The digital policy strategist you didn’t know you needed—using terms like 'sovereign data assets' as casually as most would say 'hello'.
Also geopolitics, innovation, industrial policy.
Location: Den Haag 🇳🇱 From: 🇿🇦
Wessel van Rensburg
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Latest Chinese trade data for May 2026 showed that imports from the EU fell 1.3% while imports from Germany plummeted 6.2%
China’s imports from the European Union dropped for the first time in three months, again swelling a trade imbalance that’s put it on a collision course with the bloc.
Three things about today's inflation report:
1. 12-month inflation increased (because May-26 > May-25)
2. 1-month inflation slowed (because May-26 < Apr-26)
3. Inflation came in below expectations.
Here is core.
I learned a thing or two by plopping this list into AI.
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* Coreweave Founders Have Dumped $2.3 Billion in Stock Since IPO
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South Africa’s electricity generation mix in the first quarter of 2026:
Coal 74.1% (down from 79% a year before)
Solar 10.7% (up from 8.4%)
Nuclear 7.7% (up from 4.7%)
Wind 5.3% (up from 4.5%)
Hydro 1.6% (up from 0.4%)
Diesel 0.5% (down from 3%)
CSP 0.2% (up from 0.1%)
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BYD plans to roll out 3,000 5-minute flash chargers in Europe by 2027, including 600 in the UK
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