In his State of the Union speech on Wednesday 13 September, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced a package strengthening the EU’s trade agenda, including proposals to open free-trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand and to screen foreign investment in strategic EU sectors.
“Europe is open for business. But there must be reciprocity. We have to get what we give”, Juncker stated from the outset, vaunting the benefits of the EU’s commercial openness to...