Insights
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The Legality of Trump’s IEEPA Tariffs: What Can the EU Expect from the SCOTUS Decision?
A decision by the US Supreme Court on the "Liberation Day Tariffs" is expected soon. More precisely, the decision concerns the legality of President Trump's use of the International Emergency...
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Europe’s Real Trade Weapon Is Not Tariffs on Goods
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump’s anger at Europe flared once again. The United States announced its intention to impose a 10 per cent tariff from 1 February on products from eight...
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WTO Reform – Be Careful What You Wish For?
On 15 December 2025 the United States submitted a paper “On WTO Reform” to the World Trade Organization’s General Council. This looks like an important moment for the future of the...
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Rethinking Europe in a New Global Economic Landscape: Finding Answers Must Start by Reflecting Our Own Position
Fear of China and despair at US unreliability extending into coercion can be felt across Europe. At worst this extends to the scenario of economic destruction through systematic cheating accompanied...
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What Europe Can Learn from Trump’s Manufacturing Mistake
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 11th of May 2025. The original article can be found here. That we learn from our mistakes, and that crises can also be...
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H20 Back in the Chinese Market: Washington’s Calculated Adjustment
By Hao Wu, research assistant at ECIPE Timeline Made with time.graphics NVIDIA’s H20 GPU resumed sales to China as the company announced Washington’s decision on July 15. The unexpected move...
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EU Anguish About the US Trade Deal Is Misplaced
Trump’s tariffs will fail in his objective of transforming trade, particularly if others remain open and resist retaliation. In this context the EU’s deal is fine in the short-term but should...
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The Coming Trump Tariff Deadline: Mapping Globalisation and Trade Fragmentation
Is global trade about to be so bruised we can no longer talk about a global economy? As we’re getting close to the deadline for the Trump tariff deals, it’s only natural that the question is...
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Before Eye for an Eye, Remember What Your Mother Told You
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 6th of July 2025. The original article can be found here. On 9 July – or maybe later who knows – Donald Trump is expected to...
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Trump and the Magaverse
Welcome to the Magaverse – a parallel economic universe where imports equal weakness, deficits are enemies, and protectionism is salvation! Since his campaign, Trump has been clear that tariffs...