Taiwan Crisis, Chinese Dominance, EU Dependency: Interview with Alessa Hool

With China controlling key raw materials and Taiwan dominating chip manufacturing, the question arises: what consequences would an escalation between Taiwan and China have for Switzerland? In the second part of a series of interviews conducted by the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW), Alessa Hool, Managing Director of the ESM Foundation, analyzes how well Switzerland would be prepared for a geopolitical shock and why free trade agreements alone are no longer sufficient. She highlights the limitations of Swiss trade policy and which diversification approaches actually work. Read the interview

This article is part of a series of interviews with Alessa Hool, Managing Director of the ESM Foundation and expert at the SATW Sustainable Circular Economy Platform.