
USTR’s Promising Start for Transatlantic Economic Relations
On Monday, the Biden administration released the 2021 Trade Policy Agenda and 2020 Annual Report, an annual event that the 1974 U.S. trade act requires take place by March 1. …

The EU’s Trade Policy Review: Conflicting Signals for Transatlantic Strategy?
The European Commission released its long-awaited Trade Policy Review (TPR) this week, placing it under the banner of “An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy.” Perhaps because of the manifold …

Peter Rashish Calls for Enhanced U.S.-EU-Japan Trilateral Process in Foreign Policy Article
In his recently published Foreign Policy article, “Biden Should Finish Trump’s One Good Trade Idea,” AGI Senior Fellow and Geoeconomics Program Director Peter Rashish advises the Biden administration to revive …

Transatlantic Convergence or Divergence? QAnon after January Twentieth
With President Donald J. Trump leaving the Oval Office, a major tenet of the QAnon movement has been proven wrong: On January twentieth, the day of Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration, …

Race to the East? China Revives the 17+1 Summit
Last month, Beijing suddenly announced a plan to host a digital 17+1 one summit in February, bringing its relationship with Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC or CEE) back into …
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Support Our WorkEpisode 38: Lessons for Dealing with Right-Wing Extremism in the United States and Germany
Right-wing extremism has been on the rise around the world. The January 6, 2021 insurrection that attached the U.S. capital and the August 2020 protest in Berlin which breached the …

From IT Security Law 2.0 to Open RAN: Germany’s 5G Strategy Evolves beyond the Huawei Debate
On January 27, the German federal government presented the draft IT Security Act 2.0 (IT-Sicherheitsgesezt 2.0) to the German Bundestag, pushing ahead a reform that is seen by some as …

Jeff Rathke Interviewed by Norddeutscher Rundfunk about First Days of Biden Presidency
AGI President Jeff Rathke recently called in to “Themen des Tages,” (Topics of the Day) a daily news show from German public radio station Norddeutscher Rundfunk, to discuss the first …
Episode 37: A Warming Trend for the U.S.-EU Partnership?
Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States has generated optimism about the prospects for renewing transatlantic relations after the cold front of the Trump years. As …

Jeff Rathke Appears in ARD Short Docu-Film, “Angriff auf Amerika”
AGI President Jeff Rathke was recently interviewed as part of a short docu-film by German television network ARD. Titled “Angriff auf Amerika” (“Attack on America”), the piece explains the consequences …

The Trade Agenda for the 46th U.S. President –Advancing Global Economic Order?
As Joe Biden takes office as the 46th President of the United States the country is at a turning point in its trade policy, one where rules are likely to …

After the Capitol Siege: Politics First, Then Economics
One of the signature lines in Bertolt Brecht’s Three Penny Opera, a product of social ferment in 1920s Berlin, is “Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.” One implication …