Issue Policy area 3: states balance strategic interest, core values and competitiveness at once
Summary
The third cross-cutting policy area is the longest, with six implications for economics: a balancing act between strategic interest, core values and competitiveness, a less open trading environment if protectionist policy spreads, new markets for firms in well placed and socially stable states, misallocation and rent seeking if governments pick sectors, competition for the hard to automate and traditionally undervalued skills of care work, and states weakened abroad by disruption to work at home.
Classification
Main topicTrade & Economic Security
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 7
- Exploring Change in Geotechnomics Policy Horizons Canada page=17;section=Cross-cutting policy implications / Economics 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
- Exploring Change in Geotechnomics Policy Horizons Canada page=16;section=Cross-cutting policy implications / Economics 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
- Exploring Change in Geotechnomics Policy Horizons Canada page=16;section=Cross-cutting policy implications / Economics 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
- Exploring Change in Geotechnomics Policy Horizons Canada page=17;section=Cross-cutting policy implications / Economics 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
- Exploring Change in Geotechnomics Policy Horizons Canada page=17;section=Cross-cutting policy implications / Economics 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
- Exploring Change in Geotechnomics Policy Horizons Canada page=17;section=Cross-cutting policy implications / Economics 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
- Exploring Change in Geotechnomics Policy Horizons Canada page=16;section=Cross-cutting policy implications / Economics 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
Constituent trends 3
Directly linked signals 1
Relation types: constitutes · direct_urgent
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