Atlantic Council: Geoeconomic trends & business outlook 2025

Join us for Season 5 of the GFF podcast with a deep dive into geoeconomics in 2025. We'll explore trade, tariffs, politics, markets, and economic trendsin the EU, UK, U.S., and beyond, featuring insights from Charles Lichfield, Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics Center.With nearly half of the world voting in recent national elections, what are the current geoeconomic trends? We will examine formal trading blocs, such as the EU, amid threats of trade wars and potential fragmentation. We will discuss U.S.-EU tariff relations as well as President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and its impact on global capital flows and currencies. Additionally, we will look into the energy needs of developing countries, highlighting funding challenges and recent statements by World Bank President Ajay Banga on nuclear project funding.