Trump warned car directors, Superunie joins purchasing cooperation

Good morning! It is Friday, March 28, the week is almost over and we will keep the economic news for you for another day.

After the new car tax of yesterday (read there here Everything about it) looks a lot calmer this morning on the trade front. Whether you have to the news of The Wall Street Journal are That Trump warned the top managers of various car companies earlier in March not to increase prices in the case of taxes.

The question is how Trump sees this. Car builders have limited space to wear a levy of 25 percent without the consumer noticing it. The margins on cars are much smaller than the taxes.

What else does we notice?

• After supermarket Jumbo was already working internationally with other chains in 2023 to be stronger at Purchasing, Superunie is now also going to do that. Superunie? That is in fact a purchasing cooperation, from Plus, Spar and Dekamarkt. But it must be even bigger to be strong in negotiations with large groups such as Unilever. For this, Superunie will collaborate with the Swiss Coop group and the Colruyt Group.
• Do you no longer want a power outage at Heathrow, like last week? That will cost you 1 billion pound, according to director Thomas Woldbye in the Financial Times the airlines for. A better power system, which is not so easy, it costs something – and the airlines ultimately pay for it, via higher port fees.
• Still a Trump thing then, because it is important: in a new presidential decree, the president dedicates all government services to to break contracts with Wilmerhale law firm. From now on, members of the office are less easy to enter government buildings. It is not the first time that Trump explicitly focused against one law firm. Why? Probably because Robert Mueller was once a partner. Mueller led the research between Russia and Trump from 2017.
• Applicable for a Friday: Brussels presents a plan at 12 noon to help the European wine sector on top. He has a hard time, due to weather conditions, but mainly because young people simply drink less alcohol, Politrico writes this morning. Among other things, it should be easier to clean up superfluous vineyards with EU money, it sounds. And an excess of wine should be easier to convert into industrial alcohol, for chemical production processes.

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