Bernd Lange
Chair, International Trade Committee, European Parliament
Bernd Lange is Chair of the European Parliament's committee on International Trade and Standing rapporteur for the EU-US trade relation since 2014. Previously he was Spokesman on trade policy on behalf of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament. He was a Member of the European Parliament in 1994-2004 and again from 2009 until present time. 2005-2009 he was Head of the economics, environment and European affairs section of the German Trade Union Federation for the Lower Saxony-Bremen-Saxony/Anhalt region. He began his career as a secondary school teacher.
Featured work
The state of trade: the EU's trade policy
A conversation with Member of the European Parliament Bernd Lange on the European Union’s trade policy.
Director's Cut: EU risks US tariff pain in standing by the WTO
As global trade war continues to unfold, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff is joined for this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics' podcast by Bernd
All work
Event
18 March 2025
A trade policy framework for the EU-UK reset
Rebuilding economic ties through cooperation, new agreements, and regulatory alignment
Event
07 November 2023
Transatlantic Climate and Trade Cooperation after the EU-US Summit
What should be expected from ongoing negotiations on the so-called Global Steel and Aluminium Arrangement and the forthcoming TTC meeting?
Event
07 June 2023
Talks@Bruegel: trade policy with Bernd Lange
Invitation-only event featured Bernd Lange, who talk ed on the subject of the future of EU trade policy.
Annual meetings
04 September 2019
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2019, 4-5 September
The 2019 Annual Meetings featured the launch of Bruegel's memos to the new European Leadership, proposing how to deal with future policy challenges
Podcast
03 November 2021
The state of trade: the EU's trade policy
A conversation with Member of the European Parliament Bernd Lange on the European Union’s trade policy.
Event
04 September 2019
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2019
Bruegel's 2019 Annual Meetings will be held on 4-5 September and feature the launch of Bruegel's Memos to the New European Commission.
Event
25 April 2018
What European trade policy in face of an emerging global trade war
On 25 April Bruegel is pleased to host Bernd Lange, Chair of the European Parliament's committee on International Trade.
Podcast
18 April 2018
Director's Cut: EU risks US tariff pain in standing by the WTO
As global trade war continues to unfold, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff is joined for this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics' podcast by Bernd