The delicate balance underpinning the EU’s new economic-security strategy
07 July 2023 00:00
Duration: 9:11
New rules designed to curb the European Union’s outbound investment in the name of geo-political security may prove politically fraught, with European business bristling at the announcement. At the heart of these new rules lies the hope that the capital, research, expertise and knowledge of EU companies isn’t used to fuel technological advances that could enhance foreign military and intelligence capabilities. Yet imposing these rules without harming the EU’s economic interests may prove problematic.
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James Panichi Senior Editor, Asia Pacific
James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the... Read more
Joanna Sopinska Chief Correspondent, Trade
Joanna has covered trade and investment policy for MLex since March 2017, reporting on regulatory-risk and trade defense matters. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights and reporter at Europolitics news agency in Brussels. Before moving to Belgium in 2006, Joanna worked for two years as an expert at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw, providing in-depth analysis on various EU regulation.She holds a postgraduate diploma in the European public affairs from... Read more