Transatlantic economic relations seemingly are in a state of disarray, or ambivalence, which is most apparent in the fields of competition and trade policy. It is not alone bilateral issues that are contentious between the European Union and the United States but also the attitude of both sides towards third countries, as well as each other’s ideas of the (future) shape of the international trading system as a whole. Moreover, the EU-US case again demonstrates how the boundaries between policy areas that were formerly classified to be either of a national or of an international nature are blurring.
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