A big, beautiful European strategy for Trumponomics

Since the return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House in January, European policymakers have been struggling to sketch a sensible response to Trumponomics – an unpredictable, fast-changing and often baffling mix of U.S. trade, investment and finance policies that have a direct impact on Europe’s interests. 

In her latest ECFR policy brief, Agathe Demarais outlines how Europe can ride the wave of Trumponomics, turn external pressure into a political opportunity for overdue structural reforms and implement five geoeconomic policies that will benefit European economies no matter what Trump throws at Europe. 

Rather than reacting to every new twist and turn from Washington, the bloc needs to keep its cool and make Trump an opportunity to make previously unthinkable reforms.