By Elina Leybold Trump’s return to aggressive protectionism turned the clock back a century for United States trade policy. After months of uncertainty and repeated threats by Trump to raise tariffs to as much as 50%, the European Union and the U.S. finally reached a deal. Both parties agreed on a 15% tariff on EUContinue reading “Trade Diversification Should Not Come at the Cost of Climate Action”
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As the Tariffs Go Up and Down
By Manuel Pagura Ghioni “You know, Quasimodo predicted all this“, Bobby Bacala I found myself entering the office just as tariffs rose by 50%. My phone buzzed. Moments later, my American colleague (from Miami, Texas) celebrated Trump’s diplomacy. He argued that Europeans misunderstand the essence of U.S. foreign policy, favouring balance-of-power theories, whereas American diplomacyContinue reading “As the Tariffs Go Up and Down”