News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Saturday, April 26, 2025
This week in the think tank landscape: the Peterson Institute for International Economics examines challenges surrounding the United States’ critical mineral supply chains and William Reinsch from the Center for Strategic and International Studies delves into how Donald Trump might approach the World Trade Organization.
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the recently concluded EU Mercosur association agreement is simply that it involves a trade agreement among economic giants. In other words: it’s not the most exciting of trade agreements. There is a lot of novelty, however. But it lies not in the trade concessions …
This week in the think tank world: Bruegel makes recommendations for the European Union on how to deal with incoming Donald Trump and Chatham House examines China’s use of Morocco to navigate EU protectionist trade policies. Also, William Reinsch from the Center for Strategic and International Studies critiques the EU’s …
The four countries of the Mercosur bloc of South America and the European Commission have concluded negotiations in South America on follow-ups to an association agreement initially concluded in 2019 but which was never ratified. Ursula von der Leyen was able to announce the agreement in Montevideo.
This week think tanks focus on the systemic change brought by the US-China rivalry. Policy issues discussed include how WTO members can save the system from Trump and developing a Latin American strategy. CER for its part homed in on EU’s CBAM effect on lower-income countries.
This week, think tanks cover a range of topics from Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership membership expansion to preserving the United States’ liberal digital trade rules and Trump.
Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand and Switzerland concluded an agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability that breaks new ground in the area of services and which bans fossil fuel subsidies. This is a first-in-kind legally binding international trade agreement with a primary focus on pursuing environmental policy objectives. The …
In her mission letter to Maroš Šefčovič, the man she nominated to become the next commissioner for international trade, Ursula von der Leyen asked him to draw up a European Union ‘economic security doctrine’. It’s still early days to know exactly how this doctrine will look like, but first clues …
One can say we find ourselves in a “phony trade war”. While everyone waits for the action to start on the transatlantic trade beat since Donald Trump won the race to the White House for a second time last week, here’s some impressions I’ve been gathering of what people think …
This week’s focus among international trade policy think tanks: the World Trade Organization’s plurilateral e-commerce agreement, European Union sourcing critical raw materials and “trade-related agreements”.
