Orgalim key recommendations on trade policy

Published: 16 October 2024

Policies & Issues: Trade

In this paper, we outline four key priorities for EU trade policy in the 2024-2029 legislative cycle to boost the competitiveness of our industries. We then provide concrete recommendations to strengthen trade relations with our most important trading partners, i.e. the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Türkiye and the EFTA states.

We believe that it is time for the EU to put competitiveness back at the centre of its trade policy. We wish to put forward four key trade policy recommendations to ensure a strong boost for our industries’ competitiveness in Europe:

  1. Proactively pursue trade liberalisation via FTAs and “mini deals”

  2. Ensure a level playing field for Europe’s technology industries

  3. Ensure access to raw materials and manufacturing inputs at competitive prices

  4. Foster economic security by allowing market-driven diversification

To read our recommendations in full please download the document above.

Authors

Livraghi
Lorenzo Livraghi
Senior Adviser - Trade and Industrial Policy

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