Insights (Filter: trade)
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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...
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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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Five Priorities if Trump’s Trade War Goes Digital
By: Guest AuthorHannes Berggren, Trade Policy Advisor, National Board of Trade Sweden On 2 April, the Trump administration expanded its costly trade war by...
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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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Finding an Alternative to Populist Trade Policies
By: David HenigEven before the chaos of Trump’s second term, bringing back factory jobs and talking about tariffs were the predominant trade policy discussions in...
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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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China’s Expanding Influence in the Western Balkans: Why Montenegro Matters
In recent years, powers such as Russia and China increased their economic and political presence in the Western Balkans. It is evident that the EU is...
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Decision-Time – The 2025 UK Trade Policy Stocktake
By: David HenigDelivering an EU reset amid the tumult likely to follow the re-election of President Trump makes 2025 a year when the UK government must make trade...
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Europe and the Second Trump Administration: Uncertainties, Risks and Frictions in Trade and Technology
By: Fredrik ErixonAs Europe now ponders the next four years with Donald Trump in the White House, the dominant thought seems to be that he's yet again got his eyes on...
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Europe’s Renewed Trade Policy Challenge
By: David HenigPresident Trump’s return to the White House means that trade policy will return to prominence. For one thing we know for certain is that he...