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WHAT'S NEXT?: Donald Trump's surprise win in the Presidential election mean the world and America can expect prolonged uncertainty as new domestic policies are put in place, different international relationships formed and attitudes change towards current friends and rivals.

• [New] Bitcoin might be well-positioned to replace the U.S. dollar as the most popular global reserve currency. Scholarship Commons
• [New] AI governance requirements will become explicit with the EU AI Act's full implementation and state-level U.S. laws taking effect. Secure Privacy
• [New] Agentic commerce transactions are expected to take place through AI platforms commonly used by consumers, such as ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, as well as through merchant, bank and app-specific agents. / USA CNBC
• [New] Fraud losses due to AI will be as high as $40 billion in the United States alone. Mondaq
• [New] In the US alone, automated agentic shopping tools may influence $1 trillion in online spending by 2030, with worldwide estimates running into several trillion dollars. Financial IT
• [New] Zoetis has invested $1.7 billion in its U.S. manufacturing sites and plans to invest an additional $1.3 billion through 2031 across its nine sites in seven states. Precedence Research
• [New] The U.S. government has already implemented an AI risk and management framework to navigate AI deployment risks, further promoting the responsible use of AI. Precedence Research
• [New] The Trump class battleship program seems optimized more to produce a scary-looking vessel than to address the rapidly changing threats to American military power on the open seas. The Atlantic
• [New] By 2026, the U.S. will see the deployment of more electric buses, EV charging stations, and vehicle-to-grid systems. Travel And Tour World
• [New] There might not be enough fruits and vegetables in the world to allow the American food industry to switch entirely to natural dyes. The Atlantic
• [New] The United States' first-ever racially integrated baseball league for women will begin playing in the spring of 2026. The Atlantic
• National health expenditures are projected to climb another 7.1% in 2025, far outpacing economic growth. / USA Forbes
• With approximately 100,000 patients in the US and Europe eligible for treatment, the commercial opportunity exceeds $200 billion. AI BUSINESS 2.0 NEWS
• Projections show electricity demand growing at an unprecedented pace, driven especially by surging data center and artificial intelligence loads - data center demand alone could more than double over the next decade. / USA Utility Dive
• The ability to operate seamlessly across the EU, U.S., and Asia-Pacific regimes will define global leadership in AI. Nemko Digital B.V.
• The United States, as the focal point of the tariff negotiations, is expected to face the steepest decline in growth, with forecasts reduced from 1.8% to 0.9%. Maritime Fairtrade
• By 2030, US B2C retail could see $1 trillion in orchestrated revenue from agentic commerce, with global projections reaching $5 trillion. Passle

Last updated: 31 December 2025