Insights
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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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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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The WTO in the Age of Trump’s Trade Bullying – Should There Be WTO Reform?
Something doesn’t add up. In Geneva, countries continue to profess undying commitment to the WTO. Meanwhile, their governments back home scramble for deals with Washington – deals which undermine...
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What is the Endgame of Trump’s Tariffs?
It’s an occupational hazard of a trade economist, perhaps, that you will get your holiday disrupted by Trump’s trade tirades. At any rate, this is what happened to me as I went for an Easter...
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The US and China Have Reached a Temporary Truce in the Trade Wars, but More Turbulence Lies Ahead
This article is co-authored with Nathan Howard Gray, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide. Defying expectations, the United States and China have...
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Free Trade Is the Proper Response to US Protectionism
Six weeks after President Trump’s “Liberation Day”, in which he imposed “reciprocal tariffs” on the world, United States (US) trade policy remains predatory, volatile, and...
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Globalisation Is Winning – And Other Trade Trends in the Age of Trump
Trade talk has gone mainstream as a result of President Trump’s actions. On top of reporting costs and uncertainty to business this has meant numerous bold statements like the world never being the...
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China’s Expanding Influence in the Western Balkans: Why Montenegro Matters
In recent years, powers such as Russia and China increased their economic and political presence in the Western Balkans. It is evident that the EU is currently under pressure to find a solution on...
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Brussels Can’t Save Europe’s Car Industry – But It Can Stop Making It Worse
The European Union on 30 January launched its Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry, an initiative aimed at safeguarding a sector under growing pressure. With EU...
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Decision-Time – The 2025 UK Trade Policy Stocktake
Delivering an EU reset amid the tumult likely to follow the re-election of President Trump makes 2025 a year when the UK government must make trade policy decisions. For business confidence that will...