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How we got here
The current arrangement was assembled in stages rather than designed. Each stage solved the problem in front of it and left the next one to a future negotiation.
2024-04-02
Financing gap published
2025-11-19
Draft guarantees circulated
2026-08-20
Summit convenes
Delegations from nineteen states arrived with competing drafts. What they agree on is narrower than the communiqué will suggest — and more consequential.
Marguerite Adeyemi · Geneva · 23 Aug · 9 min read
The decision was expected. The projection alongside it was not: policymakers now see restrictive settings persisting well into next year.
Daniel Okonkwo · New York · 23 Aug · 6 min read
Three governments moved within a fortnight. Together the measures change where advanced chips can be designed, fabricated and sold.
Hana Sato · Tokyo · 23 Aug · 11 min read
How a settlement written for one era became the subject of a live negotiation.
5 events · Security · Europe
Five years of export policy, and the supply chain it produced.
5 events · Chips · AI
From voluntary principles to disclosure thresholds, in four years.
4 events · AI · Digital Policy