Trade policy

US Foreign Military Sales

This dataset offers detailed information on FMS notifications of transfers of military equipment from the US to foreign governments.

Juan Mejino-López, Javier Ospital and Guntram B. Wolff

Tackling India's jobs plight: underutilised levers and lessons from China

This paper contrasts the development trajectories of these two economies and identifies several underutilised jobs-growth levers in India

Alicia García-Herrero and Rajeswari Sengupta

Pivot to Asia, Europe or the Homeland? 18 Years of US Foreign Military Sales

Juan Mejino-López, Javier Ospital and Guntram B. Wolff

Global trade tracker

This dataset monitors goods-trade developments among major economies in the wake of the 2025 US tariff hikes

Zsolt Darvas and Marie-Sophie Lappe

Russian foreign trade tracker

Tracking Russian trade using data from the EU, China, the US, South Korea, Japan, India, the UK, Turkey, Switzerland, Norway, Brazil and Kazakhstan

Madalena Barata da Rocha, Nicolas Boivin, Zsolt Darvas, Marie-Sophie Lappe, Luca Léry Moffat, Catarina Martins and Conor McCaffrey

How will the Iran conflict hit European energy markets?

Policymakers should plan for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East, while doubling down – not backtracking – on the energy transition

Simone Tagliapietra

Holding the line on the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism

Exempting fertilisers from CBAM would achieve little while risking climate progress

Kimberly Clausing, Ignacio García Bercero, Marilyn Pereboom and Catherine Wolfram

An EU strategy in the wake of the United States Supreme Court tariffs ruling

The European Union should suspend last year’s trade deal with the US and plan for retaliation in response to new tariff uncertainty

Ignacio García Bercero

Why Europe must reject Canada’s tack towards China

Alicia García-Herrero

India-EU trade pact moves from promise to reality but challenges persist

Alicia García-Herrero

‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy

The European Union should not go down the path of local-content requirements to protect industry but should remain open to international cooperation

Ignacio García Bercero, Antoine Mathieu Collin, Ben McWilliams, Niclas Poitiers and Simone Tagliapietra

How can the EU use FTAs to secure its global ambitions?

Ignacio García Bercero

Europe needs a broader trade-defence toolkit against a mounting China shock

Alicia García-Herrero

How can Europe make CBAM a decarbonisation success story?

Ben McWilliams