“The answer to the current shift in the US trade policy should be more, not less, trade integration with trade partners around the globe, but also within the European Union”, was the recommendation of Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), when speaking to the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on Thursday 20 March (see EUROPE B13599A3).
“Trade integration, including free trade agreements, has been a driver of economic prosperity,...