Today's essential intelligence covering international developments and European affairs. Capital Has Limits
London’s incoming Treasury team is weighing post-Brexit City reforms that would let banks hold less capital to juice lending, yet the Bank of England’s latest stress test already shows the big five could absorb a £125 bn hit and still meet safety buffers (FT, BoE). Beijing’s Counter-Pressure on Brussels
China warned that the EU’s 14th Russia-sanctions package, blacklisting 4 mainland chipmakers and logistics firms, will have a “grave impact” (MofCom, ANSA).