Category: Economic Security
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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,…
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Europe Scrambles for a Rare Earth Plan as China Holds the Cards
Brussels: Europe has spent the better part of a decade talking about reducing its dependence…
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Foreign Takeovers Face a Tougher EU-Wide Screening Regime
Milan: When a foreign investor sets out to buy a European port operator, a chipmaker…
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Why Europe Courts Taiwan’s Chipmakers From the Shadows
Taipei: The most consequential relationship in Europe’s technology strategy is one Brussels cannot officially acknowledge.…
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Foreign Investment Rules Tighten as the EU Closes Screening Gaps
Paris: For years the European Union screened foreign takeovers the way it did much else,…
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Australia Hands Europe a Route Around China’s Mineral Chokehold
Canberra: When Anthony Albanese and Ursula von der Leyen announced the conclusion of the Australia-European…
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Foreign Buyers Face One Screening Net Across the Whole Union
Brussels: The patchwork that has governed how Europe vets foreign takeovers is being stitched into…
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Europe and Japan Bind Supply Chains to Blunt Beijing’s Leverage
Tokyo: The most consequential trade conversations of 2026 are no longer about tariffs at all.…
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Every Member State Must Now Vet Foreign Takeovers for Risk
Milan: The Union has finally closed a loophole that let sensitive companies change hands with…
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Brussels and Beijing Trade Blows Over Hospital Contracts
Brussels: A dispute that began in operating theatres and procurement offices has become one of…
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Europe’s Foreign Subsidy Tool Faces Its First Real Review
When the European Union built its Foreign Subsidies Regulation, it was billed as the missing…
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Europe Races to Break China’s Grip on Rare Earth Magnets
Brussels: Few dependencies expose Europe’s industrial vulnerability as starkly as its reliance on Chinese rare…
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Why Seoul Is Now Central to Europe’s Economic Security Plans
Seoul: When European and South Korean leaders gathered in Brussels on 10 June for their…
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Member States Face Tougher Rules on Screening Foreign Investment
Warsaw: A revised regime for vetting foreign investment moved decisively from negotiation to law this…
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Why Europe Cannot Quit China on Rare Earths Just Yet
Brussels: The European Commission’s blunt verdict this month that its trade relationship with China is…
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Why Europe Now Depends on Taiwan for Its Most Advanced Chips
Taipei: Europe has spent three years insisting it must reduce its dependence on a single…
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Can Southeast Asia Become Europe’s Next Strategic Partner
Singapore: For years the European Union treated Southeast Asia as a promising market it never…
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China’s Rare Earth Squeeze Tests Europe’s New Stockpile Plan
Beijing: When China widened its rare-earth licensing regime in the spring of 2026, adding samarium,…
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Europe Moves to Screen the Money Flowing Out to Rival Powers
Eindhoven: In the cluster of chip-tooling firms that surround this Dutch city, the question of…
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Europe’s Second Chips Act Pins Its Quiet Hopes on Taiwan Fabs
Dresden: The half-built fab on the edge of this Saxon city is the most honest…
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Why Europe Is Courting Mongolia’s Vast Mineral Reserves
Ulaanbaatar: Landlocked between the two powers it most wants to diversify away from, Mongolia has…
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Foreign Takeovers Across the Bloc Now Face One Screening Rulebook
Genoa: After years in which a foreign investor could shop for the most permissive jurisdiction…
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Why Europe Cannot Yet Escape China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold
Stuttgart: In the engineering halls of Germany’s automotive heartland, the phrase that concentrates minds in…
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Australia’s Minerals Deal Promises More Than It Can Deliver
Canberra: The free trade and partnership agreement that the European Union and Australia signed in…