This edition highlights:
- Public Policy & Export Controls: The United States has broadened its trade enforcement regime through a new rule that automatically extends export restrictions to majority-owned subsidiaries of blacklisted entities.
- Technology & AI Antitrust: Competition authorities across the Atlantic are intensifying scrutiny over artificial intelligence talent acquisitions and platform deals to safeguard market competition and innovation.
- Energy & Manufacturing: Transatlantic industrial paths are increasingly diverging, with North American manufacturers relying on abundant domestic natural gas while European industry rapidly accelerates toward electrification.
- Steel & Trade Safeguards: The European Union has proposed stringent import restrictions and tighter origin rules to protect domestic steel producers from global overcapacity, potentially creating cost pressures for downstream sectors.
