How to survive a trade war: a case for E • Table.Briefings

By Aslak Berg, Etienne Höra and Arthur Leichthammer

Aslak Berg, Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform, Etienne Höra, Project Manager, Bertelsmann Stiftung, und Arthur Leichthammer, Policy Fellow, Jacques Delors Centre — Calling for European solidarity: Aslak Berg, Etienne Höra and Arthur Leichthammer.

The transatlantic trade conflict is becoming a political and economic challenge for the EU. European solidarity is needed, write the authors Alask Berg, Etienne Höra and Arthur Leichthammer.

With his sweeping tariff agenda, President Trump has launched a wrecking ball into the global trade order. His partial ‘pause’ does not change the overall picture. US tariffs pose a major challenge to the EU economy: exports to the US account for 20% of all EU exports, worth €530 billion or roughly 3% of the EU’s GDP.

How to survive a trade war: a case for EU burden-sharing.

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