The widening rift between the world’s two largest economies – the United States and China – has had analysts and market observers using the phrase ‘Cold War’ to describe how far the two global superpowers could go in their increasingly heated dispute. A new Iron Curtain could mean attempts to decouple the intertwined economic and trade relations between the biggest economies in the world, market analyst John Kemp argues.

Such decoupling, however, will take decades and may not be even possible, considering the intertwined global supply chains, including in the energy markets.

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on the US not to interfere in Europe’s energy policies.

Speaking at the traditional New Year reception, Maas said, ’Europe’s energy problems should be resolved in Europe, not in the United States. Geleneksel Noting that North Stream-2 is a full German-Russian joint project and that it is important for all of Europe, the minister also expressed that the Central and Eastern European partners take seriously the doubts about this project.

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