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The largest nuclear power plant in Europe has been closed by the war in Ukraine. Now the United States wants to reopen

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At the beginning of the Ukraine War, the first thing the Russian Army did It was taking control of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe: Zaporiyia. During these three years, the Kremlin has established a military base and has been the objective of attacksso it has remained closed. Recently, the United States has decided to reopen this booty. Your part of the cake. There was no agreement with any of the two parties around To the rare earthsnow the focus is positioned in the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. In a telephone call, Trump suggested to Zelenski that the United States could help to manage, and possibly possess, Ukraine nuclear energy plants, according to a statement by the US presidential administration to which which has had access Reuters. All this to guarantee the energy security of Ukraine. The problem with “property.” From the same medium They have pointed out that the problem came with the word: “property.” The Ukrainian president has revealed that he would have no problem that the US investing money, only in the Zaporiyia nuclear power plant to rebuild it once again recover it. However, reject in a resounding way Give the central because they do not want to lose energy sovereignty in the country. A strategic central. The control of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe has reinforced Moscow’s power over the region, making it an energy pressure tool. According to The Washington PostRussian Foreign Minister has declared that the transfer of the central to any other nation is “impossible”, a position that highlights the strategic importance. A great loss for Ukraine. The largest nuclear plant in Europe is a great booty of war. In fact, for the nation of Zelensky it has meant a very large loss, since before the occupation it represented 20% of the country’s electrical production, such as They have reported in The Washington Post. In addition, the Ukrainian nation is now forced to allocate its limited resources to avoid a nuclear crisis. However, since the Russian occupation it has remained closed. Security problems From the closure of the plant, both parties They have accused mutually bombarding her repeatedly, so they had to close it for the risk of attacks and the growing concern for the integrity of cooling systems. Until today, the nuclear power plant has not produced energy again and has been negatively reflected in the Ukrainian electricity network. Can it be reactivated? The central was operated by Energoatom a Ukrainian public society. Its executive director, Petro Kotin, has warned in an interview for The Guardian on the problems that exist safely restart the Zaporiyia nuclear power plant. The senior executive stressed that there is a lack of trained personnel, the damage to infrastructure and the insufficiency of cooling water, after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in 2023 reduced access to the water of the Dnieper river. In an assumption that Ukraine recovered control of the central, Kotin explained that the restart process would take a long time between two months and two years, depending on the state of the nuclear plant. Moscow’s position. Russia has made it clear that it has no intention of giving control of the Zaporiyia plant and has plans to reactivate the plant, but it has not yet specified when it would happen. According to The Washington Postthe future of the Zaporiyia plant remains one of the main challenges that will define not only the energy balance of the region, but also the course of the Ukraine War. Image | DPA Germany Xataka | A Russian drone has opened one of the greatest engineering works. The problem: it was the sarcophagus of Chernobil reactor 4

Right now there are thousands and thousands of tons of olive oil embarking on the United States

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If there is a word that perfectly defines the current state of the Spanish agricultural sector, that word is: chaos. While many wine and oil companies They anticipate sales up to six months to the US To avoid the tariff effect, others Cancel hundreds of orders. That’s why, As the dreaded April 9 approachesthe bags fall and the world prepares to a more than possible recession. The question that everyone of oil is done is what will happen to what was supposed to be the first quiet year after the great crisis. Before tariffs. As Rafael Pico explainedDirector of the Spanish Association of Olive Oil Exporting Industry and Commerce and Oil Oils, between the months of January and March, dozens of companies in the sector have advanced their exports to the US. In January alone, the last month of which we have consolidated data, increased by 5,000 tons compared to the previous year. In February and March similar (or higher) figures are expected. Six months. That is, according to their own calculations, six months of consumption. And it can be considered a “security mat” waiting for Europe and the US to agree. The same has happened with wine, but not so much with other perishable products (such as hams or sausages). However, the oil is different for a simple reason: there is no substitute. Is there no substitute? Although it is true that countries such as Morocco, Turkey, Australia, Argentina or Chile could benefit from tariffs (because it will be half that Europeans), the truth is that none of those markets can satisfy the thirst of aciete of North America. 80% of the oil consumed in the US comes from Europe, explained from the COAG. Its own production, if we want to have the complete perspective, are about 6,000 tons of a set of 350,000. Who could put those amounts of oil on the table? In addition, we come from very high prices. That is something that also plays in favor of Spanish oil: last year We saw prices at 9 euros and now they are 3.5. In this context, you just have to contain a bit the fall in prices to the end user so that the effect of tariffs is not noticed. In fact, it is possible that the Ahroa price with tariffs is lower than in previous campaigns. They are good news, right? Not everything. Because, as it is, it is expected that sales fall and, in addition, there is a country with much higher tariffs that will have to redirect its production to Europe: Tunisia. It is true that we speak only of 56,000 tons per year in Spain, but an indiscriminate increase at this time can erode the profitability of many drying farms. The background problem. It is that the tariff war will distort the entire market. And it will make it the recovery of the sector is very complicated. It doesn’t hurt to remember that We have been very bad for a few years and that most producers concentrate on surviving. The dust that is raising all this commercial battle makes it very difficult to make decisions in the future. The problem is that it is time to take them. Image | Dimitri Karastelev In Xataka | For centuries, olive leaves were used to feed cattle. Now some grenadines want our nutrition to revolutionize

China probes revenge from the United States closing its doors to Hollywood. And Europe could be the great beneficiary

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China is valuing to prohibit the distribution of American films In response to Donald Trump’s threat to impose additional 50% tariffs About Chinese products. Or that follows, since the original source is a Chinese journalist linked to the Communist Party. A Insider that releases the probe balloons. This measure is part of a retaliation package that would also include blockages to the importation of agricultural and poultry products in the United States. Why is it important. The Chinese government has described Trump’s strategy as “blackmail” and He said that “will fight until the end,” according to the Ministry of Commerce in an official statement. “The Chinese do not look for problems, but they don’t fear them,” added the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lin Jian. In figures. American films generated 585 million dollars in China for 2024approximately 3.5% of the 17,710 million dollars of total collection in the Chinese film market. If the veto materializes, next blockbusters like ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth‘,’The accountant 2‘And the next installment of’Impossible mission‘They could leave a lot of money at the box office. The threat. The confrontation has intensified after Trump’s announcement of an additional 50% tariff if China did not withdraw the 34% of US products. If this dynamic is maintained, total tariffs on Chinese products could reach 104%: Current tariffs: 20% (previous taxes). New tariffs: 34% (announced last week). Extra threat: 50% (if China does not withdraw its measures). Between bambalins. Dan Wang, a specialist in China in Eurasia Group, points out that when tariffs exceed 35%, Chinese exporters lose all profitability in the US market. “After that point, China should not export to the United States at all. Europe is and will be the most profitable market for China now,” Wang explains in statements collected by Daily Mail. To a scrambled river … Outstanding image | Jurassic World, Xataka with Mockuuuups Studio In Xataka | The highest blockbuster movie in history does not come from Hollywood, but from China, and now you can see it in Prime Video

The United States created modern globalization. Now he has become his main devastating

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The world never changes from one day to another, but Sometimes there are inflection points that we only recognize in retrospective. The fall of the wall in 1989, the collapse of Bretton Woods in 1971 or the crisis of Lehman Brothers in 2008 marked the end of one era and the beginning of another. Today we are facing a moment, very possibly, similar. The phrase of British politician Darren Jones, “globalization as we have known during the last decades has come to an end,” collected by Newsweekmay sound reactionary exaggeration to Trump’s tariffs, but it is not. We are in something that goes beyond a commercial war. It is the decline of an economic order that has supported world prosperity for three decades. Tara Zahra explains it in The New York Times: It is a moment that reminds the collapse of the first era of globalization after 1913, when the value of global exports went from 14% to 6% of the world economy. The United States was the main architect of this system, but has become his great devastating. The country that was leveled in the virtues of free trade to grow now applies The same base tariff both to its democratic allies and to regimes and the Taliban. In fact we have higher tariffs in the European Union than in North Korea. It is not only the capricious policy of a single president, but the final demonstration of a long process. As Zahra documented, the notice arrived in 1999 with those anti -globalization protests in Seattle that had their replica in various parts of the world. In our case it was In Barcelona. Tens of thousands of protesters against the WTO. That intensified with the 2008 crisis and the pandemic completed this cycle: our supply chains were more fragile than we thought. The world was already fragmenting before Trump’s return to the White House. The alarming thing is what happens on the other side of the Pacific. China is not regretting for anything or waiting for better times with stoic resignationbut is actively building its own independent economic sphere. The case of Huawei It is exemplary: it does not build bridges, cava trenches. Its strategy is no longer going to compete, but to create its own parallel and self -sufficient ecosystem. Beijing in the meantime has been preparing his countermeasures to Trump’s tariffs, from the climbs to his own to the prohibition of American films. They are not only defensive responses, but the steps of a long -term strategy to reduce its exposure and dependence on the West. Beijing creates its technological ecosystems, but also financial and commercial. Within our possibilities, In the EU we are also looking for the box of the strips. Begin An era of independent islands. There are changes that can be reversed when Trump leaves the position and the following arrives, but others will be permanent. Once broken, trust is not easily restored. What happened to Huawei and others in 2019 was A lesson engraved on fire: The dependence of any market (especially the American) is a vulnerability. Praness Narayanan, from the London Public Policy Research Institute, explains it in NBC: “The decisions that make (companies) following this will remodel global trade.” The result will be a more fragmented global system, more redundant and, paradoxically, less efficient that the one that has emerged from globalization. Aurélien Saussay, from the London School of Economics, anticipates That the price to be paid for this “dysglobization” will be transferred to consumers in the form of higher prices and lower supply variety. Many of the pieces that have built the imperfect framework that has given the greatest global prosperity in history are being undone. Just now that AI, climate change and demographic complications should demand more cooperation, no less. The pendulum again oscillate to closed borders and autarchiesto some extent. China wants to be self -sufficient, the United States seeks something similar and the EU, which was to other things, Start wondering what you have left to protect. Now it remains to know what will happen in the future: not if globalization can be saved – it seems very difficult to undo certain steps – but what we will build on their remains. In Xataka | There is a clear winner with the 25% tariffs to the car: it is called byd and represents everything that China has to win Outstanding image | Xataka

Before Tesla’s collapse, Elon Musk already presses for an agreement between Europe and the United States

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The tariff war triggered by Donald Trump has unleashed chaos in the bags. From the United States to Asian bags through Europe. Everything falls and the perspectives are not good. And, along the way, we begin to see the consequences that are hardly affecting technological and automotive. One of the most marked is Tesla, who lives in his own chaos. April 2. Just five days ago Donald Trump unleashed the storm. It was April 2 in the United Statesthe edge of midnight in Europe and were already well entered in April 3 in Asia. The announcement of imposing tariffs with a flat rate of 10% to almost all countries in the world and elevate them to those that the president of the United States considers that they are doing special damage to his country unleashed chaos. Since then, the consequences have happened. Europe warns that April 9day in which the new tariffs should go into force if nothing remedies it, will vote what measures it takes against the United States. China has also made it clear that April 10 Equal 34% tariffs That the Trump administration has imposed them if they do not withdraw before or reach an agreement. The chaos. Since then, The bags have been immersed in chaos. Since last Friday, when China answered the United States, the drop in the bags was confirmed. Collapses in the United States of 10%, the Nikkei playing minimums since 2023 or the German stock market falling almost 10%. In Spain, Ibex35 is falling 5% and has already fallen more than 10% since the Chinese reaction was announced last week. Since Donald Trump announced the new economic measures, there are great losers in the commercial war. Apple, who was trying to diversify its production and partially leave China, has lost 15% because Tariffs will continue to impact in countries where it has been carrying its production. Nvidia has suffered similar falls and Microsoft has fallen 5% since April 2. Other of the companies that are suffering most are the textile -related. Nike has left more than 10% in the last five days and between April 2 and last Friday almost 20% had left but the shares have rebounded. Adidas has also fallen almost 20%. Under Armor exceeds 15% fall. LVMH (which has luxury brands such as Loewe) has left more than 12%. The automakers. But there is a sector that tariffs especially impact. The entry of cars to the United States and parts to produce cars within its borders It is taxed with 25%. Steel and aluminum, keys in this sector, also now cost 25% more. That has made shipments from Mexico and Canada paralyze or that some plants have already begun to Send your workers home with the aim of reducing production. From Trump’s announcement, Honda has fallen more than 10%, Toyota approaches 15% fall. Stellantis approaches 20%. Mercedes, Volkswagen or BMW also leave more than 10%. Benefit? Tesla was one of the few companies that I could get unscathed from the situation. Everything that sells in the United States manufactures it internally and its shipments to China are almost exceptional. Almost everything he sells in China produces it in China. In terms of trade between the United States and China, the company would have no problem. Yes there is clouds that can worry. China has taken years to allow Tesla to operate with advanced driving aid system. For this he has forced him to associate with Baiduwhat Elon Musk’s assumed aware that it is A key piece in the puzzle of its future economy. It remains to ask if China can press by cutting the tap to concrete companies. Tesla can be key since the use of data for autonomous driving are extremely sensitive to the Chinese state and does not want them to leak to the United States. Alleging these same national security concerns, from the United States they want prohibit the entry of Chinese cars or with Chinese sensitive pieces to the country. A strong fall. In spite of everything, the fall in Tesla’s actions are being considerable. On April 2, Tesla’s shares were quoted above $ 280. Today they are paid at $ 239 in a drop of approximately 15%. However, the data reflect the enormous volatility of Tesla’s actions. That same day April 2, the shares had started a little above $ 250. The alleged strength against the rivals caused the shares to rise in price but The data of your first quarterthe Chinese reaction and the rumors of Elon Musk of the United States Government have left the shares below the aforementioned 240 dollars. A crack. It is the one that has opened between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The billionaire and owner of Tesla said he expected an agreement between the European Union and the United States. “They should advance ideally, in my opinion, towards a situation of zero tariff, effectively creating a free trade zone between Europe and North America,” he said in a video connection during a league congress, the ultra -rightist party led by Matteo Salvini and that Try to get to the Government of Italy. Words picked them up The avant -garde and opens a crack between Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s speech that had so far walked together. Just when Elon Musk is losing a fortune with the fall in the price of Tesla’s shares and everything indicates that Your departure as Executing arm of mass dismissals In the United States it will be sooner rather than later. Uncertainty. The truth is that fluctuation in the price of shares Between advertisement and counting related to the tariffs filed between the United States and China they obey the volatility of Tesla shares and the response of investors guided by the latest news rather than to the real economic background of the company. However, it is true that deliveries in Q1 of 2025 have been very bad. In China they seem to have recovered the usual rhythm after modernizing the … Read more

The Spanish car will not suffer with 25% of the United States tariffs but with its consequences: a poorest Europe

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With a table in the hand and presuming to apply fewer tariffs than, it is supposed, the world is applying against the United States. This has been presented Donald Trump in what he has called “Liberation Day” to the media to confirm the application of new tariffs And when we say “the world”, capitalized, it is not an exaggeration. China, Europe, Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan, India, Switzerland, Malaysia … the list could follow Until adding 200 countries or regions. Literally. All these countries or regions are those that will have to Assume new US tariffs If you want to sell their products in the country. They are tariffs that will apply especially types of products Because, according to Donald Trump, his country is harmed in the purchase and sale of these goods or in their production. Based, all countries will have to pay 10% tariffs, whatever product. From there, up. And also specific rates are maintained to some sectors. The most punished, without any doubt, 25% to cars. Its impact is our consumption As We said a few days agothe direct impact of imposing 25% on cars that enter the United States is irrelevant for one of the most important industries in our country. The direct impact, that is important to point it out. Spain specializes in the export of cheap vehicles. Since it does not export the Mercedes Vito and Ford Transit to the United Statesits trade with the American country is practically non -existent, so the increase in cars that could reach it is irrelevant. Our country is the Second major exporter of cars of the European Union but the primary business is sales to the European Union itself or countries of the continent. By philosophy, the utilities we manufacture in Spain are very unattractive in the United States. And more if we take into account that we are jumping to electrical technology. Small and electric car is so uncompeitive in the country that Fiat was practically giving his fiat 500e. But all this does not mean that we do not suffer with all this tariff offensive. Impose a 20% tariff to the European Union (Independent of the mentioned to cars, steel or aluminum) and 34% to China, from 32% to Taiwan, 46% to Vietnam or from 24% to Japan, among others, it will make the purchase of cars, textiles and even raw materials as basic as rice. The problem is that The United States has lived in constant relocation For decades. Moving all that production to American soil is impossible in the short term and the direct and imminent consequence is, everything indicates, more expensive products. A loss of purchasing power That, indeed, it affects us. Because in a hyperconnected world, which BMW, Mercedes or Volkswagen sell less cars in the United States directly affects their results accounts. Goldman Sachs Calculate that Increase in the price of cars It will go from 5,000 to $ 15,000, depending on the type of vehicle and its base price. If this happens, it will fall as a waterfall to the employees to whom there will be less money to continue paying and, in turn, will cost them more money to make consumer goods. At the moment, the trust of US consumers has already fallen to values ​​of 2021, according to Bloomberg. When the Economy is aimed at a recessionone of the sectors that most usually suffers is that of the car. Keep in mind that the car is one of the greatest investments we make throughout our lives. For disbursement, it is usually the most important after the purchase of a house. When the economy enters crisis, Renewal times are lengthened and Less cars are sold. The 2008 crisis brought with him a Huge drop in car sale. That year, Spain returned to 1997 in terms of productive volume with An interannual fall of 12%. In our country, in 2006 1.6 million cars were enrolled and in 2012 The million had not been exceeded of units sold. Obviously, Spain is not in the 2008 pre -crisis bubble but we must look at countries like Germany. The German country is the main buyer of Spanish vehiclesfollowed by France. Has based much of its economy on exports And those of cars is the most remarkable to the point of being the first European and sixth producer and exporter in the world, with more than 4.1 million exported units (Spain did not reach 2.5 million last year). The German country has already added two years in a row in recession And the prospects for this 2025 was to grow very little. As little as just 0.3%. Calculations that were made before the announcement of the new tariffs presented last night. For its part, France grew last year 1.1% But household investment fell 6%. Again, everything points to lower consumption. The positive part is that Spain is facing a conversion betting on electric mobility. Although in Spain cars with combustion and cheap engines continue to lead the market, European manufacturers need to start selling all the electric ones that can go to go compensating emissions for 2027. And that implies lowering prices and making them more competitive in front of gasoline cars. What is evident is that an economy in recession or stops only negatively impacts the sale of vehicles. And that sale of vehicles depends on the 10% of Spanish GDP. Photo | The White House and Volkswagen In Xataka | Trump tariffs have caused the Big Tech debacle in the stock market. And propose a slowdown in investment in AI

Elon Musk has said that Mars will be part of the United States. It is an unusual affront to the outdoor space treaty

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See Elon Musk on stage in a political event is already a guarantee that In the morning the bread will upload. But this time his words have resonated beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. The echo has felt up to Mars. The phrase. During a political rally in Wisconsin, with a gigantic American flag projected behind him, and dressed in his Spacex blue jacket, Elon Musk pronounced The following phrase: “I will die in the United States. I’m not going anywhere. I could go to Mars, but it will be part of the United States.” The affront. He Treaty about outer space From 1967, signed today by 115 countries, it establishes that “the ultra -resort space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriations by claim of sovereignty, through use or occupation, or by any other means.” Musk’s statement, individually, does not directly violate the agreement, which is only binding for governments. But his words are an unusual affront if they are interpreted as a suggestion that the United States will claim Mars as his, violating international law. The contradiction. Interestingly, Spacex, Elon Musk’s aerospace company, keeps in the Starlink service terms A legal notice about Mars that contradicts the treaty and in turn the recent statements of its founder: “For the services provided on Mars, or in transit to Mars through Starship or other spacecraft, the parties recognize that Mars is a free planet and that no land government has authority or sovereignty on Martian activities. Consequently, disputes will be resolved by principles of self -government, established in good faith, at the time of the Martian resolution” What is the plan. Since the foundation of Spacex in 2002, Musk’s long -term vision includes the Colonization of Mars. Its objective is to establish a self -sufficient settlement on the red planet that would guarantee the survival of humanity as a multiplaneary species if something happened on earth. Spacex is developing the Gigantic Rocket Starship To give logistical support to this titanic project, and plan launch the first unmanned missions At the end of next year. But at the time of truth, only governments and hundreds of thousands of volunteers willing not to return They would have the ability to carry out a permanently inhabited colony on Mars. Political pressure. NASA marked as a priority objective the return to the moon, but Musk, which Consider the moon “a distraction”he is pressing the agency with its political power and its enormous resources to accelerate the missions with astronauts to the red planet. You have already got Donald Trump Declare Mars the “manifest destiny” from the United States, and things could get even more on their part if Jared Isaacman, Spacex’s commercial partner, assumes NASA administration after being nominated by the president. Against the law. Of course, one thing would be to plant the American flag on Mars, something that also China intends to do with yours in 2040and another very different would be to claim the independence of a Martian colony. Any property claim on Mars, does NASA or Spacex, would be considered an American claim, due to its continuous jurisdiction, and would be prohibited. If Musk’s declaration is interpreted as a territorial claim, It would be incompatible with the principles of the international treaty. On the other hand, it is true that Musk has no problem changing his opinion. Until recently, he argued that Martian settlers would directly legislate the planet with a political self -government system for direct democracy. The laws would be voted by the people, without political intermediaries, the businessman proposed. Images | POT, Wisconsin Young Republicons In Xataka | It is not that Elon Musk has managed to introduce its influence on NASA. Is that he has entered sweeping

A direct response to the technological pulse with the United States

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The European Union begins to move with greater decision so as not to be left behind in the race for artificial intelligence (AI), where the United States and China mark the rhythm. A little over a month ago, the European Commission announced an investment of 150,000 million euros with that goal. Now, it takes a new step focused on reinforcing its technological sovereignty in key sectors, with a new investment of 1.3 billion euros. The objective of investment. The initiative seeks to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence in companies and public administrations, also reinforcing the capacities in cloud services and cybercraft. In Brussels they leave no doubt: they consider this technology as critical and strategic for the future of Europe and its digital sovereignty. Therefore, it is included within the Europe Digital (Digital) Program For the 2025-2027 period. Thus the investment will be divided. It has not been detailed how many millions will receive each area, but it has been defined how the budget will be distributed. Experiment with immersive environments, called “virtual worlds”, apply the AI ​​law and develop common data spaces with an efficient approach to energy consumption. Strengthen the European Digital Innovation Centers (EDIH) to facilitate the adoption of artificial intelligence in companies and public administrations. Promote the Destination Earth project, which seeks to build a digital model of the planet to support disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change. Strengthen cybersecurity capabilities, including the development of the EU cybersecurity reserve. Promote the training and attraction of talent in digital competences from educational centers and professional training. Display the new EU digital identity portfolio and its trust infrastructure, and foster its adoption in the Member States. Accelerate the digitalization of the public sector through the development of interoperable, efficient and high quality services. Open call. The European Commission will open in April 2025 the first calls of the new Digital Europewith others planned throughout the year. The bases will be available in the EU Official Financing Portal, and will allow to present projects focused on generative artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, virtual worlds, digital public services and European digital identity, among others. These calls do not distribute funds without more: they are competitive processes where interested entities must submit concrete proposals, with clear objectives and detailed execution plans. If the project convinces, you can receive financing for its development, implementation and application in real life. So the specific recipients of the 1.3 billion euros announced today have not yet been defined. Towards a lower foreign dependence. As collected The Europe Digital Program page“The important thing is that Europe does not depend on systems and solutions from other regions of the world.” In that line, the European Commission has been promoting different strategic initiatives to strengthen its technological autonomy. One of them is the Chips Lawcreated to deal with the scarcity of semiconductors. And what about regulation? The European Union was positioned as a world pioneer by being the first to regulate artificial intelligence, But criticism soon arrived. Several experts warned that a regulatory framework could stop innovation, just at a time when Europe competes with giants such as the United States and China. French president himself, Emmanuel Macron, described the rules of the block as “punitive” and demanded a more competitive strategy to boost a European AI. At the end of last year, shortly before starting his second term at the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen He acknowledged that European startups They face a clear disadvantage against their American counterparts, and proposed new measures to close that gap. It will be necessary to see if these efforts give results and allow the old continent to position themselves better in the career for artificial intelligence, technological development and the long -awaited digital sovereignty. Images | Alexandre Lallemand | Igor Omilaev | Markus Spiske In Xataka | There are European companies that want to become independent from the clouds of Amazon, Google and Microsoft: they will not have it easy In Xataka | “Humans will not be necessary for most things”: Bill Gates does not believe that doctors and teachers have a future

The United States is willing to reduce tariffs to China, although you want something in return: Tiktok

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The US president has just written a new chapter of the soap opera starring Tiktok. Currently 170 million Americans use This Chinese social networkand bytedance, its owner, As soon as you have a week To find a buyer. The Government led by Donald Trump has given him the deadline until April 5 to sell Tiktok to a company that is not China. If you don’t will prohibit its use within the US. The US administration justifies this measure as part of a strategy that seeks to protect national security. Donald Trump and his collaborators have explained that they are worried that The Chinese government can use Tiktok to exercise and collect data from US users. And the way to prevent it is to prevent the administration led by Xi Jinping to maintain the ability to exercise some type of control over this social network. Donald Trump is willing to soften tariffs The controversial current president of the United States is aware that the Chinese government has a lot to say about the future of The social network of Bytedonce. Any option that implies the sale of Tiktok to a foreign company must be approved by the Chinese administration, and right now the negotiation seems to have reached a dead point. In fact, a few hours ago Donald Trump has confirmed, according to Reuterswhich is willing to extend the deadline of April if they do not reach an agreement about the future of this social network. At the moment Donald Trump has not specified on what percentage he is willing to reduce tariffs However, this is not the only thing that has been publicly anticipated. Has also put on the table the possibility of reduce tariffs to China If this measure contributes to placing Tiktok away from the influence of the Xi Jinping government. What has not specified at the moment is what percentage is willing to reduce tariffs, and neither What sectors can benefit from this measure. It is important that we do not overlook that during his still short second term Donald Trump and his collaborators have imposed additional tariffs of 20% to those already existing over all Chinese imports. This movement clearly reflects that for the US government The social network Tiktok is very important. Otherwise Trump would not have been willing to use tariffs as a negotiation tool. The Ministry of Commerce of China He has already respondedalthough in an ambiguous way. And it has officially declared that its position about tariffs remains consistent and that the Beijing government is willing to dialogue with Washington on the basis of mutual respect, equality and reciprocal benefit. At the moment he has not added anything else about Tiktok. Image | Gage Skidmore More information | Reuters In Xataka | The USA hits China again with a double purpose: to stop the development of its hypersonic superorders and missiles

Europe’s access depends on the United States. ESA has presented a strategic plan to become independent

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Guarantee the technological autonomy of Europe in space will be key in the rearma of the European Union. He ESE Strategic Plan For the next 15 years it has just made it clear. The document, entitled “Strategy 2040: raising the future of Europe”, establishes as one of the priorities of the space agency to strengthen autonomous access to orbit and independent from NASA. At what point is that. With an annual budget of 7.7 billion euros, the European Space Agency has a powerful scientific exploration program: it has just presented The first Euclid space telescope data set, He is on his way to Jupiter’s icy moons with Juice and Has Hera traveling to the Dimorfo asteroid as a spatial defense mission. ESA also develops the Galileo navigation system of the European Commission, which is more precise than the American GPSis behind one of the most advanced land observation programs that exist: the constellation of Sentinel satellites, which is part of the European Copernicus program. Also together with the European Commission, ESA just closed An agreement of 10,000 million euros (between public and private funds) to build the constellation of Iris2 satellites. The objective: reduce the strategic disadvantage of Europe in front of the Starlink constellation and the incipient Chinese constellations. Europe also has a wide network of observatories and the ability to communicate with deep space with antennas in Madrid, Argentina and Australia. In fact, one of the NASA deep space network stations (DSN) has A station operated by INTA in Robledo de ChavelaMadrid, from where he communicates with his Martian rovers and other probes. What depends on NASA. ESA does not have its own spacecraft to transport astronauts. From the veto to Russia and its Soyuz capsules, it depends exclusively on the Crew Dragon ships of Spacex to access the International Space Station, either in NASA long -term missions or in commercial missions of short duration of the AXIOM company. The same thing happens with the Artemis missions to the moon. ESA is one of NASA’s most important partners in its lunar program. Plans to carry up to 1,500 kg of load With each flight of the Argonaut lunar moduleand has contributed a key component of the manned ship Orion: the service module. However, NASA has prioritized the presence of a Canadian astronaut in the Artemis II mission and A Japanese astronaut In the future of the launning. The giant’s rear. While that collaborates closely with NASA in many important missions, such as the detection of objects close to Earth, James Webb space telescope or the mission of recovery of land samples mars mars sample return (Now in pause), Much of its infrastructure follows the rear of the American space agency. Especially in launching capacity. In addition to the best funded space agency (25.4 billion dollars of annual budget), the United States has the most buoyant and advanced private space industry in the world. Spacex puts 80% of the mass that is launched globally a year, and is the only company, along with Rocket Lab, which usually reuses its pitchers. In recent years, Europe has had to launch some of its most important missions (including Galileo strategic satellites) in Falcon 9 rockets of Spacex for an internal crisis of pitchers. The European plan. For all the above, added to the political context, one of the central objectives of the EES in its Strategy 2040 is to reduce the dependence of the United States in spatial matters. A good part of their future public contracts will be oriented to boost the growth and competitiveness of the European private space industry. The goal is to generate more than 250,000 jobs related to space in Europe. At the same time, ESA will take advantage of its research facet to collaborate more closely with European universities in the development of new generation technologies. For this they need to attract talent to the careers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, so it starts from the work will be inspired by young people with space missions and the communication work of their astronauts, Among them Pablo Álvarez and Sara García. Reusable rockets. European releases have been stagnant in an inefficient duopoly: heavy satellites are thrown with French Ariane rockets and light satellites do it aboard Italian rockets Vega. Ariane 6 and Vega C are barely beginning to operate normally after erratic years, but its disposable nature puts Europe in a vulnerable situation against Spacex and the US New Space. Things are going to start changing. The German company Isar Aerospace could become this March 24 In the first European company that launches a commercial rocket, the Spectrum, to the land orbit. The Spanish PLD Space hopes to do it at the end of the year with the Miura 5ura rocket. There are only two examples of the effervescent panorama of European microlanzores, but all have in common the support of the ESA and ambitious plans to turn their rockets into reusable. Pld ha announced even a manned ship called lynx. At the forefront. Recovering the lost terrain with its own reusable rocket ecosystem and manned ships is only part of the plan. ESA also plans to expand its satellite constellations, lead the world in the elimination of space garbage, participate in future orbital stations and lunar bases, and develop high thrust engines such as Spacex or Blue Origin, for which you have granted A contract to the Spanish company PANGEA AEROSPACE. He does not expect to have everything ready suddenly, but the strategic plan projects an increase in launches from 2030 and an increasing capacity to launch heavier loads at more distant orbits, without depending on foreign pitchers and without neglecting the development of other technologies, such as advanced communications systems and autonomous capabilities for asteroid surveillance. In short, give the 23 member states that finance ES an autonomous access to space. A matter of money. In return, the European Space Agency asks Europe for something very concrete: more money. Its budget is less … Read more

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