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I think essentially what I have seen now is an escalation of economic hard decoupling between the two countries, which is quite sad.
I think essentially what we have seen now is an escalation of economic hard decoupling between the two countries, which is quite sad, really.
To date, Brexit is estimated to have cost the United Kingdom 160 billion pounds of economic And as citizens catch up with the harsh realities of decoupling from the EU, many Brexit cheerleaders are changing their tune.
And as citizens catch up with the harsh realities of decoupling from the EU, many Brexit cheerleaders are changing their tune.
Have they got a strategy of how to deal with it, sort of decoupling from the U.S., a bit diversifying their markets as well?
I don't think decoupling is remotely possible.
Uh this was going to cause a a decoupling of the US and Chinese economies and it was going to hit uh allies as well.
Uh and I think that there's some recognition that decoupling and Treasury Secretary Bessen has said so uh that decoupling is not the goal.
Yeah, Maria, speaking of tariffs, I wanted to wrap up by asking what other challenges lie ahead in this energy sector, especially when we look at decoupling trade or even supply challenges to rare earths, which is hitting a lot of industries.
Yeah, Maria, speaking of tariffs, I wanted to wrap up by asking what other challenges lie ahead in this energy sector, especially when we look at decoupling trade or even supply challenges to rare earths, which is hitting a lot of industries.
The ideas that floated around about United States decoupling from China, I think is flawed.
The ideas that floated around about the United States decoupling from China, I think, is flawed.
The interesting thing that has happened over the last 50 or so years and more and more as we have developed all of these new ways of interacting in society, greater gender equality, greater access of women to economic means and political power and greater independence, as well as the access to birth control and decoupling basically of sex from reproduction, what we have now is a situation that has never really existed before in the history of humanity.
greater independence, as well as the access to birth control and decoupling, basically, of sex from reproduction, what we have now is a situation that has never really existed before in the history of humanity.
When I see companies in the consumer sector and agriculture and other places still doing a lot of work with China, it doesn't mean that there has to be a complete decoupling.
It doesn't mean that there has to be a complete decoupling.
And last year, Lithuania was basically the only European country calling for a total economic decoupling with China instead of so-called de-risking.
And last year, Lithuania was basically the only European country calling for a total economic decoupling with China instead of so-called de-risking.
I mean, this is a huge decoupling given that we're going back to 1995 since we've seen these figures as we mentioned.
I mean, this is a huge decoupling given that we're going back to 1995, since we're seeing these figures, as we mentioned.