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Claudia Schmucker
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is head of the Globalization and World Economy program at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
Weakening Cracks

Manhattan Transfer

France and Germany urgently need to forge a common strategy to deal with US trade conflicts.

Filling the Void

Berlin Policy Journal November/December 2017

America has left a vacuum in global free trade. The EU is right in its ambition to step in, but it has to tread lightly.

America First

Manhattan Transfer

Donald Trump’s protectionist impulses could have disastrous consequences.

First They Came for the TPP

Manhattan Transfer

President-elect Donald Trump has suggested alarming changes to American trade policy.

Tipping the Scales

Berlin Policy Journal September/October 2015

Without TTIP Europe’s competitiveness in the global market is in danger, especially in light of the TPP agreement the US is negotiating with Asia.

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+++ The coronavirus crisis has brought Europe and the rest of the world to a standstill. What are the effects of the pandemic on international affairs? The future of the EU depends on how it handles the crisis, argues Daniela Schwarzer. Much is riding on the German EU presidency. David Goodhart makes the case for a retreat from hyperglobalization, and Richard Sennett foresees big changes coming to our way of life; Efi Koutsokosta profiles Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis; Noah Gordon, in his Carbon Critical column, points out that solar, like oil, has its overcapacity problems; and much more +++

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