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• Global financial markets' sensitivity to US labor data
• AI protectionism impacting technology sectors
• European challenges from migration and extreme weather

US Expands AI Protectionism to Robotics
The US banned foreign-made humanoid robots, robot dogs, and solar inverters over 'unacceptable' national security threats (MIT Technology Review). France and Germany replace Palantir
France and Germany are replacing Palantir—a US data analytics software company heavily used by western defense and intelligence agencies—to build a sovereign digital backbone (Politico Europe).

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