There is a growing trend for export control authorities across Europe to increase focus on what happens after an export licence is issued. Steven Farmer, Iris Karaman and Katy Burgess advise on what businesses should do next

Yash Kalash argues that the AI infrastructure boom is creating financial transmission mechanisms reminiscent of past crises—not because AI will fail, but because its financing may not endure long enough to repay the infrastructure built around it

In the State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen shared the key priorities and flagship projects for the year to come, building on the progress the EU has made in recent years and setting out the priorities for the year ahead and her vision for a stronger, more independent and resilient European Union

AI is the project that could drive European capital markets forward to channel savings where they are needed, says Christine Lagarde. It needs capital on a scale that only markets can provide, and the stakes for Europe could hardly be higher

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Will AI suddenly transform the economy and upend our lives? Or is the prospect more mundane? Patrick Minford considers the effects of earlier systemic innovations and believes AI is unlikely to be different from other technology revolutions