Trade and industrial policy
Monitor official changes to tariffs, procurement rules, industrial incentives and cross-border operating conditions.
Global Risk Observatory / Regional intelligence
North America: regional risk intelligence
Cross-border regulation, strategic supply chains, foreign investment review and infrastructure resilience.
Coverage focus: United States, Canada and Mexico
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Research scope
Assessment priorities
GIS examines decision-relevant risk pathways through lawful public-source research, with explicit attention to source quality, uncertainty and jurisdiction-specific context.
Investment and ownership scrutiny
Review public foreign-investment screening decisions, ownership disclosure and sensitive-sector transactions.
Critical infrastructure dependencies
Assess energy interconnections, transport corridors, telecommunications and supply-chain concentration.
Priority intelligence questions
- What regulatory change could alter a cross-border transaction?
- Where does an investment depend on sensitive technology or infrastructure?
- Which public records corroborate counterparty ownership?
Primary public-source starting points
These official and institutional resources are research starting points, not evidence that a particular event has occurred or that GIS has conducted continuous monitoring.
Assessment status
This is a standing regional research framework dated 2 November 2026, not a current situation report, country risk score, live monitoring service or investment recommendation. Individual findings require a defined research period and source verification.
Commissioned regional research
For a country, sector, counterparty or project-specific question, GIS can scope a documented assessment against an agreed research mandate.