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New Book: The US and EU, and the Emerging Supply Chain Network: Politics, Prospects and Allies
In a new book, Niklas Swanström, Fredrik Erixon and Mrittika Huha Sarkar take a deeper look at key geoeconomics issues and ask what the US and the EU can do to improve economic security in a world...
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Mexico: the Missing Piece in the EU’s Transatlantic Outlook
Mexico elected a new President in June and, on October 1st,, the country's first female president, Dr Claudia Sheinbaum, will take office. There are plenty of challenges in her inbox: Mexico's...
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Europe vs United States – Boosting Competition in Space and the Skies
We reach for historical images to make sense of our current times. Now that there is increasing competition between firms in the aerospace industry, we think about a time when the US and the USSR...
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Summer Reading 2024 – Book Recommendations from ECIPE
Every season is a time for reading but a long summer holiday is a particularly good time for relaxing with a good book. Here is a selection of books – some older, mostly newer ones – that ECIPE...
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Five Challenges for Five Decisive Years in Europe
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 9th of June 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found here. For years, European citizens in general, and...
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On the Importance of Trade Openness
*Disclaimer: the views expressed herein are those of the author and do not represent an official position by the European Commission. Competitiveness concerns are back to the fore. The FT has...
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Grumbling in the Fields: EU Agriculture and Trade
*The views expressed herein are individual to the author and do not represent any official position European farmers have taken their tractors to the streets. Their list of complaints can be...
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L’accord CETA et les PME : une évaluation commerciale au niveau microéconomique
* Avertissement : les opinions exprimées ici sont celles de l'auteur et ne représentent pas une position officielle de la Commission européenne. CETA : des attentes à la réalité L’ALE...
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WTO Dispute Settlement Reform Hinges on Washington
There are few issues today on which trade lawyers in Washington, DC, will agree. But virtually all US trade lawyers – Democrats, Republicans, administration, Congress or private sector – agree...
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WTO Abu Dhabi Conference: Stalemate or Stepping Stone
It’s only 20 months since the WTO last had a ministerial conference. Usually, it’s at least two years between meetings but the previous conference was delayed by COVID, so there’s an element...