European policy is embedded in a multilateral context that has evolved over the course of the last European legislature. From the TTIP confidence crisis to the signing of the free trade agreement with Japan, the CETA saga with Canada, the Chinese challenge to the multilateral trading system, the rise of protectionism, Trump's inauguration and his tariff response, these developments have reshuffled the cards for stakeholders in European trade policy. They have also probably breathed new life...