Category: Economic Security
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A One-Year Reprieve Won’t Fix Europe’s Rare Earth Problem
Beijing: Europe has won a year of breathing room on rare earths, and almost no…
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Saxony Chip Fabs Win 659 Million Euro in State Aid Clearance
Brussels: Europe’s drive to build its own chip supply reached a milestone in Germany’s industrial…
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How Japan and Europe Are Recasting Economic Security Together
Tokyo: The European Union and Japan have spent the past year converting warm summit language…
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China’s Rare Earth Squeeze Forces Europe to Build Its Own Supply
Brussels: Europe has spent a year learning how much of its industrial future runs through…
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New Rules Force Every Country to Screen Investment
Brussels: Europe has quietly ended its patchwork era on foreign takeovers. The Union’s overhauled foreign…
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Vietnam Becomes Europe’s Trusted Manufacturing Anchor in Asia
Hanoi: Europe’s search for reliable industrial partners has settled, increasingly, on Vietnam. When Brussels and…
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Europe and Japan Fortify Their Chip Supply Against New Shocks
Tokyo: When European and Japanese negotiators discuss semiconductors now, they rarely discuss buying and selling.…
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Australia Becomes Europe’s Hedge Against Chinese Minerals
Canberra: When the European Union and Australia sealed their free trade agreement in March 2026,…
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Foreign Investment Screening Becomes Mandatory Across the EU
Copenhagen: In a Nordic capital that prides itself on open trade, a quiet shift in…
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China’s Rare Earth Curbs Expose Europe’s Industrial Nerve
Beijing: China has converted its command of the world’s rare earths into an instrument of…
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A Twenty-First Round of Russia Sanctions Takes Shape
Brussels: Russia sanctions have become Europe’s most repetitive ritual and, oddly, one of its most…
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Outbound Investment Rules Test Europe’s Economic Security Push
A quiet but pivotal deadline has landed in the drive for European economic security, and…
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Member States File First Outbound Investment Risk Reports
Brussels: EU member states have reached the deadline to file their first outbound investment reports…
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Europe Races to Loosen China’s Grip on Rare Earth Magnets
Munich: Europe’s factories have spent the past year learning how much of their future runs…
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Australia Becomes Europe’s Answer to China on Critical Minerals
Canberra: When European and Australian negotiators sealed their trade and security pact this spring, the…
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Sixty Mining Projects Still Leave Europe Short on Metals
Brussels: Europe has spent two years building a rescue plan for the metals that power…
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Mandatory Investment Screening Arrives in Every EU Member State
Brussels: The European Union tightened its guard over strategic industries in late June 2026, when…
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Economic Security Redefines the EU-Japan Partnership
Nagoya: In the workshops of central Japan’s manufacturing belt, where Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and a…
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Every EU Capital Must Soon Run Foreign Investment Screening Checks
Berlin: For years a foreign buyer could shop for European assets by picking the country…
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China Shuts Out EU Firms as Medical Trade Fight Escalates
Beijing: The trade quarrel between Europe and China has moved from cars and solar panels…
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Japan and Europe Build a Supply Chain Shield Against Shocks
Kumamoto: On the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, a cluster of new semiconductor plants has…
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Brussels Races to Shield Industry From China’s Mineral Grip
Brussels: The quiet machinery of Chinese export control tightened another notch on the first of…
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Foreign Takeovers Now Face a Tougher EU-Wide Screening Rulebook
The Hague: For six years the European Union has policed foreign takeovers of its strategic…
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Europe’s Procurement Weapon Turns on China’s Device Makers
Beijing: When the European Commission barred Chinese suppliers from large public tenders for medical devices,…