EU will face growing US protectionism under either Trump or Harris, analysts say

โ€œI think the best-case scenario [for Europe] is the Harris administration continuing protectionist policies as Biden did โ€“ with a friendly face,โ€ Niclas Poitiers, a research fellow at EU policy think-tank Bruegel, told Euractiv.

EU-US trade relations, navigating high seas, searching for compromise [Advocacy Lab Content]

Europe is bracing for the outcome of the United States elections, with the future of EU-US trade relations in the balance. Pragmatism and competition with China were the battle cries at Euractivโ€™s expert policy discussion.

ล efฤoviฤ strikes cautious note on future EU-US trade relationship

โ€œThe US remains our number one trading partner, and I intend to further develop our bilateral relationship through dialogue as well as through an assertive defence of our interests,โ€ said the seasoned Brussels insider.

EU-US trade relations โ€“ What does the future hold? [Advocacy Lab Content]

With elections on both sides of the Atlantic, 2024 is set to bring many changes to transatlantic relations. If the elections result in new leadership, priorities and strategies will shift, impacting trade and competitiveness policies.

In fear of war and Trump, Europe takes no chancesย 

The EUโ€™s choice to lead for the next five years, Ursula von der Leyen, will have a tough time facing down the populists.

EUโ€™s promising critical raw materials plansโ€ฏrisk being undermined by lack of commitmentโ€ฏ

While the high-road approach of the CRMA factors in the social and environmental conditions in which raw materials are extracted and processed, for this strategy to be viable, the EU must follow through and secure meaningful trade agreements with partn…

EU officials scramble to prove Trade and Technology Council will survive Trump

The European Commission played down fears that the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) could succumb to a Donald Trump presidency as pressure on high-level officials from both sides increased ahead of their meeting in Leuven, Belgium, on Thursday …

EU, US green steel showdown: How to decarbonise trade

As the EU and the US hurry to agree on green steel before the end of October to prevent tariffs from snapping back into place, their diverging positions lay bare different philosophies on how global trade should be reorganised to account for climate pr…

EUโ€™s hopes to make trade more sustainable, diversified before 2024

With the 2024 European elections and the reorganisation of European Commission jobs looming, Brussels must hurry to conclude crucial negotiations on sustainable and diversified EU trade by the end of 2023.