China 2026 GDP 4.3%: worst since 2022, 1985 echo

Today's essential intelligence on markets, energy, AI and geopolitics.

Key takeaways:
• **Geopolitical Tensions and Resource Competition:** Multiple headlines point to ongoing global instability, including the war in Ukraine with allegations of war crimes, and the strategic competition between the US and China over critical minerals. International space cooperation, exemplified by the Artemis Accords, also reflects evolving geopolitical alliances.
• **Global Economic Slowdown and Innovation Funding:** Reports highlight China's economy growing at its weakest pace since 2022, alongside broader concerns about inflation and market performance. Simultaneously, there's a significant trend in venture capital investment heavily concentrated in AI startups, indicating a major technological investment theme.
• **Healthcare Innovation and Procurement in Europe:** News about harmonizing access and reinventing the procurement of innovative medicines in Europe suggests a significant trend in the healthcare sector, focusing on innovation, market access, and patient care within the EU.

China's Export Strategy Faces Structural Limits
China’s Gross Domestic Product—the total monetary value of goods and services produced within a country—expanded 4. Centre for Economic Policy Research Drug Procurement
The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, a network of European economists) proposes replacing 27 national pharmaceutical negotiations with a single EU buyer setting one Single Market wholesale price (CEPR).

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