Insights (Filter: EU)
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Before Eye for an Eye, Remember What Your Mother Told You
By: 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...
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The Limits of Autonomy: Realigning Quantum Strategy
By: Dyuti PandyaOn July 2, 2025, the European Commission released its Quantum Strategy, outlining the EU’s vision to secure a leading position in the global...
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Boosting the Use of AI in Europe – Follow the Nordics?
By: Fredrik ErixonDifferent paradigms or mental models sometimes take hold of policymakers. In the field of AI, Europe has for the past years been beguiled by...
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The WTO in the Age of Trump’s Trade Bullying – Should There Be WTO Reform?
By: Stuart HarbinsonSomething doesn’t add up. In Geneva, countries continue to profess undying commitment to the WTO. Meanwhile, their governments back home scramble...
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How to Kill a Bad Idea and Spread the Good Ones: An Iterative Public Policy Method for EU Policymakers
By: Oscar GuineaFor centuries, Europe has been politically fragmented. Counterintuitively, this fragmentation was a blessing, not a curse. The reason was that,...
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Six Months into the Second von der Leyen Commission – Where are the Policies for Long-Run Economic Growth?
By: Fredrik ErixonThere are different ways to think about the economy. Economic reality will routinely present any policymaker with challenges that require actions in...
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What Next for the UK-EU Trade Relationship?
By: David HenigOn May 19 the UK and EU started a new phase in their turbulent history. By agreeing a future program of work including negotiating alignment on food...
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What is the Endgame of Trump’s Tariffs?
It’s an occupational hazard of a trade economist, perhaps, that you will get your holiday disrupted by Trump’s trade tirades. At any rate, this...
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Free Trade Is the Proper Response to US Protectionism
Six weeks after President Trump’s “Liberation Day”, in which he imposed “reciprocal tariffs” on the world, United States (US) trade policy...
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Globalisation Is Winning – And Other Trade Trends in the Age of Trump
By: David HenigTrade talk has gone mainstream as a result of President Trump’s actions. On top of reporting costs and uncertainty to business this has meant...
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Trade Retaliation – An Answer Waiting for Its Question
By: Fredrik ErixonA question that is haunting the EU and other key trading partners of the United States is whether they should retaliate against Trump’s tariff...
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Ten Days After Trump’s Trade Assault: US Staring into the Abyss
By: Fredrik Erixon“There are weeks when decades happen”, Lenin famously said. The first two weeks of April this year have been such an event: major foundations of...