Episode 78: Transatlantic Trade Cooperation for the Future—A Conversation with Dan Mullaney

Dan Mullaney, Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, is our guest for this episode of The Zeitgeist. Together with AICGS President Jeff Rathke and Peter Rashish, AICGS Vice President and Geoeconomics Program Director, they discuss the current trade policy agenda and the role of closer U.S.-EU cooperation in shaping a sustainable, future-oriented global trading system. Has recent experience with the covid-19 pandemic and increasing strategic competition fundamentally changed the U.S. and European approach to globalized trade? What role should the United States play in reforming the WTO and enabling the organization to better deal with issues such as non-market economic practices and climate policy? Is friendshoring about picking trade partners based on political and ideological preferences or incentivizing practices that are crucial to assembling resilient supply chains? Can the United States and the EU find a way to avoid trade frictions arising from their respective climate policies and reconcile them with existing WTO rules? How important is it for the United States to strengthen bilateral cooperation with EU member states, especially its largest economy Germany, to address common trade-related challenges? Host Jeff Rathke, President, AICGS Guest Dan Mullaney, Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Peter Rashish, AICGS Vice President; Director, Geoeconomics Program