Insights (Filter: trade)
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What’s Next for EU–Canada Relations: An Ever-Closer Relationship Needs Substance
When President Donald Trump was asked about European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to make Canada an “associate member”...
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Back to the Future: Competing to Avoid the Economic Dependencies of the Past
By: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 18th of October 2026. The original article can be found here. Economic dependence...
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Postcards from Cambridge, MA: Canada’s European Turn Is About More Than Trade
As part of my fellowship at Harvard University's Weatherhead Centre this year, I am starting a series of blogs reflecting on current developments in...
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Towards a More Realistic EU China Debate
By: David HenigOne major focus of autumnal Brussels trade and industrial policy conversation will be relations with China and the belief that protection is needed...
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What a New Prime Minister Means for UK Trade Policy
By: David HenigAndy Burnham will be the UK’s seventh Prime Minister since June 2016, an embarrassment for a country that thought its electoral system brought...
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The India–EU FTA: A New Framework for Strategic Trade Cooperation
India’s premier, Narendra Modi, has just finished a tour in Europe, visiting several capitals to build stronger commercial relations. In late...
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Resetting UK Politics 10 Years On – Recognise Today’s Economy
By: David HenigThe UK had five Prime Ministers in the 35 years prior to the June 2016 EU referendum, since when it has had six which seems likely shortly to become...
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New Era for UK-EU Relations?
By: David HenigThere is a small but growing awareness in London political circles that Brussels sets the terms for UK-EU engagement. From this is coming a slow...
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WTO Ministerial Failure Masks Weaponisation Dangers
By: David HenigNothing sums up the abject failure of this year’s WTO Ministerial Conference more than attempts to support e-commerce taking place without...
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Persistent Brexit Divide Leaves UK Trade Policy Struggling
By: David HenigTen years on from the UK’s Brexit referendum the only apparent national consensus is negative – that the country cannot survive without...
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Why China’s Record Trade Surplus can’t be Blamed on US Restrictions
This op-ed originally appeared in het Financieele Dagblad. As China’s record-breaking trade surplus exceeded $1 trillion this year, it...
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EU-Russia Trade Since the Start of the War
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered one of the sharpest geopolitical realignments in modern trade history. The European Union,...