(3 articles) Key revelations, groundbreaking strategies and notable omissions in the new Trump indictment | Italy seeks off-ramp from China's Belt and Road | Deep-Sea Mining Brings Bold Climate Promises—And Big Financial Risks

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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Key revelations, groundbreaking strategies and notable omissions in the new Trump indictment    The newest indictment against Donald Trump contains one of the gravest charges any citizen, let alone a former president, could face: undermining American democracy through a concerted effort to overturn the results of a presidential election. Trump’s efforts to derail the transfer of power triggered his second impeachment with just days left in his term and prompted a wide-ranging probe by the House Jan. 6 select committee. But the case filed Tuesday by special counsel Jack Smith is the first attempt to hold Trump criminally accountable in a court of law for his actions between Election Day in 2020 and Jan. 6, 2021. Prosecutors now say, with the blessing of a grand jury, that those actions amounted to four federal felonies. Here’s what Smith revealed in the indictment about his new evidence and his legal strategies — plus a few things he held back. Continued here Italy seeks off-ramp from China's Belt and Road    VIENNA -- Italy's government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is looking for a way out of China's Belt and Road Initiative after a deal struck with Beijing four years ago failed to produce much economic gain. As the European country also hopes to avoid economic fallout from a breakup with the Asian powerhouse, Rome will try to maneuver a soft landing toward the end of the year, when an exit would have to be announced. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Deep-Sea Mining Brings Bold Climate Promises—And Big Financial Risks    At the last minute of the recent International Seabed Authority meeting in Jamaica (which ended July 29), negotiators representing countries around the world decided to postpone a decision on the most important point of debate at the gatherings. That is, whether and how companies can mine the bottom of the ocean for critical minerals needed for the energy transition. The debate has largely centered on just how bad deep-sea mining would be for underwater life. Opponents say that the practice risks destroying untouched marine ecosystems; supporters argue that the extraction technology is relatively light touch and that any damage underwater would be better than damage to terrestrial ecosystems. It is, at its core, a moral argument with the economic and financial case for deep-sea mining almost taken for granted. So I want to take a minute here to look at some of the economic and financial elements at play. Deep-sea mining is one of many sectors in the clean technology space that should make businesses and investors think differently about risks and returns. Continued here

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