News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Friday, April 25, 2025
One of the most interesting publications of trade policy think tanks and research institutions this week is by the Hinrich Foundation and delves into the global solar panel supply chain. The OECD has updated its trade facilitation database and the International Institute for Sustainable Development has released a detailed explainer …
Think tankers have been busy, with gender, investment and digital overarching themes. A selection of the latest work by international trade policy think tanks by Maia Wilson, with some input from Iana Dreyer.
The WTO says multilateralism has helped keep the food price crisis in check after the war in Ukraine. And the think tank Bruegel chimes in with its own report on how the EU should respond to US green subsidies.
This week’s think tank reports focus on how the EU should respond to the United States race to subsidise clean and green tech in a way that is seen as disadvantaging European industry.
Two papers stand out in the European think tank universe, focusing on trade policy and the environment. Bruegel: A call for WTO subsidy rule reforms to cater for green policies In a new policy brief, David Kleimann, now at the leading economic think tank Bruegel, makes the case for better …
Here’s an overview of some interesting think tank reports on trade policy issues released over the last week.
Foreign policy think tanks, usually absent from the trade policy conversations, are now busy working with trade. Weaponisation of trade, export controls, and European tech sovereignty are the themes addressed by two Berlin-based think tanks in recent days: the European Council on Foreign Relations and the German Council on Foreign …
War, a pandemic and the impending climate crisis have greatly impacted the global trade regime. ‘Multipurpose trade policy’ is the new game in town and the tight grip that international trade law once had over the international trading order is loosening. This paradigm shift is not without its challenges. These …
International think tanks have kick-started the year 2023 with a severe critique of the Biden administration’s trade policy.
This is a first in a series of columns highlighting the work of think tanks on international trade policy. The war in Ukraine with its concomitant surge in energy prices and sanctions enacted against Russia might be seen as having significantly disrupted global trade and meaningfully affected commodities prices. In …
