Multilateralism

How the EU should plan for global trade transformation

Current turbulence is also an opportunity for the EU to forge a coalition in support of rules-based trade and global trading system reform

The European Union should form an international open trade coalition in response to Trump’s tariffs

A formal commitment to open rules-based trade by the EU and likeminded countries is essential to respond to today’s dangerous new trade reality

The EU and Indo-Pacific countries should head a Trump-tariffs response force

The European Union should work with Indo-Pacific and Global South trade partners to tackle US protectionism and push for WTO reform

Maintaining Progress in a Post-American World

'Reciprocal' tariffs: what's in a word?

Trump's definition does not reflect reciprocity as applied in past multilateral trade negotiations or in equality of tariffs

How should the European Union respond to Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’?

The US threat of reciprocal tariffs is a dangerous attempt to break down the global trade system and must be resisted

Europe’s challenge and opportunity: building coalitions of the willing

The European Union should take the lead in convening alliances of countries to counteract threats to the global order

Political contagion in Europe: can the European Union survive Trumpism?

Trumpism could fatally undermine European integration if governments do not stand firm and defend the EU’s law-based system

30 Years of the World Trade Organisation: Challenges, reforms, and the path ahead

Does multilateralism have a future?

Instruments of economic security

The challenge of improving European economic security has grown in importance, with various relevant policy measures introduced at EU level

Key factors likely to shape the EU’s trade agenda in the next five-year term

Read with Bruegel: Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests

Exploring the unintended consequences of the use of sanctions as a diplomatic weapon.

A new measure of aggregate trade restrictions: cyclical drivers and macro effects

In this paper, we present a new measure of aggregate trade restrictions.