Trade, Globalisation and Security
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The New World of Trade – How 40 Years of Change Brought Globalisation Without Trust
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigMaking sense of daily trade policy turbulence has become a major challenge. President Trump is just one part of a complex ever-changing picture. Stop...
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EU-Indonesia CEPA: Maybe Signed, but Not Yet Sealed
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBackground The political agreement on the EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in July was rushed by political optics,...
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A Slow Journey – UK Trade Policy Stocktake September 2025
By: David HenigPublication of a first UK government trade strategy since Brexit was an important step in finally setting out a realistic view of the global economy...
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The EU Should Sign New Trade Agreements to Revive Long-term Economic Growth
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonFortunately, recent times have seen senior European leaders giving more support to new trade agreements than we have been used to in the past decade....
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Redefining India’s Trade Policy for a New Global Era
The global trade environment is presently marked by deep uncertainty and rapid changes. Headlines range from new tariff threats launched under US...
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The Draghi Report Turns One Today. Yet It Is Still More Crawling Than Walking.
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Andrea DugoAt one year old, most babies begin to stand on their own feet. Some walk, others wobble, but all start exploring the world under their own strength....
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Can the WTO Weather the Storm?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Stuart HarbinsonInitiatives to dismantle/redesign/reform the WTO (delete whichever is inapplicable according to your preference) continue apace. Towards one end of...
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Real-Geopolitik: The Competitiveness Diagnosis Europe Cannot Ignore
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Bruno CapuzziA few days after the publication of a Joint Statement and the details of the EU-US trade deal, European leaders were taken by surprise by another...
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H20 Back in the Chinese Market: Washington’s Calculated Adjustment
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Far East North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Guest AuthorBy Hao Wu, research assistant at ECIPE Timeline Made with time.graphics NVIDIA’s H20 GPU resumed sales to China as the company announced...
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EU Anguish About the US Trade Deal Is Misplaced
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigTrump’s tariffs will fail in his objective of transforming trade, particularly if others remain open and resist retaliation. In this context the...
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The Coming Trump Tariff Deadline: Mapping Globalisation and Trade Fragmentation
By: Oscar du RoyIs global trade about to be so bruised we can no longer talk about a global economy? As we’re getting close to the deadline for the Trump tariff...
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Before Eye for an Eye, Remember What Your Mother Told You
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 6th of July 2025. The original article can be found here. On 9 July – or...