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Winning trade wars or securing trade peace?

09.10.2026
Published: 09.10.2026 Category: Investing and finance

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At this event, we discussed the future of the global trading system amid growing tensions within the system itself, as well as domestic political constraints in the United States and China and their geopolitical rivalry. The discussion featured Chad Bown’s and Soumaya Keynes’ new book “How to Win a Trade War”, explored the role of the EU in trade war and peace and examined options for preserving rules-based trade. With us: Chair: Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Director, Bruegel Tomas Baert, Member, Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission Ignacio García Bercero, Senior Fellow, Bruegel Soumaya Keynes, Economics columnist, Financial Times Maria Martin-Prat, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the European Union, World Trade Organization (WTO) Chad P. Bown, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

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