Proposal Would Allow E.U. to Retaliate Against Economic Pressure
The European Commission is considering sweeping powers to impose punitive sanctions on those seeking to influence its political policies through economic pressure.
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The European Commission is considering sweeping powers to impose punitive sanctions on those seeking to influence its political policies through economic pressure.
How can the next German government build up Europe’s strength against economic coercion?
Guests Henry Farrell, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Jonathan Hackenbroich, Head of Task Force for Strengthening Europe against Economic Coercion, ECFR Erica Moret, Senior Researcher and Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Institute Geneva Abraham L. Newman, Director, SFS – Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University Chaired by Pawel Zerka, Policy Fellow, ECFR This event is the first webinar in a two-part series on current developments in the global use of economic coercion....
To engage more confidently with a world that is changing, outward-looking Germans need to shape a progressive new national identity before it is defined by the forces of isolation and exclusion
13 Mar in 22:29 Despite warm words from Biden, U.S. secondary sanctions against Iran, Russia and others punish European companies and prompt new calls for strategic autonomy, The New York Times writes. The new Biden administration is making nice with the European Union, talking of renewed cooperation and suspending retaliatory tariffs stemming from an old dispute between Airbus and Boeing. But despite the warm words and efforts at rebuilding trust, the American willingness to punish its European allies and impose sanctions on them in pursuit of foreign-policy goals continues to rankle. It i...