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If Donald Trump wins the upcoming U.S. presidential election, trade relations between the European Union and the United States could face serious challenges next year. Trump has promised to impose a universal ten percent tariff on all goods imported into the American market. Although his rhetoric is primarily aimed at China, such a tariff would also significantly impact European manufacturers. Is the EU preparing for the possibility that Trump could become president again and implement this measure? How would European companies be affected if the next U.S. president were Democrat Kamala Harris? Kateřina Davidová, a senior researcher at EUROPEUM Institute, comments on this topic for e15.

This week, the European Commission will present two important proposals to the public - the Critical Raw Materials Act and the Net-Zero Industry Act. Both regulations are a response to the US Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and aim to make the European economy more competitive and prevent a mass exodus of companies and technological innovation to the United States, Kateřina Davidová, our senior researcher, contributed to this topic.

The recent US midterm elections made headlines around the world. The main issues that voters were interested in were the state of democracy and the rule of law, abortion, the economy and education. Our intern Tomáš Moudrý addressed these topics in his blog. "The most expensive midterms in the US history are over. Republicans gained the House majority with 221 seats and the Democrats retained the Senate with 51 seats. Is this a surprising result? Partly yes, partly no. Firstly, polls and even Republicans were sure about a “Red wave“ that would sweep across the US. Instead, there was a tossup in both Chambers of the Congress. Secondly, the President’s party usually lose the midterms. One can argue that midterms from the incumbent President’s party perspective traditionally have just one major goal – to mitigate losses by the closest possible margin. The Democrats seem to have found a way to deal with this fate, despite Biden's low approval rating."

Our researcher Danielle Piatkiewicz has written a blog about runoff elections to the US Senate and other recent events.

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy cordially invites you to another debate from the Café Evropa series which will take place on Tuesday 24 November from 5.00 PM online on Facebook. Our guests will discuss the issue of the future of transatlantic relations.

In his latest blog post, Žiga Faktor focused on the Democratic primaries ahead of this year's United States presidential election.

Our Martin Michelot authored a new policy paper on the transatlantic relations as part of our project Transatlantic Policy Forum (TAPF).

Our Martin Michelot took part in the debate broadcasted by the French state television network France 24. Its topic was the possible re-election of Donald Trump and its impact on Europe in terms of politics, economy or defence.

Our Martin Michelot commented on the French semi-presidential system for the Hospodárske noviny daily.

Another output from our Press Conference with Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges is now available on INFO.cz.

Our Rachel Warren analyses, in her latest blog, the round of mid-term elections that were just held in the US.

We would like to cordially invite you to the debate "After the Brussels NATO Summit: Transatlantic Outlooks on Defense" which will take place on July 16, 2018 from 17:30 to 19:00 at the American Center in Prague.