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Way Out of The West’s Critical Minerals Dilemma

Marina Yue Zhang | East Asia Forum | 02/16/2026

Since 2022, the United States and the EU have shifted rapidly towards a more interventionist industrial policy aimed at building ‘trusted’ critical mineral supply chains free from Chinese inputs.  The…

The EU-US Trade Deal, Mob Rule and the Way Forward: Who Holds the Real Trump Cards?

Najibullah Zamani & Henri de Waele | EU Law Live | 09/15/2025

As we know, ‘tar...

Operationalising Ursula von der Leyen’s CPTPP Ambitions

Tim Groser, Steve Verheul & John Clarke | Borderlex | 07/01/2025

European Commission president Ursula vo...

Why the New Growth Chapter for EU Manufacturing Is Set to Be a Slow Burn

Edse Dantuma | ING THINK | 05/01/2025

US protectionist policies have sabotaged new prospe...

Implications of an EU-Mercosur Trade Deal

John Polga-Hecimovich | Geopolitical Intelligence Services | 11/18/2024

For over two decades, Europe and the South Ameri...

Closing the Gap Between Mars and Venus on Trade

L. Daniel Mullaney | Atlantic Council | 10/07/2024

The bottom line In early 2025, a new US administration and Euro...

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