Global Supply Chains: Boon and Bane for the Global South

Latin America has emerged as a strategic partner for the EU in its efforts to diversify imports of critical raw materials with a view to safeguarding the energy transition, mitigating supply chain vulnerabilities, and reducing structural dependencies in the digital, defence, and aerospace sectors.

Ahead of a Lula–Trump meeting, Brazil is pushing the US to scrap its punitive 50 per cent tariffs. Balancing autonomy and dependence, Lula is rallying state and business interests and pushing an EU–Mercosur deal, seeking to gain leverage through multilateralism and transcend the false US–China dichotomy.

The MECAM Policy Talk 2025 brought together experts on and from the Maghreb as well as on and from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin for 2.5 days of intense deliberations. The blog article summarizes the main findings and presents central policy implications.

The shift to a bioeconomy offers climate and sustainability benefits but risks biodiversity loss, land conflicts, and social inequities—especially in the Global South. This article explores inclusive pathways and governance for a just, sustainable bio-based future.

Äthiopien verhandelt seit Jahren über einen WTO-Beitritt. Der Artikel zeigt, welche Hoffnungen das Land damit verbindet: mehr Investitionen, besseren Marktzugang und stärkere Einbindung in globale Wertschöpfung – aber auch neue Anforderungen an Reformen und Industriepolitik.

Die Wüstenstaaten sind für die Ernährung ihrer Bevölkerung vom Ausland abhängig. Trotzdem sehen sie sich für einen langen Krieg mit Iran gerüstet. Jahre der Vorbereitung sollen sich jetzt auszahlen.