The global implications of China’s mid-income trap
The IMF has chainsawed longer-term growth forecasts
EY China staff encouraged to wear Communist party badges
Committee calls for display of loyalty from CCP members in run-up to big political meeting
Why Biden’s man in Brussels thinks his EU partners are ‘phenomenal’
Also in today’s newsletter: the cunning plan to replace Russia’s nuclear supplies to the EU with Ukraine’s
Letter: Caveat in your otherwise excellent economy analysis
From William Jacobson, Sarasota, FL, US
Citigroup loses top London-based dealmaker
Alison Harding-Jones, who runs M&A business in Europe, Middle East and Africa, to depart in March
Union Pacific to replace chief after hedge fund urges change
Soroban says freight rail operator lagged behind rivals under Lance Fritz’s leadership
Economics class: Northern Ireland — Rishi Sunak’s big test
Scarcity
Letter: The generative AI genie is well and truly out of the bottle
From Hilary Sutcliffe, Director, SocietyInside, London SE21, UK
Letter: A victim of the narrative that impressions create
From Emeritus Professor Albion M Urdank, University of California, Los Angeles, US
Geography class: How to contain a recalcitrant Russia
Power and borders