IPQ Debate - Defending Europe’s Economic Security

Special IPQ Debate Economic coercion, exercised by President Donald Trump’s United States, and China’s hyper-mercantilism are threatening to erode Europe’s economic future. The EU needs to address this not only with fighting talk, but also by responding at the structural and policy level. With our guests, we discuss how the EU and its member states can better decide on strategic questions and often difficult trade-offs and assert themselves in the new age of economic statecraft–the theme of IPQ’s latest issue which marks its fifth anniversary. Input: Luuk van Middelaar, Founder/Director, Brussels Institute for Geopolitics, on “The Need for an EU Economic Security Council” Panel: Katharina Neckel, Director Law of International Trade and Trade Facilitation, German Chamber of Trade and Industry Filip Medunić, Research Fellow, Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology, DGAP Oliver Rentschler, Director General for Geoeconomics, Federal Foreign Office Chair: Henning Hoff, Executive Editor, Internationale Politik Quarterly, DGAP Highlights: 00:00 Welcome (Hoff) 06:52 Input - Need for an EU Economic Security Council (van Middelaar) 24:25 What it would need (Rentschler) 28:13 Economic decisions and strategic weight (Neckel) 31:50 Evident it is needed (Medunić) 35:30 Panel discussion 01:01:02 Q&A 📺 Watch more DGAP's Morning Briefings here:    • DGAP’s Morning Briefing   📩 Receive invitations to events like this by subscribing to our newsletter: https://on.dgap.org/ENnewsletter 📢 Follow DGAP on social media:   / dgapev     / dgapev     / german-council-on-foreign-relations   #ForeignPolicy #economy #security #council #eu