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Beijing Hold’em: European Cards Against Chinese Coercion

Tobias Gehrke & Nina Schmelzer | European Council on Foreign Relations | 03/31/2026

Summary China’s mineral monopoly threatens Europe’s clean tech and industrial core while its overcapacity is accelerating European deindustrialisation. This gives Beijing coercive power over key sectors and can hold EU…

The WTO Limps Out of MC14

Deborah Elms | The Hinrich Foundation | 03/31/2026

MC14 ended with a whimper. The latest Ministerial Conference (MC) for the World Trade...

From Pax Americana to Pax Silica

Uri Gabai | GIS | 03/30/2026

Pax Romana. Pax Britannica. Pax Americana. Each marked an era in which a dominant power underwrote ...

MC14 Message by United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer

Ambassador Jamieson Greer | Office of the U.S. Trade Representative | 03/27/2026

I’m happy to pa...

MC14: The “Turning Point Ministerial” to Strengthen the WTO and Advance U.S. Interests

Angela Paolini Ellard & William Alan Reinsch | Center for Strategic and International Studies | 03/24/2026

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