Making supply chains more resilient
The current global semiconductor shortage illustrates how geographic clustering of input suppliers can generate upheavals in the rest of the world. Business leaders and policymakers must think now...
View ArticleEU’s Carbon Tax Will Only Bring Economic and Environmental Devastation
Last month, the EU announced a series of groundbreaking proposals aiming to combat climate change. Seeing as how Europe is enduring a summer of unprecedented weather-related deaths and disasters, the...
View ArticleRisks for Mexico in the Renegotiation of its FTA with the European Union
To end neoliberalism and defend energy resources, the present government of Andres Manuel López Obrador must step up and avoid at all costs the inclusion of supranational arbitration mechanisms in a...
View ArticleHow much investment do we need to reach net zero?
To become climate neutral by mid-century, the European Union and other major economies must substantially reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during this decade. The EU aims to reduce its...
View ArticleSpeaking Different Languages
Last week, Politico featured an interesting article about EU trade negotiations by Barbara Moens, titled, “Europe’s Glory Days of Trade Deals Are Over.” The piece began on a gloomy note: That...
View ArticleResolving the Transatlantic Partnership in Time
And that in turn depends on their ability to deal with the weight of the past, to navigate the fog of the present and to tackle the challenges of the future. Before it proves too late. The Weight of...
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Cod Quotas Shake The Svalbard Treaty
Brexit and the allocation of cod quotas re-opened old wounds. Now, Norwegian authorities risk conflict with other states about the extent of the Svalbard Treaty, professors argue. Vessels with flags of...
View ArticleThe EU Should Use Its Trade Power Strategically
The European Union’s internal debate has involved a lot of navel-gazing lately. Feeling squeezed between the United States and China, yet not fully equipped to take a leading role in the neighborhood,...
View ArticleEuropean Union Grain Imports From Ukraine: The Right Decision and a Cynical...
The European Commission was right to let restrictive measures on Ukrainian grain lapse, but the decision has had negative side-effects. On 15 September, the European Commission allowed a temporary ban...
View ArticleThe US Steel Deal is a Test of Friendshoring—And the US is Failing
In mid-December 2023, US Steel announced that it agreed to be bought by Nippon Steel for approximately $14.1 billion, a 40 percent premium over its stock price at the time of the announcement. The deal...
View ArticleImposing Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles Will Make the EU’s Transition...
On 12 June, following an anti-subsidy investigation, the European Commission disclosed that it would provisionally impose import tariffs ranging from 27.4 to 48.1 per cent on electric vehicles (EVs)...
View ArticleDoes the EU’s Exit From the Energy Charter Treaty Foreshadow the Demise of ISDS?
I. Introduction Worldwide support for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) — a legal mechanism that permits foreign investors to pursue binding, third-party arbitration against a country over...
View ArticleThe CPTPP: a Benefit of Brexit
Britain is now a party to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which includes many of the world’s richest and most dynamic economies. This would have been...
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