Back this week with these topics: 🧳 Estonia and Finland want a ban on Russian tourists in Europe 🇩🇪 Germany is falling apart (w/ Fred Roeder) 🇬🇧 The British Conservative Party chooses a new Prime Minister (w/ Tom Spencer) You can follow Tom Spencer on Twitter @TomJackSpencer Check out these websites if you want support […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP82: Wireless headphones & European Airline Chaos (co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes)
We’re back! This week’s episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes! Our topics: 🎧 What’s a good choice of wireless headphone? ✈️ Chaos in the sky & will pilotless planes save us? Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially: https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/ https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva. Check out his new […]
Checking In on the Bees
The conversation over pollinator health has sparked a heated debate on using crop protection chemicals. In Europe, both neonicotinoid pesticides (marketed since the 1990s) and its competitor sulfoxaflor (registered with the EPA since 2013) have been banned over concerns the insecticides adversely affect bee health. “Should other politicians vote down the (National Front’s) proposals on […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP82: Ukraine, Bitcoin, and Liberal Democracy (w/ Matthew Mežinskis)
Greetings all! Yaël checking in here for a special broadcast. Your usual host Bill will be out for some time, but you can continue to tune in here for the best consumer news and analysis from a European perspective. INTERVIEW: Matthew Mežinskis is an American of Latvian, Norwegian, and Irish descent, residing in Eastern Europe […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP81: Taking it back to Georgia! (w/ Yaël Ossowski, Luca Bertoletti, and Aleksandar Kokotovic)
In this week’s episode: United with the Consumer Choice Center team in Tbilisi, Georgia! Yaël Ossowski, Luca Bertoletti, and Aleksandar Kokotovic weigh in on dollar-Euro parity, the so-called “Uber-files” crypto contagion, and much more. Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/ Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially: https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/ https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A July 21, 2022 […]
EPA ignores the pleas of farmers on crop protection
The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t listening to farmers and its own scientific panel. In a move that is causing American farmers significant distress, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is effectively banning the use of the herbicide atrazine. The agency is lowering the so-called concentration equivalent level of concern (CE-LOC) to 3.4 ppb (parts per billion), […]
Bill Would Give US Production of Vital Electronics to China
The consequences of a bill in Congress will make you want to buy a new phone and laptop, provided that inflation leaves you with enough disposable income to do that. While Americans are dealing with the effects of record-high gas prices, Democrats in Congress are suggesting the so-called PFAS Action Act, which would declare perfluoroalkyl and […]
Le MACF, ou le protectionnisme de Donald Trump en version européenne
L’Union européenne est tout aussi protectionniste que les Etats-Unis. Elle utilise juste des moyens et des justifications différents pour arriver à ses fins. Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de « l’ajustement à l’objectif 55 » ? Probablement pas, car pendant que l’Union européenne invente de nouvelles façons de détruire votre pouvoir d’achat, vous êtes probablement plus préoccupé par d’autres […]
Can Joe Biden restore food trade talks with Europe?
For the EU, former President Donald Trump’s international policy was seen as a major regression for global trade policy. When former EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker signed the EU-Japan trade deal in 2018 — abolishing virtually all tariffs — Europe sold the move as being in significant contrast to the protectionism taken in the United States. That said, many […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP80: Joint episode with Consumer Choice Radio on the G7
This week’s episode is broadcasted simultaneously with our friends at Consumer Choice Radio! w/ David Clement & Yaël Ossowski This is the 80th episode of ConsEUmer – we will be on a short break, returning on July 21! In this episode: 🥸 Politicians become jokers at the G7 🛢️ Macron makes case for American oil […]