulfills his threat to raise tariffs to 104% in total for China, the extra cost could be shot up to $ 600 per unit, according to Newsweek. The pragmatic option. India is emerging as the viable and already underway alternative, with the capacity to manufacture about 25 million iPhone per year, sufficient to cover approximately 50% of the US demand if it redirects all that production to the United States According to Bank of America. Apple does not start from zero in India. Since 2017 he has gradually transferred part of his production there, starting with old models and expanding to the most recent, as highlighted The Wall Street Journal. The political perspective. India and China maintain a historically tense relationship marked by territorial disputes and competition for regional influence, such as the Military confrontation in the Galwan Valley In 2020. Apple is in the midst of this rivalry, turning a business decision into a movement with diplomatic implications that could intensify competition between both powers. And now what. Tim Cook, presumably, will try to negotiate tariff exemptions while gradually increases productive capacity in India, but we should not expect drastic and immediate changes. This is an inherently slow process. China will continue to be a pillar for Apple. Right now he continues to assume 80% of its productive capacity in general and 90% of the iPhone in particular, compared to the 10-15% that India represents. In the medium term, we could see an even more diversified production, with Vietnam (than already manufactures 90% of the Apple Watch) and other Southeast Asian countries gaining weight in the supply chain. Outstanding image | Xataka with Mockuuuups Studio In Xataka | The US has finally formalized the 104% tariff to China. Act then Apple has ceased to be the most valuable company

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