US DECOUPLING Increasingly, many governments and businesses are quietly trying to decouple themselves from any reliance on the US. That would include military spending and in corporations. One example of that is the Port of Hamburg, which actually doesn’t want to use US technology platforms anymore because it doesn’t want sensitive information being processed through infrastructure. The US indirectly has access. In terms of US tech companies, many European clients are stressing that America has become a less reliable partner due to the pressure the US government can put on companies to demand information. In general, policies such as tariffs, export controls and sanctions as well as stimulus measures such as the Inflation Reduction Act are beginning to unnerve even US allies. They’re also deeply worried about internal politics.