EU Trade Policy Must Focus on Market Openness and New Partnerships
Trade is the most important pillar of the EU’s dealings with third countries. To maintain this, the EU must refocus its trade policy on openness and partnerships. The new Commission needs to engage on all outstanding FTAs and consider pragmatic mini deals. Regardless of the outcome of the US elections, the EU needs to keep the United States as a partner and offer it potential opportunities. On a multilateral level, the WTO should be kept alive, focusing on trust building while advancing plurilateral deals.
Rebuilding Trust in Global Health Governance
How a “Defense Tax” Can Finance Europe’s Higher Defense Expenditure
Highly indebted European NATO countries should levy a “defense tax” to make their long-term commitment to higher defense spending politically credible and financially sustainable.
The EU and US Outbound Investment Screening: Know the Flows
The US Treasury is preparing a screening mechanism for investments in China. German policymakers and businesses should not avoid the debate about how Europe should react.
The Self-Declared “Stability Anchor” Looks Adrift
Politically, the Scholz government seems finished, even if it manages to drag on for another year. Germany, which derived much of its foreign policy stance from its seemingly unshakable “stability,” does not look so stable all of a sudden.
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Gibt es Hoffnung für den Nahen Osten? (mit Muriel Asseburg)
Von einem „existenziellen Konflikt, in dem beide Seiten das ganze Territorium beanspruchen und die legitimen Ansprüche der anderen Seite nicht mehr akzeptieren“, spricht die Nahostexpertin Muriel Asseburg. Wie lässt sich noch über Frieden in Nahost diskutieren und verhandeln, allem Leid, aller Zerstörung, allem Hass zum Trotz? Was kann die internationale Gemeinschaft tun?
