Batteries
Geopolitics
Technology
China Seizes Control of Global Auto Technology Standards
Beijing's mandatory framework for EVs, autonomous driving, and batteries positions Chinese rules as global benchmarks, forcing Western automakers into irreversible compliance.
Energy
Geopolitics
US clean energy policy hits strategic paradox: security restrictions collide with decarbonization timelines
Brookings analysis exposes how tariff escalation and capital restrictions on Chinese components simultaneously advance strategic autonomy and delay the energy transition the US claims to accelerate.