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Eight months in, Europe is still struggling to craft a coherent response to Trumponomics. The way forward: stay calm, stay united, and reform.
Read @AgatheDemarais's @ecfr policy brief:
ecfr.eu/publication/ride-the…
"[The first chips act] put an emphasis on manufacturing [...] but there are also other parts of the supply chain [...] How we can cultivate those niches and how we leverage them is something that needs to be discussed" -@chiaramalaponti in @politicopolitico.eu/article/micro-ch…
The EU ceded far less than Japan, Malaysia, Cambodia & others in new US trade deals — but why Asia accepted such strict terms is unclear. Brussels should be wary if Washington brings similar demands to Europe, says @agathedemarais in @foreignpolicyforeignpolicy.com/2025/11/12…
2️⃣🎤 How should the European Union react to the economic pressure of the Trump 2.0 era?
🗣️ @AgatheDemarais (@ECFRGeotech) | Senior Policy Fellow, @ecfr
1️⃣🎤 ¿Cómo debería reaccionar la Unión Europea ante la presión económica de la era Trump 2.0?
🗣️ Marta Blanco | Presidenta de la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales, @CEOE_ES
Report from @TGehrke_and @jankaoertel calling for the EU to use the anti coercion instrument against China over rare earths
Points to chokepoints Europe could use:
-older DUV machines
-airplane components
-high precision bearings
-powdered superalloys
ecfr-eu.cdn.ampproject.org/c…
Last week the 🇳🇱 government invoked the Goods Availability Act to stabilise chipmaker Nexperia & cut risks of dependence on 🇨🇳. This case should remind Europeans to accelerate the build-up of their own trade & tech tools, says Herman Quarles van Ufford.
ecfr.eu/article/when-the-chi…
Beijing is turning its rare earth monopoly into a weapon. The EU needs to treat this as the emergency that it is and unleash its anti-coercion shield to bring China to the negotiating table, write @TGehrke_ & @oertel_janka@ecfr.
Read more: ecfr.eu/article/escalate-to-…
The Trump administration poses massive challenges to Europe. For the EU, the best response to baffling Trumponomics is to keep calm and carry on. European policymakers should adopt a self-help mindset, writes @AgatheDemarais@ECFRGeotechbit.ly/4mmwh1o
My take on EU steel tariffs in this @dwnews piece by @anchalvohra: Europe is sending a message to the US, hoping to get a quota exemption from American punitive tariffs, but this will anger other steel exporters to the EU.
dw.com/en/eu-seeks-us-trade-…
🦛Hippos may look calm, but their unpredictable and ferocious charges make them the deadliest mammals alive. Trump’s 2nd term feels the same for Europe. @agathedemarais@ecfr explains how the EU can channel its “inner naturalist” to manage it:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/24…
Spoke to @ntvde about Trump's fear of Chinese retaliation over tariffs and his preposterous dream of a "reverse Kissinger": there is absolutely nothing the US can offer Moscow that would distance Russia from China: Putin is just too dependent on Xi.
n-tv.de/politik/Trump-hat-An…
Europe's big, beautiful strategy for Trumponomics should use this turbulent moment to push through controversial economic reforms, such as leveraging access to the EU market for digital services & increasing the global role of the euro. #HablamosDeEuropaecfr.eu/publication/ride-the…
In this ORF report, @giorgosverdi charts EU–US Big Tech tensions — sharpened after Trump’s 2024 win — and calls on the EU to bolster digital sovereignty and avoid becoming a “digital colony.”
orfonline.org/research/the-s…
Trade is not the only important policy of Trumponomics. What are the other essential topics? Why should the EU policy makers focus on investment and financial fields? Listen to @AgatheDemarais@ECFRPower#HablamosDeEuropa