Daniella Cheslow

1 week ago | politico.com | Daniella Cheslow

President Donald Trump holds up a chart while announcing reciprocal tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025. | Chip Somodevilla/AFP via Getty Images The countries that do business with the U.S. — so, practically everyone — are in the midst of negotiations to avoid sky-high tariffs that President Donald Trump announced on “Liberation Day” before he put them on ice for three months.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Daniella Cheslow

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote address during the Nvidia GTC 2025 at SAP Center on March 18, 2025, in San Jose, California. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s whirlwind tour of the Gulf last week – and the attendant blitz of AI dealmaking – promised numbers so absurd they seemed mystical. And no company was more at the center of the action than Nvidia.

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Daniella Cheslow

President Donald Trump speaks at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. | Alex Brandon/AP For years, the U.S.- Saudi Arabia relationship revolved around oil and defense. But this week’s state visit by President Donald Trump to Riyadh strongly signals a pivot to technology, as the regions find common ground not in petroleum, but in rich wells of investment capital.

1 month ago | politico.com | Daniella Cheslow

With help from Anthony Adragna and Derek Robertson The flag of the European Union flies at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 6, 2025. | Hatim Kaghat/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images Europe has been reeling since President Donald Trump returned to office, flanked by American tech executives, and began complaining that the E.U. was formed “to screw” the U.S. and handicap its companies.

1 month ago | politico.com | Daniella Cheslow

With help from Mohar Chatterjee Bathers swim off the coast of Marseille, France in April 2025. | Daniella Cheslow/POLITICO MARSEILLE, FRANCE — Europe’s sluggish pace of tech innovation is hardly a secret. For years, the continent has seen its best and brightest technologists leave, primarily to the U.S., chasing investments and lucrative industry jobs. But some in Europe’s tech space now see a unique opportunity, driven primarily by American political and economic instability.