Trade agreements are powerful drivers of global economic integration, leading to increased trade flows between countries. Usually, trade agreements...

Europe’s competitiveness could be substantially improved by a trade policy that facilitates more trade and other forms of cross-border exchange....

The EU must embrace international cooperation and collaboration in technology-driven industries to ensure competitiveness and global relevance, while...

For the EU, fostering economic interdependence is a more proactive and forward-thinking approach than resorting to defensive measures like...

Trade policy is usually defined by the kinds of deals it can strike. Typically, the attention is focussed either on big multilateral trade rounds or...

Access to secure and stable supply of critical raw materials (CRMs) is vital for Europe’s economic security. These raw materials, which are...

Trade in the 21st century may face lower tariffs, but regulations that affect international trade in goods and services have proliferated. While...

EU governments should be much more sceptical and critical of the EU’s strategic autonomy agenda and the new polices intended to achieve the EU’s...

Political leaders all over the world are calling for strategic autonomy. The removal of critical trade dependencies has become a guiding principle...

In less than six months, ‘mirror clauses’ have taken EU trade policy by storm. To inject ‘reciprocity’ in trading terms, the French...