{
  "id": 15342939,
  "title": "Back to the future: competing not to depend on the past",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/regreso-al-futuro-competir-para-no-depender-del-pasado",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-18T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais Economia",
    "slug": "el-pais-economia",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/negocios/2026-10-18/regreso-al-futuro-competir-para-no-depender-del-pasado.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Europe has faced several examples of economic dependency turning into political vulnerability in recent years. These include the scarcity of face masks during the pandemic, reliance on Russian gas following the invasion of Ukraine, and the US restricting access to advanced AI models from Anthropic this year. The past cannot be changed, but lessons can be learned from these experiences to prevent similar situations in the future.",
  "summary": "The challenge is to identify who we depend on and who depends on us in order to ensure that Europe is not secondary.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}