alexispapagian

President Donald J. Trump announced this past weekend a 30% tariff on all EU exports to the US. As expected, the EU responded by warning that it will retaliate unless a mutually beneficial trade agreement is reached. However, it seems that the optimal scenario for the EU may not be to escalate tensions, but instead to extract a deal similar to the post-Brexit arrangements the UK has sought with the US: that is, sector-specific trade liberalization within a broader framework of managed...

Donald Trump’s return to the White House marks the end of the transatlantic alliance as we knew it. Gone are the days of polite illusions and strategic ambiguity. What we face now is not a passing disruption, but a deliberate recalibration of American foreign policy, one that abandons multilateralism, weaponizes the dollar, and places unbearable pressure on allies, particularly Europe, to fend for themselves or fall in line. For Europe, this moment is not just a crisis; it is a historic...