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Global value chains

Donald Trump announces “reciprocal” tariffs alongside US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (right), speaking from a podium with a microphone before an audience gathered for the Make America Wealthy Again event — also referred to as “Liberation Day” — in the White House Rose Garden on 2 April 2025. In his left hand, Trump holds up a board listing countries and their corresponding tariffs. tariff
Technology and economics

Trump’s global tariff shock

By Enrique Feás, Miguel Otero Iglesias, Federico Steinberg
08 Apr 2025 //
9 mins Reading time
A photograph of a 12-inch semiconductor wafer of microelectronic testbeds
Technology and economics

Policy orientations on EU-China relations in semiconductors: an outlook on bilateral and multilateral agendas

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
27 Dec 2023 //
22 mins Reading time
Close-up of the edge of a five-euro banknote. Economic security
Future of Europe

Dealing with Europe’s Economic (in-)security

By Federico Steinberg, Guntram Wolff
30 Nov 2023 //
30 mins Reading time
Global technology trends. Background with hexagonal pattern. Modern technology and network concept
Technology and economics

Global technology trends: what to watch for in 2023

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
02 Feb 2023 //
6 mins Reading time
“No to cuts” signs at a demonstration against austerity measures in Valencia, Spain (2012)
Technology and economics

A return to austerity in Europe: feasible or fictional?

By Federico Steinberg, Jorge Tamames
23 Sep 2022 //
17 mins Reading time
General view of the inaugural meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in Pittsburgh (2021)
Technology and economics

Ukraine in the spotlight of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC)

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
26 May 2022 //
6 mins Reading time
Conversation with Nadia Calviño and Paschal Donohoe on the “Opportunities for the euro area in the context of the recovery”
Technology and economics

Conversation with Nadia Calviño and Paschal Donohoe on the “Opportunities for the euro area in the context of the recovery”

03 Feb 2022 //
2 mins Reading time
More to lose than others: Europe amid the shortages. Empty German motorway in Cologne. Photo: Florian Schmetz @floschmaezz
Global Spectator

More to lose than others: Europe amid the shortages

By Andrés Ortega
16 Nov 2021 //
5 mins Reading time
Re-globalisation with hiccups. Photo: Joshua Rawson-Harris (@joshrh19). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

Re-globalisation with hiccups

By Andrés Ortega
01 Jun 2021 //
5 mins Reading time
Assorted-color filed containers. Photo: Frank Mckenna (@frankiefoto). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

Containers: essential but more expensive

By Andrés Ortega
09 Mar 2021 //
5 mins Reading time
Globalisation reimagined. Image of an empty airport. Photo: Dyana Wing So (@dyanawingso). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

Globalisation reimagined

By Andrés Ortega
15 Sep 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Peter Altmaier (German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy), Bruno Le Maire, (French Minister for Economy and Finance) and Claudia van Veen (Presenter) present the European data infrastructure project GAIA-X (4/6/2020). Source: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Elcano Blog
Future of Europe

GAIA-X: an opportunity for the European digital sovereignty?

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
16 Jun 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
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