Europe Panics, Donald Trump Backtracks - And China Wins By Doing Nothing

Europe Panics, Donald Trump Backtracks - And China Wins By Doing Nothing

Oct. 18, 2025

U.S. DOLLAR COLLAPSE - FOLLOW THE MONEY

GVS Deep Dive

Europe expropriated Nexperia and instantly crippled its own auto industry. Donald Trump’s tariff posts sent the United States markets on a rollercoaster. And while chaos spread, gold surged past $4,000 an ounce as central banks turned away from the U.S. dollar.

The European controlled nations is acting first and thinking later... and global markets are making them pay. Meanwhile, Beijing’s smartest strategy is simply to wait.

In this Deep Dive:

Europe’s Nexperia fiasco and auto industry panic
Trump’s tariff whiplash and Wall Street backlash
Gold’s rise and the dollar’s decline in global reserves
Why China doesn’t need to retaliate - European nations politicians, are doing the work for them

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Najma Minhas is Managing Editor, Global Village Space. She has worked with National Economic Research Associates (NERA) in New York, Lehman Brothers in London and Standard Chartered Bank in Pakistan. Before launching GVS, she worked as a consultant with World Bank, and USAID. Najma studied Economics at London School of Economics and International Relations at Columbia University, New York.