Escape Forward: Connecting dots beyond the antitrust island The New Toolkit of Power: Finance, Dealmaking, Champions with Rohit Chopra
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Oct 30, 2025 
Rohit Chopra, former FTC Commissioner and Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, shares his insights on the evolving landscape of finance and global power. He discusses how the U.S. is rethinking currency strategies and the implications for trade, especially concerning China. Chopra also delves into the motivations behind tariffs, the role of state equity stakes, and the complex relationship between Big Tech and the government. He emphasizes the need for Europe to bolster its industrial policies and adapt to these shifting dynamics.
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Dollar Devaluation As Statecraft
- The administration seeks to devalue the dollar while keeping its reserve role to boost exports and domestic industry.
- That strategy preserves sanction power through the dollar system while shifting global capital flows.
Currency Shapes Competitiveness
- Currency management shapes competitiveness by making goods cheaper or more expensive internationally.
- Rohit Chopra links currency imbalances directly to lost domestic manufacturing opportunities and jobs.
Fed As An Industrial Policy Tool
- The administration aims to reshape the Fed's role, using monetary policy as an instrument of industrial policy.
- Rohit Chopra warns this seeks to pick winners and mold the economy via presidential influence over the Fed.