Trade Offs of a Trade War: A One-and-a-Half-Year Assessment of Trump’s Tariffs

As global protectionism intensifies, how are international markets holding up?

Simon Nixon (Kathimerini) joins Greg Hands (former UK Trade Minister), Anders Ahnlid (National Board of Trade, Sweden), Henry Huiyao Wang (CCG China), Iain Begg (LSE), and Paul Dans (Project 2025) to assess eighteen months of US tariffs. They analyze the strain on the EU's rules-based trade system, the escalating US-China rivalry, and the importance for medium-sized powers. They debate the future of the WTO, the clash between traditional comparative advantage and modern re-industrialization, and how these forces reshape green energy investment and technology innovation.