Protectionism
Who is in the driving seat when it comes to globalisation?
Thanks to fracturing supply chains, the US-China decoupling and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Davos 2023 – held in Switzerland in…
Opinion: Economic isolation of China increases risk of a Taiwan invasion
A series of headlines in the recent weeks summarise what has been for several years now a growing reality: international…
UK blocks Chinese semiconductor investment
The UK is the latest country to block Chinese semiconductor investment as the global battle for semiconductor supply intensifies. The…
Will Meloni’s election victory usher in an anti-FDI era for Italy?
Giorgia Meloni of the far-right party Brothers of Italy has been elected as the country’s next prime minister and will…
US bans tech companies from building ‘advanced’ semiconductor factories in China
On Tuesday 6 September, the Biden administration in the US outlined new guidelines to its much-anticipated $50bn CHIPS and Science…
Opinion: Winter Olympics show of force foreshadows China’s 2022
China’s burning desire, that of a world order not dominated by ‘the West’, might as well have been plastered on…
An olive branch or Trump Mk II: How have US global relations changed under Biden?
When Joe Biden was sworn into the presidency on the west front of the US Capitol in Washington on 20…
Top FDI locations continue to tighten their screening regulations
Against the backdrop of growing trade protectionism, foreign direct investment (FDI) regulation has become increasingly prevalent. Restrictions have been on…
Weekly data: How China became an AI powerhouse
Two of China’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies are set to go public in the coming weeks, a potentially landmark…
Opinion: A new era of Chinese investment to the EU and UK is under way
The decade-long proliferation of Chinese investment to western Europe, the “golden era” of economic relations, has well and truly come…