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Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, President Trump told Europe it was “not heading in the right direction”. The line was classic Trump: light on evidence, heavy on...

This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 5th of October 2025. The original article can be found here. In her latest State of the Union address, European Commission...

Germany's industry is in turmoil. Last year’s headlines about mass layoffs by German industrial giants like Volkswagen, Thyssenkrupp, BASF, and Continental were striking—but hardly...

It’s only 20 months since the WTO last had a ministerial conference.  Usually, it’s at least two years between meetings but the previous conference was delayed by COVID, so there’s an element...

Digital services trade is a fundamental and growing element of our shared economic future. But policy makers are disrupting cross-border ecosystems by adopting divergent governance approaches. To...

The Single Market just turned 30. It is one of the EU’s greatest achievements and the success of the Single Market is built on the fundamental economic logic that binds EU Member States together....

By Pascal Kerneis, European Services Forum It remains difficult for many reasons to identify the importance of intellectual property in services sectors, and whether this lack of knowledge might...

The European Parliament Transport Committee continues working on the Mobility Package 1 despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis that led to confinement measures introduced by many European...

It is certain that the world will overcome the COVID-19 crisis, as much as it is certain that in the aftermath the world will look different with regards to global trade. International trade patterns...

Industrial policy is back on the European agenda. Inside the European Commission headquarters, policy makers are fiercely discussing the instruments, sectors, and ways of funding for a new European...