In our next video, Fanny Sauvignon (Researcher, Foreign Policy Unit, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) explores a timely question:
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐?
Key insight:
On the economic level, the impact of transatlantic divergence is often indirect. The United States is not a major trade partner for EU candidate countries, the EU is. This means that any disruptions in EUโUS trade relations, such as new tariffs or broader economic tensions could have spillover effects on EU investment and trade flows with candidate countries.
The real challenge:
Whether and how the EU can buffer or mitigate these effects to safeguard economic stability in its neighbourhood.
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