Trend · rank 47 of 250

Economic security policy

Governments increasingly treat supply chains, technology and inward investment as security matters and apply screening, diversification targets and resilience mandates, which widens the scope of trade policy and raises compliance demands on firms.

Trade & InvestmentTrade, industry & supply chainsgeoeconomicstradeinstitutions

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by two of the three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
47of 250
Sensitivity
14.2rank 53
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
60.7rank 21
Eigenvector
4.0
Betweenness
16.6
Links
21trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
32.7

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
104
Over a year
+2%Steady
Over three years
+31%
Peak
15616 Nov 2025
Sources
Bothagreement -0.10
Coverage
6languages · 57 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (6 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English64%102+27%
Italian21%57−67%
Japanese6%117+73%
Chinese4%166+99%
French4%93+8%
German2%92−4%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Singapore

United States

China

South Korea

South Africa

Philippines

Kenya

Nigeria

Belgium

Netherlands

Canada

United Arab Emirates

100

93

91

82

61

51

50

46

41

39

34

34

The 12 highest of 57 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English100−6%+20%−5%
EuropeGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian94−23%−14%+49%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese116−9%+43%+46%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country93−25%+0%+5%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 2 countries80−55%+39%+23%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle125−44%+58%+252%
BrazilGoogle78−38%−8%+20%
CanadaGoogle146−18%+112%+87%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French92−42%+76%+29%
GermanyWikipedia in German92−22%−4%+17%
IndiaGoogle93−25%+0%+5%
IndonesiaGoogle103−37%+34%+32%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian69−23%−59%+9%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese104−13%+30%+36%
South KoreaGoogle88−20%−35%+4%
MexicoGoogle82−67%+271%+28%
United KingdomGoogle178+16%+176%+239%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English91−4%+7%−16%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
4 · HighA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
3 · ModerateAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highRegional trade agreement deepeningTrade, industry & supply chains105
4 · HighForeign investment slowdown & selectivityTrade, industry & supply chains23
4 · HighIndustrial policy competitionTrade, industry & supply chains26
4 · HighExport controls & economic coercionTrade, industry & supply chains34
4 · HighTrade & investment fragmentationTrade, industry & supply chains37
4 · HighTariff barrier normalisationTrade, industry & supply chains58
4 · HighCritical input supplier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains74
4 · HighShifting economic weightTrade, industry & supply chains78
4 · HighRare earth processing concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains102
4 · HighNon-tariff compliance & traceabilityTrade, industry & supply chains185
3 · ModerateTrade corridor competitionTrade, industry & supply chains38
3 · ModerateIntellectual property access dependenceTrade, industry & supply chains40
3 · ModerateTechnical standards competitionDiplomacy & influence50
3 · ModerateManufacturing overcapacityTrade, industry & supply chains51
3 · ModerateCredibility of external commitmentsDiplomacy & influence65
3 · ModerateSovereign wealth & state capitalTrade, industry & supply chains108
3 · ModerateResearch security & science decouplingDiplomacy & influence113
3 · ModerateSanctions circumvention networksTrade, industry & supply chains140
3 · ModerateCritical minerals supply constraintsTrade, industry & supply chains155
3 · ModerateAfrica's demographic & economic riseTrade, industry & supply chains172
3 · ModerateCarbon border adjustmentsTrade, industry & supply chains186