Ignacio García Bercero

What the US-Canada trade war means for Europe

As the EU’s top trading partners fight, what are the lessons for the single market?

Extending CBAM to downstream products risks undermining its credibility as a climate policy tool

The current proposals to extend CBAM's coverage are more about trade protection than stopping carbon leakage

A plan to revitalise the World Trade Organization

Saving the WTO will require EU-led alliances, better subsidy disciplines and new plurilateral routes, even if some initiatives sit outside the WTO

The flaws in the European Union’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act and how to fix them

IAA provisions should rest on clear sector choices, WTO-safe criteria and FDI screening that welcomes value-adding investment

EU policy on the World Trade Organization in the wake of the March Ministerial

Despite stalled WTO talks, the EU should persevere with like-minded economies on new agreements and common global trade rules

Holding the line on the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism

Exempting fertilisers from CBAM would achieve little while risking climate progress

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

‘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

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

Defining the new strategic direction for European Union trade policy

A turbulent January exposed EU trade strengths and fissures, demanding rapid anti-coercion action and smarter leverage of trade deals

All about CBAM, the cross-border carbon levy

The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism is live! What happens next?

The end of the Turnberry truce: how the EU should react to US coercion over Greenland

The EU should be prepared to hit back against US economic pressure, deploying trade and anti-coercion measures

EU-India: trading partners with potential

Can Brussels and New Delhi work together to improve economic ties?

What can Europe do to mitigate economic security risks?

From strategy to doctrine: the next steps for European economic security

The EU needs a balanced strategy to cut reliance on the US and China while improving its capacity to counter coercive economic threats

A first step in coalition building to reform the global trading system

Two of the world’s major trading blocs have signalled their willingness to work to repair a system undermined by the US and China

The EU should moderate its steel protection plan

A European Commission proposal for a tight quota and high steel tariffs risks undermining perceptions of the EU as a reliable trading partner

The time is right to make a European Union-India trade deal happen

This Policy Brief offers a broad perspective on the EU-India trade relationship

Global trade conflict: opportunity for the EU

EU-UK trade and the Trump effect

What’s in the new EU-UK trade agreement and how does it fit with the tariff threats from Washington?