News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Friday, April 25, 2025
It’s a quiet week in the international trade policy think tank world. There is one standout piece from the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington that focuses on United States and South Korean industrial policy and semiconductors.
Policies to improve the European Union’s economic security, avoiding critical mineral dependencies and reforming the United States Trade Representative all feature in the think tank universe this week.
There are several standouts among think tanks this week focusing on the G7 and creating cohesive economic security guardrails, the European Union’s divergent response to Biden’s new Chinese tariffs, the risks of using economic statecraft in response to global instability and the EU’s relationship with the Southern Neighbourhood.
Some notable topics covered by think tanks recently include barriers to integrating voluntary sustainability standard into bilateral free trade agreements, Africa’s critical raw materials and the China clean tech threat.
This week on the minds of international trade think tanks: transatlantic export control cooperation, the EU and Chinese electric vehicles and the new outlook of the United States Trade Representative.
The failures of MC13 are still hovering over international think tanks as well as the issue of China’s chip overcapacity and transitioning to a circular economy.
This Easter week, think tanks have continued to churn out some work. Below a selection of interesting papers. Topics: the current backlash against de minimis rules at customs, continued hopes for green trade initiatives at or around the World Trade Organization in Geneva, and French voting behaviour in the face …
This week’s focus of international trade think tanks has included boosting climate-friendly nuclear power, the global subsidies race and digital trade agreements.
Here is a roundup of what international think tanks have been up to this week. Hinrich Foundation: Finding faith in the WTO In order for the United States to again find faith in multilateralism, World Trade Organization members need to compromise on the dispute settlement system and the US needs …
This week think tanks have focused on how to revamp the World Trade Organization, digital trade, the 2024 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and the realities of progressive free trade agreements when a country seeks to join a mega-regional deal such as the CPTPP.
