The 2016 Elections in the United States: Effects on the EU-US Relationship
Despite (or because of) Donald Trump’s various campaign statements, it is hard to predict confidently what path his administration will take in a wide range of foreign-policy areas. It is however possible to identify key issues and challenges in EU-US relations during his presidency. This briefing provides an overview of issues where US policy may change sharply during the next four years and what this may mean for the EU. Less interventionism, less commitment to NATO and a retreat from trade liberalization could be central to Trump’s presidency. Transatlantic relations would be affected by US actions such as rapprochement with Russia and a softer line on the Ukraine conflict, alignment with Assad and Putin in Syria, extreme counterterrorism measures, abandoning the Iran nuclear deal, and unconditional support for Israel. Confrontation with China over trade and regional security, and reversal of environmental policies will also have repercussions for the EU. In order to mitigate all these risks, the EU must at least entrench existing cooperation with the US before trying to enhance it. It can The do so by reaffirming European unity and solving threats to its integration, by becoming a better security “producer” and by “thickening” interparliamentary exchanges.
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Nicolas BOUCHET (The German Marshall Fund of the United States, USA)
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- Америка
- връзки в ЕС
- външна политика
- ГЕОГРАФИЯ
- двукамерна система
- държавен глава
- ЕВРОПЕЙСКИ СЪЮЗ
- изграждане на Европа
- изпълнителна власт и обществено обслужване
- икономическа география
- икономически отношения
- интерпарламентарни отношения
- международна политика
- международна сигурност
- международна сигурност
- международна търговия
- МЕЖДУНАРОДНИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ
- МЕЖДУНАРОДНИ ОТНОШЕНИЯ
- НАТО
- парламент
- ПОЛИТИКА
- политическа география
- политическа и обществена сигурност
- политическа партия
- политическа система
- популизъм
- правителствена политика
- републиканска партия
- световни организации
- Съединени щати
- сътрудничество ЕС—НАТО
- тероризъм
- трансатлантически отношения
- ТЪРГОВИЯ
- търговски отношения