Between Nationalism and Multilateralism: A Renewed Approach for Transatlantic Economic Engagement
In a new Issue Brief for AICGS, Senior Fellow and Director of the Geoeconomics Program Peter Rashish looks at the opposing international economic policies of U.S. nationalism and European Union …
Peter Rashish on Trade Pact between Mercosur and EU in Argentina’s Perfil
Una perspectiva estratégica: Los benficios de un modelo alternativo basado en normas consensuadas y bien establecidas was published in Argentina’s Perfil newspaper on August 29, 2019. An English translation is …
U.S. pins hopes on new European leader to rescue trade talks
Peter Rashish, director of the geoeconomics program at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, cautioned against viewing the U.S.-EU trade talks as “a case of French interest in protecting …
Cooler Climes, Cooler Heads: The Bretton Woods Conference at 75
As the nation’s capital swelters in an atmosphere that seems to confirm President Kennedy’s quip that “Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm,” it might be restorative to look both …
More than Trade Policy: U.S. and German Responses to the New Global Economy
Event Summary Professor Marcel Fratzscher, the president of DIW Berlin—a leading European research institute—and one of Germany’s top economists, spoke at a recent AICGS lunch event on “More than Trade …
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Germany’s Strategy of Balancing China and the U.S. and Bolstering Competitiveness
Looking to balance China and the U.S. has made Peter Altmaier a very busy man these days. The German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy is traversing Silicon Valley …
The Transatlantic Relationship Needs a New Organizing Principle on China
After rounds of disappointing bilateral trade negotiations, the meeting between U.S. president Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Osaka again offered a glimmer of …
At the G20 Summit, a Shift from Trade to Digital
Sometimes the best way to make progress is to change the conversation. This idea seems to have been at the heart of Japan’s approach to the Osaka G20 summit it …
The Weaponization of Economic Policy on Both Sides of the Atlantic: Something’s Got to Give.
On July 25, 2018, Presidents Trump and Juncker agreed that the United States and the European Union should join forces to “protect American and European companies better from unfair global …
Engaging the Next Generation of Transatlantic Leaders
The project “A German-American Dialogue of the Next Generation: Global Responsibility, Joint Engagement” engages young Americans and Germans in a dialogue on relevant issues within the transatlantic relationship. The participants …
China Backlash: Toward a Transatlantic Agenda?
At a time when the transatlantic relationship is under greater strain than at any period since World War II, there is one issue that should be pushing the United States …
Is a World of Three Trading Blocs Really Inevitable?
There is growing speculation about the global economic future being shaped by closed trading blocs. The most commonly mooted outcome is a world centered around the three poles of the …
Germany’s Growth Model under Attack?
On his last visit to Berlin in the beginning of May, French president Emmanuel Macron said that “the German growth model has perhaps run its course.” He argued that the …
AICGS Senior Fellow Peter Rashish Joins T20 for Presentation of Communiqué at Summit in Tokyo
AICGS Senior Fellow and Director of the Geoeconomics Program Peter Rashish joined other members of the Think 20 to present its Communiqué to Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono at the May 26-27 Summit in Tokyo. The Communiqué …
