Insights (Filter: EU)
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Beyond Retaliation: A Zero-Tariff Pact Is Europe’s Smartest Move
By: Matthias BauerThe EU should act – now – to offer and call for a zero-tariff agreement with the United States. It should put the proposal on the table...
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After the Trump Tariff Package – Now What?
By: Fredrik ErixonOn April 2nd – sorry, Liberation Day – President Trump revealed his new package of “reciprocal tariffs”. There has already been a lot of...
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Faster Please, Europe: Four Lessons from Reagan
By: Frank LavinWith increased U.S. pressure on Ukraine, it is useful to look to history for policy guideposts. I served in the Reagan White House as he worked to...
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EuroStack’s Hypocrisy: A European Vision Built on American Cloud Solutions?
By: Matthias BauerThe EuroStack campaign, primarily led by small and mid-sized European cloud providers, open-source firms, and cybersecurity specialists, argues for...
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Sorry, Mr Draghi, but EU Exports are not a Drain on Competitiveness
In a recent article in the Financial Times, Mario Draghi argues that the EU’s level of trade openness is unusually high and, in effect, a problem....
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Shaping an Infrastructure Security Area in the North Atlantic
Introduction The North Atlantic quadrant encompasses the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the United Kingdom, and the Nordic Peninsula. At...
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The EU’s Digital Markets Act: A Gift to Hackers – and a Threat to Competition?
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) was designed to promote competition in digital markets, particularly by preventing large technology firms from...
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Could Digital Cooperation Help De-escalate EU-US Trade Tensions?
By: Guest AuthorBy Hannes Berggren, Trade Policy Advisor, National Board of Trade Prior to the US presidential election, Sweden’s National Board of Trade argued...
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Germany’s Industry Isn’t in Decline, It’s Changing
Germany's industry is in turmoil. Last year’s headlines about mass layoffs by German industrial giants like Volkswagen, Thyssenkrupp, BASF, and...
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Europe’s Economic Security in Services
Economic security reached the Mount Olympus of European buzzwords when Maroš Šefčovič was appointed EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic...
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Brussels Can’t Save Europe’s Car Industry – But It Can Stop Making It Worse
By: Matthias BauerThe European Union on 30 January launched its Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry, an initiative aimed at...
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Beyond Fear: The EU-Mercosur Agreement and European Agriculture
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 19th of January 2025 with María C. Latorre and Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The...