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U.S. Secretary of State urges renewed transatlantic alliance, warns of deindustrialization and migration pressures
Summary
At the Munich Security Conference, the U.S. Secretary of State called for a rebuilt U.S.-Europe alliance, blamed decades of trade policy for deindustrialization and supply‑chain vulnerabilities, and described mass migration and energy policy choices as threats to social cohesion and national sovereignty.
At the Munich Security Conference, the U.S. Secretary of State urged Western governments to rebuild industrial capacity and strengthen the transatlantic alliance to defend ‘‘a great civilization’’ and protect national interests. He framed the 1963 origins of the conference and the Cold War as proof the West can unite against existential threats, then warned that complacency after that victory produced damaging policies.
The Secretary argued that a post‑Cold War faith in unfettered trade failed to account for strategic competition, saying it ‘‘handed control of our critical supply…
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