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Une étude récente du Centre for European Reform (CER) affirme que ces politiques sont discriminatoires à l’égard des nations africaines, sapant les efforts de l’UE pour construire des relations solides avec le continent, selon une étude réalisée par Katherine Pye pour le groupe de réflexion CER.

“The mood in Germany is one where the excess capacity in the car sector, which has long been an issue, is now morphing into a debate about how car makers can switch into defence production,” says Sander Tordoir, the chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.

The dollar is likely facing a “moron premium” from investors worried about Washington’s obvious economic illiteracy, according to Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.“Confidence is a feeble, vulnerable commodity: the US is squandering it by the boatload,” Tordoir said, adding that even if Trump’s tariff order is eventually reversed, “some of the moron risk premium will linger in the markets”. 

Luigi Scazzieri, assistant director at the Centre for European Reform, said the EU had been neglecting the equipment, stockpiles and readiness efforts needed for high-intensity conflict. "It proved more convenient to rely on the US," he wrote in an EU defence brief.

The result of the tariffs, added John Springford, trade economist at the Centre for European Reform think-tank, would not be to eliminate trade deficits but to inflict pain on both poorer countries and US consumers.

It certainly highlights that Putin is probably not expecting to sign up to – or abide by – a ceasefire in Ukraine any time soon said Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform. Even if a long-term ceasefire is eventually agreed, Putin would be unlikely to stop there. "We can see what the Russian economy is being retooled to do," says Bond. "And it ain't peace."

Volgens Sander Tordoir van de CER (Centre for European Reform) zijn er voldoende redenen om te geloven dat Europa evenwel minder hard geraakt zal worden dan de VS. Handelspartners als de EU, China en Japan hebben nog voldoende mogelijkheden om hun export te diversifiëren en nieuwe handelspartners te zoeken.

Aslak Berg, trade policy expert at the Centre for European Reform think-tank, said the list of US trade grievances set out by the Trump administration was so extensive — covering not just tariffs but taxes including VAT and online and environmental regulations — that they could never be satisfied. “The US demands on regulation and taxation amount to regulatory subordination,” he said. “That’s not the kind of demand you’d make if you were looking to make a deal — it’s what you’d propose if you’re looking for an excuse to impose tariffs.”