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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 16/05/2026

1/ Amid all the hype around China's 15th FYP, worth revisiting this CTVC piece to understand how clean tech financing actually works in China — and what it means for Western strategy. www.ctvc.co/an-insiders-...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 24/10/2025

Industrial policy is back — and it's changing fast. What started as "green" strategy is now a global race for clean tech competitiveness and economic security. But do we actually know what works? That's what we're asking at the New Energy Industrial Strategy (NEIS) Center. /1

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 17/09/2025

Happy Samin day to those who celebrate :)

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 05/09/2025

👀 www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 02/09/2025

18/18 Meg Rithmire's key insight: Industrial advancement can't make the distorted macroeconomic math work. China may create "islands of competitiveness" but without politically difficult systemic reforms the imbalances persist. Full text: online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 26/08/2025

Intel immediately files with the SEC warning that Trump's government stake could kill their international sales because apparently foreign customers aren't thrilled about buying chips from America's newest state-run enterprise. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 10/08/2025

Looking at 1913 tariff rates hits different when you realize we're doing the exact same thing right now.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 29/07/2025

Not sure I agree with the notion of a 'deal' here -- these are broad framework agreements with the details yet to be worked out, and many sticking points papered over in announcements. Could fall apart quickly! www.ft.com/content/50f8...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 12/07/2025

Just back from Shanghai where you can now buy phones and cars in the same store as electronics firms push into EVs.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 25/04/2025

Conversations with your imaginary friend. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 25/04/2025

"A closely-watched poll of consumer morale, from the University of Michigan, has found that economic expectations have fallen by a “precipitous” 32% since January, which they say is the biggest three-month drop since the economic downturn 35 years ago." www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 15/04/2025

"Canadian flight reservations to the US are down 70% through September versus the same period last year." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 13/04/2025

We believe in the importance of manufacturing, for others.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 13/04/2025

"The total number of overseas visitors travelling to the US dropped by 12 per cent year-on-year in March, the steepest decline since March 2021 when the travel sector was reeling from pandemic restrictions, according to the ITA data."

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 08/04/2025

More turbulence ahead for trade and shipping. USTR expected to impose sharp docking fees for China-made ships starting April 17.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 07/04/2025

So this is where we are at. In addition to suffering through the turmoil caused by the President's economic policies, countries can "simply write checks to the Treasury" to rebalance the global economy.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 07/04/2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 03/04/2025

The tariffs are not helping with the energy dominance agenda. Making renewables more expensive will make it harder to meet growing energy demand. Great figure from Semafor this morning.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 02/04/2025

Happy Liberation Day to those who celebrate!

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 02/04/2025

Economic uncertainty index hits record high, beats covid lockdown levels. Not the climate you want if your plan is large-scale domestic reindustrialization.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 28/03/2025

Canadian govt placing ads all over DC.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 13/03/2025

This is where I draw the line.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 05/03/2025

Morning reading for no reason whatsoever.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 04/03/2025

Me watching the tariff announcements roll in:

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 04/03/2025

Helpful summary of where things stand this morning. Retaliation not included.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 27/02/2025

This poster is all over London bus stops. I’m not judging people’s decisions I’m just saying Elon is a factor in people’s decision making and they have other EVs they can buy.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 25/02/2025

Even a "Kenya coalition" (Union+SPD+Greens) would struggle in the East - only securing majorities in parts of Berlin and Brandenburg. 12/

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 25/02/2025

Perhaps most telling: AfD's strongest results came in districts with the LOWEST percentage of foreign residents. Where more immigrants live, AfD performs poorly and CDU leads. 10/

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 25/02/2025

AfD isn't just an East German phenomenon - they're the second-place party in many southern and western districts. Their highest result: 47% in Görlitz (Saxony). 3/

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 21/02/2025

"BETRAYED. First Zelensky, soon us? The radical turning away of the USA from its allies." Today's cover of the German Der Spiegel.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 02/02/2025

Good afternoon from Germany, where offshore wind is still a thing. 🥰

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 25/01/2025

Looks like Musk is a green badger after all. Ouch.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 22/01/2025

But I'm glad we are doubling down on oil and gas, the industries of the future.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 21/01/2025

I had fun visiting NIO in Beijing last week and watching the battery swap station add a new battery with 600 miles range in a few minutes. Beautiful design, too.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 21/01/2025

Happy executive order day everyone. You know what raises the cost of home appliances? Tariffs do! Unclear also how emergency price relief is supposed to work in housing?

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 14/01/2025

Walking the streets of Beijing tonight, I keep thinking about how rare a clear night was 10 years ago, and how noisy the streets were before EVs.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 12/01/2025

When people tell you who they are, believe them. www.ft.com/content/c6dc...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 08/01/2025

Good morning, Singapore.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 18/12/2024

We are hiring a professor for emerging technologies and policy, ideally with a focus on energy/climate/sustainability. Come join us! facultyjobs.jhu.edu/Home/Positio...

"SAIS invites applications for a faculty position in international affairs. The faculty appointment will be an endowed chair as a professor of practice or at any level on the tenure track. The ideal candidate is an established leader who has extensive experience with practice and scholarship in international affairs, with a particular emphasis on emerging technologies. The position is ideal for an entrepreneurial policy scholar with a proven track record of building ambitious international partnerships."

This one could be anything from a tenured position to a professor of practice, so don't hesitate to apply if you are amazing.

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 12/12/2024

Turns out making things is hard. Only 93 of the of the 3,000 electric postal trucks originally expected by now were actually delivered. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

manufacturing difficulties for postal trucks

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