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Comment: Systemic EU and US differences may hamper reset of trade relations

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 21 Jan 2021 11:28
  • 21 Jan 2021 11:28

The EU hopes to chart a more cooperative course with the US on trade now that Joe Biden is in the White House. But both sides must overcome mounting disagreements that in some cases reflect systemic differences of their economies — and that go way beyond Donald Trump’s pugnacious presidency.

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Joanna Sopinska

Senior Correspondent


Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.

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