EU Foreign Policy at the Crossroads: Trade, Climate, and Strategic Competition

Abstract

This panel examines the EU’s foreign policy choices at a time of intensifying geopolitical competition and intersecting policy agendas. The papers explore how trade, labour standards, climate diplomacy, and strategic positioning increasingly overlap in EU external action. With a focus on global power shifts and contested regulatory models, the contributions analyse how the EU seeks to reconcile normative ambitions with strategic interests. The panel as a whole assesses whether the EU is developing a more coherent and assertive foreign policy posture, or whether internal trade-offs and external constraints continue to fragment its global engagement.

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