Raf Casert

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

Port of Brunsbuettel, Germany, March 1, 2022.

EU Looks to U.S. to Curb Reliance on Russian Natural Gas

Officials will discuss shipments of liquefied natural gas over the next two years.

Brussels Airlines planes at Brussels Airport, May 12, 2020.

Near-Empty Flights Crisscross Europe

Airlines admit they serve no purpose except to secure valuable time slots at major airports.

Frances Haugen during an interview with the Associated Press, Brussels, Nov. 9, 2021.

Facebook Whistleblower Fears the Metaverse

Frances Haugen warned that the system would give the embattled company another monopoly online.

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Car Makers Fined $1B Over Emission Collusion

Regulators said the companies resisted competition and denied consumers the chance to buy less-polluting cars.

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, talks to Sweden's Foreign Trade Minister Anna Hallberg during a European Foreign Trade ministers meeting at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, May 20, 2021.

WTO Chief Calls for Diversification of Vaccine Production

Normal market forces couldn't apply when it comes to the life-or-death issue of COVID-19 vaccines, she said.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, March 17, 2021.

EU to Negotiate Major Vaccine Contract Extension with Pfizer

The bloc hopes to buy 1.8 billion doses through 2023.

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Tariffs Over Airbus-Boeing Spat to Be Suspended

A phone call clinched the first breakthrough to start rebuilding trans-Atlantic trade relations.

River Liffey, Dublin.

EU Plans Building Renovation Project to Save Energy

The bloc is littered with buildings that fail to contain heat in winter and cannot keep people cool in summer.

Phil Hogan, the European Commissioner for Agriculture at the time, during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, April 8, 2019.

EU Trade Chief Resigns Over COVID Rules Controversy

He came under fire for violating quarantine, traveling in locked-down areas, and attending a posh golf dinner with some 80 guests.

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier during a media conference in Brussels, Aug. 21, 2020.

EU-UK Deadlock Continues as Time Runs Out

The European Union's chief negotiator said any chance of a deal seemed to be slipping away.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, July 21, 2020.

EU Agrees on $2.1T Recovery Fund

A massive coronavirus fund, partly based on common borrowing, would be sent as loans and grants to the hardest-hit countries.