Commerce Department denied Polestar authorisation on June 25, citing its inability to isolate Geely Group software from its connected-vehicle systems; Volvo Cars, same Chinese parent, was approved in May because it manufactures in South Carolina with a separate software stack
The European Union and China's €730 billion annual goods trade relationship, contested on electric vehicles, rare earths, and strategic supply chains as both sides de-risk without decoupling.
full dossier ›Six active US-led tariff confrontations, from the US-China axis to the US-Brazil standoff, are redrawing supply chains and testing every major economy's alignment.
Germany's Ursula von der Leyen has led the European Commission since 2019, setting trade, climate, and defence policy for the EU's 27 member states.