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Jaguar Freight | The Weekly Roar – New truck tariffs, tariffs on air cargo, port fees on Chinese-built vessels, container service direct between East Asia and Europe, and will power outages be the next supply chain crisis?

The drumbeat of new tariffs continues. President Trump has announced a 25% tariff on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks, effective November 1, 2025. This comes after a federal investigation into truck imports and is designed to protect U.S. manufacturers such as PACCAR, the parent company of Peterbilt and Kenworth, and Ford. Most U.S. truck imports come from Mexico, which exports nearly all its heavy-duty trucks to the U.S. While USMCA allows tariff-free trade for vehicles meeting local content rules, non-qualifying...

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Trepp | Data Point of the Day: Data Centers Maturities

The securitized data-center market is entering a critical phase, with maturity schedules and note rates signaling both opportunity and refinancing risk amidst heavy borrower demand. Nearly $6.5 billion in CMBS loans come due between 2026 and 2028, led by a $3.7 billion tranche maturing in 2027 at a median note rate of 9.31%—mostly floating-rate debt that was originated at a much lower original coupon. That figure stands out against the 5.86% median for 2026 maturities and 6.53% for 2028,...

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Financial Stability Board | Monitoring Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Related Vulnerabilities in the Financial Sector

The FSB's 2024 AI report identified several vulnerabilities, including third-party dependencies, market correlations, cyber risks, and challenges in model risk and governance, which may have implications for financial stability Since the FSB’s 2024 report on the financial stability implications of artificial intelligence (AI), there have been significant developments in the AI ecosystem. These include advancements in AI models, new companies offering more flexible options, more competition in hardware, and global technology providers controlling more parts of the AI supply chain. These developments...

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EIB | Tariffs: are workers more worried about their jobs?

By Agostino Consolo, António Dias da Silva, Maarten Dossche and Marco Weißler Do European workers see US tariff hikes as a threat to their job security? According to an ECB survey, while most workers are fairly relaxed, those in export-oriented sectors and those with lower incomes are more worried about their jobs than before the tariff increase. Trade tariffs between the euro area and the United States increased significantly this year. These tariffs increase the price of goods produced in Europe for...

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EIB | President Calviño at the 2025 Global Gateway Forum

EIB Group President Nadia Calviño delivered the closing remarks of the panel discussion on the State of World on 9 October, during the Global Gateway Forum 2025 in Brussels. Thank you very much. Indeed, I was listening to this very interesting panel, and I am absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to close this very interesting, very insightful exchange with very interesting metaphors to try to describe what we are living these days. This new global order that is in the making. We are at a historical...

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Cilcare | Development of the first inner ear organoids by 3D bioprinting for pharmacological screening in hearing disorders: CILCARE announces strategic agreement with CTIBIOTECH and SATT AxLR

• CTIBIOTECH has been selected by SATT AxLR and CILCARE to develop the OrgaEar project, a disruptive innovation in hearing disorders research. • Hearing disorders are a growing public health crisis. The development of innovative therapeutic solutions is an urgent strategic priority. • Facilitating a highly advanced non-animal New Approach Methods NAMs alternative in the hearing disorders sector, CTIBIOTECH strengthens its position at the forefront of a cell-based bioassay market estimated at 28 billion euros by 2028, CAGR > 7%). Montpellier and Lyon, France – October 9, 2025: Cilcare is...

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Vulcan View: The latest EU developments 6 October – 10 October

European Commission unveils “Apply AI” strategy to make Europe a global leader On Wednesday (8 October), the European Commission shared its €1 billion plan to boost the use in key industries, create leading European AI businesses, and reduce the EU’s dependency on American and Chinese technologies. The strategy aims to speed up the use of artificial intelligence across Europe’s economy, especially among small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and in the eleven sectors essential to European competitiveness identified by Mario Draghi, former European Central...

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European Commission | Faster and safer instant euro payments become a reality

From today, sending money across the euro area will be faster and safer than ever. Thanks to new EU rules on instant payments, people and businesses can now transfer money in euro within seconds, anytime – day or night, weekdays or weekends – whether within their own country or across the euro area. Since January 2025, payment service providers (PSPs) in the euro area are obliged to offer their clients the possibility to receive euro instant payments. As of today, PSPs are also obliged...

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World Bank | Global Gateway Forum: the European Commission and World Bank Group Deepen Partnership for Infrastructure and Jobs

BRUSSELS, October 8, 2025 - The European Commission, in line with its Global Gateway investment strategy, and the World Bank Group are deepening their strategic partnership to drive a new generation of connectivity projects. An initial pipeline of projects includes 18 high-impact investments in three strategic sectors (energy, transport, and digital infrastructure) across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The collaboration, which will include regular high-level engagement and progress updates, is designed to ensure that projects...

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New York State Governor | Governor Hochul Slams Nearly Half a Billion Dollars in Federal Funding Cuts Targeting Dozens of New York Businesses and Clean Energy Programs

Funding Cuts Puts More Than 1,000 Jobs At Risk, State To Take Total Economic Hit of $650 Million Governor Calls On Washington Republicans To Restore Funding and Stop Playing Politics With New York Jobs and Businesses Governor Kathy Hochul today highlighted a list of federal funding cuts, released by Congress, that outlines grants terminated by the Trump administration through the Department of Energy. Last week, the White House announced that it was going to abruptly terminate nearly $500 million in clean energy...

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