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UK trade policy has failed but a Customs Union with the EU is not the answer
David Henig writes an issue of the Best for Britain Substack "The Wire" where he analyses how ten years after Brexit, UK-EU relations remain unsettled. Trade barriers persist, political consensus is lacking, and meaningful compromise is needed for lasting economic growth.
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From Legal Fragmentation to Scale: Competitive Harmonisation as Europe’s Edge in the Global Economy
Matthias Bauer writes an article on how Europe’s global economic and political influence is waning, with its share of world GDP forecast to drop from 15% today to 9% by 2050 for The Budapest Dossier 2025: Choices In This New World from Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and the Observer Research Foundation.
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Two-speed Europe? Germany’s proposal only formalises existing reality, experts say
Oscar Guinea comments in EUPerspectives about the different levels of integration among EU countries.
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THE NEXUS OF QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
ECIPE study, "Benchmarking Quantum Technology Performance: Governments, Industry, Academia and their Role in Shaping our Technological Future" referenced in CIGI senior fellow - Mauritz Kop's independent study
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Las potencias medianas arman alianzas para reducir su dependencia de Estados Unidos y China
(Behind paywall in Spanish) Oscar Guinea comments in El País about the EU and other countries' efforts to reduce their dependencies on the US and China.
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Politicians celebrate, experts warn: The trade deal with India is far from completed
Oscar Guinea comments in EUPerspectives about EU trade policy and the recent trade agreements with India and Mercosur.
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Fictional Davos: When 2+2 equals Trump
Renata Zilli analyses how Davos debates highlight contrasting views on global order: Trump's instrumentalism versus Carney's fragility warning, exposing liberalism's decline and the need for renewed egalitarian agency in a post for FEPS.
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Mercosul. CIP lamenta “custos elevados” do atraso na ratificação do acordo
(Portuguese) The study "Time is Money: The Cost of Delaying the Ratification of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement" by Fredrik Erixon, Oscar Guinea, Philipp Lamprecht, and Elena Sisto is highlighted by RTP Noticias.
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Trump-era trade stress leads Western powers to China
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama highlights for AFP the European leaders' competition for Chinese ties, driven by investment and market access needs, as alternatives cannot sustain Europe's export economies.
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Greenland, Trump and trade coercion
David Henig joins the Trade Bites podcast to discuss the use of trade policy instruments in a coercive manner, the issues hanging over EU-US and UK-US trade relations, and where this positions the UK and the international rules-based trading system
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Why UK-China relations need regular contacts
David Henig writes an op-ed for CGTN on UK-China trade and how Keir Starmer's visit aims to boost engagement, address issues, and foster trust for future cooperation.