https://www.themintmagazine.com Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:47:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-The-Mint-Coin-32x32.jpg https://www.themintmagazine.com 32 32 https://www.themintmagazine.com/tiktoks-addictive-design-features-fall-foul-of-eus-digital-rules/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/tiktoks-addictive-design-features-fall-foul-of-eus-digital-rules/#respond Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:47:48 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=140880

The Commission found Chinese video-sharing app TikTok’s addictive design features breach the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA) in a preliminary decision on Friday. If the findings are confirmed, the EU … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/tiktoks-addictive-design-features-fall-foul-of-eus-digital-rules/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/that-ends-now-german-court-ruling-raises-pressure-to-fix-stalled-climate-plans/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/that-ends-now-german-court-ruling-raises-pressure-to-fix-stalled-climate-plans/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:43:41 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=140336

Climate groups in Germany are celebrating a major legal victory after the country’s top court ruled that the federal government must strengthen climate protection plans. On Thursday, 29 January, the administrative … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/that-ends-now-german-court-ruling-raises-pressure-to-fix-stalled-climate-plans/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/us-eu-economic-ties-show-why-neither-side-can-decouple/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/us-eu-economic-ties-show-why-neither-side-can-decouple/#respond Sun, 25 Jan 2026 08:20:52 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=139139

US President Donald Trump argues that the US economy is disadvantaged in global markets and wants to reduce the trade deficit through tariffs. Taken together, the 27 member states of the European Union form the United States’ largest … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/us-eu-economic-ties-show-why-neither-side-can-decouple/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/trumps-greenland-ambitions-strain-maga-ties-with-europes-far-right/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/trumps-greenland-ambitions-strain-maga-ties-with-europes-far-right/#respond Sun, 25 Jan 2026 08:14:12 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=139131

Tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to take control of Greenland have driven a wedge in the once iron-clad link between MAGA and Europe’s far-right. The rift seems to signal that ideological alignment … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/trumps-greenland-ambitions-strain-maga-ties-with-europes-far-right/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/italy-backs-historic-eu-mercosur-trade-deal-after-25-years-of-negotiations/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/italy-backs-historic-eu-mercosur-trade-deal-after-25-years-of-negotiations/#respond Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:03:21 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=137536

BRUSSELS (AP) — Italy on Friday gave crucial support to plans by the European Union to seal a huge free trade deal with five South American nations neighboring Venezuela that has been negotiated for over 25 … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/italy-backs-historic-eu-mercosur-trade-deal-after-25-years-of-negotiations/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-calls-on-netherlands-to-correct-mistake-over-chipmaker-nexperia/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-calls-on-netherlands-to-correct-mistake-over-chipmaker-nexperia/#respond Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:10:25 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136884

China has demanded the Netherlands end its bid to control the Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, accusing the European country of causing a “crisis” in global supply chains. China’s Ministry of Commerce … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-calls-on-netherlands-to-correct-mistake-over-chipmaker-nexperia/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/europes-simplification-mess-frustrates-businesses/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/europes-simplification-mess-frustrates-businesses/#respond Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:04:39 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136883

BRUSSELS — When cocoa farmer Leticia Yankey came to Brussels last October, she had a simple message for the EU: Think about the mess your simplification agenda is creating for companies and communities. It … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/europes-simplification-mess-frustrates-businesses/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/give-and-take-2/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/give-and-take-2/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:47:32 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136493

What happens when the same people who once marched in protest suddenly find themselves inside Town Hall? Tanya Zerbian, Soledad Cuevas, Ana Moragues-Faus and Daniel López-García tell the tale of … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/give-and-take-2/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/from-safe-haven-investment-to-geostrategic-weapon-who-owns-the-most-gold-and-where-are-the-bars-kept/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/from-safe-haven-investment-to-geostrategic-weapon-who-owns-the-most-gold-and-where-are-the-bars-kept/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 01:20:33 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136462

Gold has been a symbol of wealth for thousands of years. While humans have used all sorts of instruments as money (salt, coins, banknotes, or now, algorithms), no asset even … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/from-safe-haven-investment-to-geostrategic-weapon-who-owns-the-most-gold-and-where-are-the-bars-kept/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/eu-protests-uk-norway-deal-allowing-mackerel-overfishing/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/eu-protests-uk-norway-deal-allowing-mackerel-overfishing/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 01:13:56 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136464

The European Union protested on Tuesday at a fishing agreement between Britain, Norway, the Faroes and Iceland, saying it could irreversibly damage the dwindling mackerel population in the North Atlantic. … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/eu-protests-uk-norway-deal-allowing-mackerel-overfishing/feed/ 0