Trend · rank 34 of 250

Export controls & economic coercion

States are widening licensing regimes, sanctions and technology controls and applying them to third countries, which makes a nation's access to markets, inputs and advanced capabilities conditional on its political alignment.

Trade & InvestmentTrade, industry & supply chainsgeoeconomicstradepolitics

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Export controls & economic statecraft. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
34of 250
Sensitivity
15.0rank 47
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above, 1 Critical
PageRank
54.3rank 32
Eigenvector
6.1
Betweenness
43.8
Links
19trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
37.1

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
143
Over a year
+20%Rising
Over three years
+106%
Peak
30112 Oct 2025
Sources
Bothagreement 0.42
Coverage
6languages · 54 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
English67%101+5%
Japanese11%91−5%
Chinese10%176+121%
Russian5%80−33%
German5%98+16%
French2%230+127%

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

China

South Korea

United States

Netherlands

Australia

Taiwan

United Arab Emirates

Canada

Japan

Switzerland

United Kingdom

100

88

86

44

41

27

26

26

25

23

23

23

The 12 highest of 54 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 English130−16%+51%+72%
EuropeGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in German, French157+15%+93%+97%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese135−3%+66%+67%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country137−28%+111%+94%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian80+5%−33%−32%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle142−49%+194%+691%
CanadaGoogle181−19%+699%+304%
FranceWikipedia in French230+92%+127%+217%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German120−12%+50%+36%
IndiaGoogle137−28%+111%+94%
IndonesiaGoogle172−8%+145%+167%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese97−10%+6%+4%
South KoreaGoogle155−34%+163%+168%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian80+5%−33%−32%
United KingdomGoogle198+20%+191%+238%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English127−16%+33%+64%

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
6 · CriticalCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
5 · Very highA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
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 cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
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 highTariff barrier normalisationTrade, industry & supply chains58
4 · HighTrade & investment fragmentationTrade, industry & supply chains37
4 · HighTrade corridor competitionTrade, industry & supply chains38
4 · HighEconomic security policyTrade, industry & supply chains47
4 · HighCritical input supplier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains74
4 · HighShifting economic weightTrade, industry & supply chains78
4 · HighRare earth processing concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains102
4 · HighSanctions circumvention networksTrade, industry & supply chains140
3 · ModerateDiplomatic capacity under strainDiplomacy & influence16
3 · ModerateForeign investment slowdown & selectivityTrade, industry & supply chains23
3 · ModerateIndustrial policy competitionTrade, industry & supply chains26
3 · ModerateGreat-power competitionConflict & security28
3 · ModerateMiddle-power diplomatic leverageDiplomacy & influence36
3 · ModerateIntellectual property access dependenceTrade, industry & supply chains40
3 · ModerateManufacturing overcapacityTrade, industry & supply chains51
3 · ModerateAlliance realignment & burden-shiftingConflict & security62
3 · ModerateCredibility of external commitmentsDiplomacy & influence65
3 · ModerateLithography & chip-tool chokepointsTrade, industry & supply chains120
3 · ModerateCritical minerals supply constraintsTrade, industry & supply chains155