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 …
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 …
US Senator Chris Murphy published a piece in the Financial Times today arguing that the US must continue on its path of retreating from the recently concluded e-commerce agreement at the World Trade Organization, which Washington stopped supporting. This is a good moment to set the record straight on this …
A Green Deal turned industrial policy in the name of security. A ‘geopolitical Commission’ entrenched. The centre-right in the driving seat but the far right in the passenger seat. These are the three trends one can see emerging from the yet-to-be confirmed new European Commission team under a second Ursula …
