Category: Economic Security
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Europe’s 21st Russia Sanctions Take Aim at Crypto and Tankers
Brussels: The European Commission’s twenty-first package of sanctions against Russia, unveiled this month, signals a…
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Europe Presses Capitals to Police Their Own Outbound Tech Bets
Brussels: A quiet deadline at the end of this month will tell Brussels how serious…
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Europe Bets Its Chip Revival on a Deeper Tie With Taiwan
Dresden: On the edge of the Saxon capital, a joint-venture fabrication plant is rising that…
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Europe Admits Its China Trade Is No Longer Sustainable
Brussels: It is rare for the European Commission to describe a relationship with a major…
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Hormuz Blockade Exposes Europe’s Thin Fuel Reserves
Brussels: The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz has turned an abstract worry…
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Europe Leans On Japan To Cut Its Dependence On Chinese Minerals
Tokyo: When European and Japanese leaders launched their Competitiveness Alliance at last summer’s summit here,…
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The G7 Draws A Line Under China’s Rare-Earth Dominance
Brussels: For years European officials spoke about reducing dependence on Chinese rare earths in the…
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The Gulf Becomes Europe’s Unlikely Economic Insurance Policy
Riyadh: For most of the past decade, European policymakers treated the Gulf monarchies as energy…
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Mongolia’s Minerals Give Europe A New Road Around Beijing
Ulaanbaatar: Sandwiched between Russia and China, Mongolia is an unlikely candidate to ease Europe’s dependence…
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Foreign Takeover Checks Become Mandatory Across Every Member State
Rome: The European Union has finished rebuilding the rulebook that decides which foreign buyers get…
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Europe Bets On Australian Rock To Loosen China’s Grip
Canberra: When negotiators finally closed the European Union and Australia free trade agreement in March…
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Europe’s Clean Future Runs On Minerals It Cannot Yet Mine
Brussels: Three years after the Critical Raw Materials Act promised to wean the continent off…
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Warsaw Becomes a Test Case for Europe’s Tougher Investment Screen
Warsaw: When the Council of the European Union formally adopted a revised foreign direct investment…
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Why Europe Is Chasing Kazakhstan’s Lithium and Cobalt
Astana: When the leaders of the European Union and five Central Asian states gathered in…
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Capitals Must Now Screen Every Sensitive Foreign Investor Deal
Brussels: Europe has decided that openness to foreign capital can no longer mean openness without…
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Canberra’s Minerals Are Now Europe’s Bet Against Beijing
Canberra: After eight years of negotiation and one collapse, the free trade agreement Australia and…
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Europe’s Rare Earth Lifeline Still Hangs On Beijing’s Permits
Brussels: The European Union is discovering that its industrial future runs through a licensing office…
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Foreign Buyers Of Strategic Firms Face A Tougher EU Gatekeeper
The Hague: The European Union has finally given itself a common lock on the door…
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Can Europe Cut Its Reliance On Taiwan’s Most Advanced Chips
Taipei: Europe has spent the past three years talking about reducing its dependence on distant…
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Brussels and Seoul Forge Tech Pact to Secure Chip Supply Lines
Brussels: When the European Union and the Republic of Korea closed their eleventh bilateral summit…
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Volkswagen’s China Deal Tests Europe’s Tariff Wall On EV Imports
Brussels: When the European Commission accepted a price undertaking in February 2026 from Volkswagen’s Anhui…
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Can Europe Break Its Dependence On Chinese Rare Earths
Beijing: The most consequential lever in the European Union’s relationship with China is not a…
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Brussels Wants Code It Controls And A Budget To Match
Brussels: When the European Commission unveiled its Technological Sovereignty Package in early June, most of…
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Foreign Takeovers Now Face A Single Tougher Screen Across Europe
Hamburg: A decade ago the idea that a European government might block the sale of…