Geoeconomic Competition
Welcome to "Geoeconomic Competition", a thought-provoking podcast diving deep into the intricacies of geoeconomics. In each episode, Francesca Ghiretti engages with other economic security and geoeconomics experts to navigate the intricate and often hidden manoeuvres of economic security and of global economic power plays. From the growing set of policies to the changes in globalisation, we explore how countries leverage their economic strengths, engage in trade wars, and form strategic alliances to gain geopolitical advantages.
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Episodes
29 episodes
Tariffs and the EU's response with Tobias Gehrke
In this episode, Francesca Ghiretti chats with Tobias Gehrke, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and an expert in European economic security. The episode unpacks US tariffs agains the EU, EU response and po...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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28:26
The EU Green Industrial Plan with Simone Tagliapietra
The episode unpacks the EU Green Industrial Plan, Francesca is joined by Simone Tagliapietra, Senior fellow at Bruegel and Professor of Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy at the Catholic University of Milan and at The Johns Hopkins Univer...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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31:26
Trump's Economic Statecraft with Philip Luck
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Philip Luck, Director of the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business. He served in the Biden-Harris administration as the deputy chief economist...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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34:55
The role of the super rich with Guido Alfani
In this special episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Guido Alfani, Professor Economic History at Bocconi University in Milan and author of "As Gods among Men. A History of the Rich in the West". As 2025 brings new c...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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38:54
Implications for partners of the AI diffusion framework with Emily Kilcrease
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Emily Kilcrease senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and co-host of CNAS' podcast D...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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28:16
Nippon Steel almost acquisition of US Steel with Deborah Elms
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Dr. Deborah Elms, Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation. The episode analyses the case and long adventure of Nippon Steel's acquisition of US Steel. Despite the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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28:53
Let's talk about Northvolt with Cecilia Trasi
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Cecilia Trasi, Research Analyst at Bruegel. The episode analyses the case of Swedish battery manufacturing Northvolt. Why it was/is the big European hope in battery manuf...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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38:17
Trump 2.0 - China policy with Barath Harithas
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Barath Harithas, Senior fellow in the Economics Program and Scholl Chair for International Business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The epis...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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33:14
The Economy of the second Trump Presidency with Matthew Goodman
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Matthew Goodman, distinguished fellow and director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he also leads RealEcon...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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25:40
The EU-China (non)Trade War with Ignacio Garcia Bercero
In this special edition of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Ignacio Garcia Bercero, former DG Trade and Bruegel non-resident Senior Fellow. The episode dives into the EU's tariffs on imports of EVs from China, asking how w...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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21:50
Taiwan's semiconductor challenge with Jeremy Chih Cheng Chang
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Dr. Jeremy Chih Cheng Chang, CEO of the Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology (DSET) in Taiwan. The episode takes a wide overview of Taiwan's...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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36:57
De-dollarisation: myth or reality with Nicola Bilotta
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Nicola Bilotta, coordinator of the EU-Supervisory Digital Finance Academy (EU-SDFA), Research Associate at the Florence School of Banking and Finance and Associate ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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31:00
The Geoeconomist with Mikael Wigell
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti talks with Mikael Wigell, Research Director at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and co-founder of the Helsinki Geoeconomics Week and the Geoeconomics Society. The epis...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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28:36
Chinese greenfield investments in the EU with Gregor Sebastian
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti has a chat with Gregor Sebastian, Senior Analyst at Rhodium Group. The episode provides an overview of the current situation and engages with the debate on the advantages and risks ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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27:25
Third Plenum implications for European businesses with Alicia Garcia-Herrero
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti engages with Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Senior Fellow at Bruegel and Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis. The episode focuses on the Third Plenum and on the implications its out...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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25:51
Economic security is not an exception - learning from the past with Mona Paulsen
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti engages with Dr Mona Paulsen, Assistant Professor in International Economic Law at the London School of Economics (LSE). Starting from her article titled The Past, Present and Poten...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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32:42
A year of EU Economic Security Strategy - a view from DG Trade with Jonathan Hackenbroich
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti engages with Jonathan Hackenbroich from the European Commission - DG Trade to discuss how the EU economic security strategy has performed from the perspective of one of the main DGs...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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24:15
One Year of EU Economic Security Strategy - comparing progress with Elvire Fabry and Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti engages with Elvire Fabry and Nicolas Koehler-Suzuki to discuss how the EU economic security strategy has performed in its first year compared to the economic security approaches of...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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42:23
The EU is less vulnerable than it thinks - a look at critical minerals and more with Luke Patey
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti discusses the EU's vulnerabilities - real and only perceived - with Luke Patey, Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). The episode starts with c...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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35:12
US tariffs and perspectives from China with Ilaria Mazzocco
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti discusses the recently announced US tariffs with Ilaria Mazzocco, Senior Fellow with the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and Internationa...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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29:27
Primer on Extraterritoriality with Georgina Wright
In this episode of Geoeconomic Competition, Francesca Ghiretti discusses the issue of extraterritoriality with Georgina Wright, Deputy Director for International Studies at Institute Montaigne . The episode is a primer on the complex topic of e...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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30:35
Outbound Investment Screening with Sarah Bauerle Danzman
In this episode, Francesca Ghiretti discusses outbound investment screening with Sarah Bauerle Danzman, Associate Professor at Indiana University and Scholar in Residence at the Atlantic Council . The episode explores the emergence of the debat...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:55
Industrial Policy part 3. The US industrial policy turn with Todd Tucker
In this third (and last) episode of the short series on industrial policies, Francesca Ghiretti engages with Todd Tucker, Director of Industrial Policy and Trade at the Roosevelt Institute. The episode focuses on the US' turn to industrial poli...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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32:30
Industrial Policy part 2. Re-assessing the success of China's industrial policy with Camille Boullenois
In this second episode of a short series of episodes on industrial policies, Francesca Ghiretti engages with Camille Boullenois, Associate Director at Rhodium Group. The episode challenges the idea that China's industrial policies have led only...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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26:12
Industrial Policy part 1. The EU and green tech with Simone Tagliapietra
In the first episode of the series on industrial policies, Francesca is joined by Simone Tagliapietra, Senior fellow at Bruegel and Professor of Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy at the Catholic University of Milan and at The Johns Hopki...
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Episode 5
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31:06