The global trading system hasn't stalled. It has ruptured. As WTO members meets in Cameroon tomorrow, the harder question will go unanswered: what do open economies do when the multilateral engine can't keep pace with geopolitical reality?

For those suddenly looking for info on Section 122: @monapaulsen.bsky.social: "Is Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act a Fall-Back Option for Trump to Impose Tariffs?" @freetradebryan.bsky.social: "President Trump Cannot Legally Impose Tariffs Using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974"

My 2c on the US-India ‘deal’ in the FT: “It seems highly doubtful that India has agreed to reduce tariffs to zero, particularly on agricultural goods, given India’s long-standing approach to trade negotiations going right back to the Doha Round" www.ft.com/content/72f1...

India signed a trade agreement with the European Union just last week. (That deal eventually provides EU companies preferential access to the Indian market.) The Economics Show with @soumayakeynes.ft.com has an excellent episode explaining the EU-India deal, with @nks.bsky.social & Ajay Srivastava.

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European 🚗 industry: options ahead for the 🇪🇺 automotive sector as it navigates the trilemma of decarbonation, competitiveness and security By @delorsinstitute.bsky.social & PSIA Sciences Po @elvirefabry.bsky.social @nks.bsky.social 👇 institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...

🚗 Our report explores the challenges & opportunities facing the EU #automotive_industry as it navigates the trilemma of #decarbonization, #competitiveness, and #economic_security By V. do Prado @elvirefabry.bsky.social @aranchagonzalez.bsky.social @nks.bsky.social P. Lamy & S. Praetorius

[Trade] The lack of effective European governance structures for economic security is an institutional weakness that hinders the development of long-term thinking Analysis of EU, China, United States & Japan by Elvire Fabry, @nks.bsky.social, Marco Sibona & Pascal Lamy

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China bans the export of rare earth processing technologies for national security reasons www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

An excellent new report that illustrates that much has been overblown in the debate about decoupling and de-risking. Yes, there are significant costs associated with a hard-decoupling scenario, but overall, economic interdependence is a source of Western strength, not weakness. 👇

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