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EU-US Relations: Reinventing the Transatlantic Agenda

Intereconomics volume 56, pages 5–7 (2021)Cite this article

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With Joe Biden’s victory, there is at least a four-year window to revive ‘an alliance of democracies’, face up to authoritarian powers and closed economies that exploit the openness on which American and European societies are built, and shape those parts of multilateralism that serve transatlantic interests.

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Steven Blockmans, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium; and University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Blockmans, S. EU-US Relations: Reinventing the Transatlantic Agenda. Intereconomics 56, 5–7 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-021-0943-3

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