News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Friday, April 25, 2025
The European Union doesn’t have the right institutions to deal with the crises it has been facing ever since the 2008 financial crisis. Whether it can withstand the next big storm coming with Donald Trump’s second term in the Oval Office remains to be seen. Consistent rule-enforcement and intelligent deal …
In this first working week of 2025, the Hinrich Foundation analysed what may be in store this new year for global trade, data governance in the Asia-Pacific and Washington’s Asia economic strategy.
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 …
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.
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”.
This week’s think tank focus is on the EU and its approach to China. Also this week: The Center for Strategic and International Studies makes the case for a renewal of the expired United States Generalised Scheme of Preferences and the Hinrich Foundation suggests that the Association of Southeast Asian …
