Europe and the US share a common goal — increasing self-sufficiency for minerals and tech products needed to fight climate change. Alignment looks set to defuse transatlantic trade tensions.

Revolutionary ChatGPT leverages artificial intelligence to answer questions and compose lengthy essays on almost any subject. Regulators will struggle to cope.

The US struck first with its support of domestic electric cars. Europe now is proposing its own Net-Zero Act, which would junk its restrictive state aid rules. A cease-fire looks unlikely.