EU Trade Policy and the Rise of Geopolitics

Professor Schild and his guest Professor Xenia Matschke of Trier University (Chair of International Economic Policy) explore in this episode the turbulent state of US-EU trade relations following a landmark 2026 Supreme Court ruling that declared major parts of the Trump administration's "reciprocal tariffs" illegal. The discussion delves into the legal mechanisms used by Trump to bypass Congress, the economic reality of trade deficits, and the historical rupture of the post-WWII global trading order, and the EU’s response to the US trade policy challenge.

This is the first episode in a podcast series on EU trade policy and the rise of geopolitics, hosted by Prof. Joachim Schild from the University of Trier. His first guest is Bastian Dürr, MA, who discusses how the European Union is working to secure access to critical raw materials amid geo-economic and geopolitical tensions with the People’s Republic of China. Bastian Dürr currently is about to finish his Ph.D. thesis on this topic. This episode was recorded in November 2024