This really didn't happen over here in Europe at all. That was mostly a US thing. Here it just faded out as it couldn't be leveraged.

At our place, it did not influence hiring decisions other than having a formal DEI position in the org which was disposed of almost immediately when it was seen as a cost and not a benefit.

Trump's threats were international and European businesses and media were very much talking about it at the time. Here's two examples from April 2025, the first is in Swedish:

* https://riks.se/nyheter/wallenberg%C3%A4gda-ericsson-tonar-n...

* https://swedenherald.com/article/ericsson-ceo-explains-dropp...

Here's one example.