Insights (Filter: globalisation)
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Rethinking Europe in a New Global Economic Landscape: Finding Answers Must Start by Reflecting Our Own Position
By: David HenigFear of China and despair at US unreliability extending into coercion can be felt across Europe. At worst this extends to the scenario of economic...
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What Europe Can Learn from Trump’s Manufacturing Mistake
By: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 11th of May 2025. The original article can be found here. That we learn from our...
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Redefining India’s Trade Policy for a New Global Era
The global trade environment is presently marked by deep uncertainty and rapid changes. Headlines range from new tariff threats launched under US...
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Can the WTO Weather the Storm?
By: Stuart HarbinsonInitiatives to dismantle/redesign/reform the WTO (delete whichever is inapplicable according to your preference) continue apace. Towards one end of...
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The Coming Trump Tariff Deadline: Mapping Globalisation and Trade Fragmentation
By: Oscar du RoyIs global trade about to be so bruised we can no longer talk about a global economy? As we’re getting close to the deadline for the Trump tariff...
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Modern Globalisation and the Nation State – The Evolving International Political Economy
By: David HenigUnresolved political economy contradictions are becoming more evident – between a national manufacturing narrative versus actual technology-led...
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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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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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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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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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The Case for Expanding the EU’s Transatlantic Relations
By: Renata ZilliIn 1917, in the aftermath of the sinking of U.S. merchant ships, President Woodrow Wilson told Congress in his request for a declaration of war on...
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New Book: The US and EU, and the Emerging Supply Chain Network: Politics, Prospects and Allies
By: Fredrik ErixonIn 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...