Trend · rank 40 of 250

Intellectual property access dependence

Licensing terms and control of proprietary knowledge increasingly determine who can use valuable production methods, which limits industrial upgrading in nations whose firms cannot negotiate access or develop alternatives.

Trade & InvestmentTrade, industry & supply chainstrademanufacturinggeoeconomics

Second pass: Added in the second pass. Held by two of the three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
40of 250
Sensitivity
25.0rank 12
Breadth
4of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
40.5rank 86
Eigenvector
1.5
Betweenness
13.3
Links
12trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
34.0

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
109
Over a year
+11%Steady
Over three years
+9%
Peak
12922 Feb 2026
Sources
Bothagreement -0.58
Coverage
16languages · 61 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 (16 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English58%84−6%
Russian8%78+10%
Spanish4%81+2%
Japanese4%101+10%
Chinese4%92−15%
German4%76−13%
French3%96+13%
Indonesian2%64−26%
Ukrainian2%88+3%
Persian2%91+10%
Italian2%73−20%
Arabic2%73−17%
Portuguese1%109+18%
Hindi1%58−17%
Polish1%74+9%
Vietnamese0%113+8%

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

Ethiopia

Nepal

South Korea

China

Philippines

Kenya

Tanzania

India

United States

Netherlands

Nigeria

100

88

88

87

75

72

70

70

69

58

48

40

The 12 highest of 61 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 English96−17%−4%−1%
EuropeGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish109+7%+21%+13%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian93−3%−6%−20%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Hindi76−33%−9%−36%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Persian, Arabic82−30%−3%−19%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese95−5%+5%−9%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian64−32%−34%−53%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle82−18%−21%−13%
AustraliaGoogle153−35%+110%+212%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese130−2%+63%+68%
CanadaGoogle112−33%+62%+43%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French87+5%−7%−15%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German125+2%+55%+35%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi76−33%−9%−36%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian63+0%−26%−59%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian106−9%+17%+16%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese95+3%+1%−11%
South KoreaGoogle130+1%+9%+88%
MexicoGoogle73−2%−40%−34%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian78−13%+10%−43%
United KingdomGoogle231+85%+240%+197%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English95−14%−11%−1%

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 highA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
5 · Very highAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
5 · Very highAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
4 · HighA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
3 · ModerateCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
3 · ModerateAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
3 · ModerateA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
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 relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
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 relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure

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
4 · HighTrade & investment fragmentationTrade, industry & supply chains37
3 · ModerateIndustrial policy competitionTrade, industry & supply chains26
3 · ModerateExport controls & economic coercionTrade, industry & supply chains34
3 · ModerateEconomic security policyTrade, industry & supply chains47
3 · ModerateManufacturing overcapacityTrade, industry & supply chains51
3 · ModerateTariff barrier normalisationTrade, industry & supply chains58
3 · ModerateCritical input supplier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains74
3 · ModerateShifting economic weightTrade, industry & supply chains78
3 · ModerateRare earth processing concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains102
3 · ModerateFertiliser supply dependenceFood, water & nature143
3 · ModeratePharmaceutical input concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains160
3 · ModerateAfrica's demographic & economic riseTrade, industry & supply chains172