In this Individual Assignment you will reflect on the European Union trade policy, reflect on its vulnerabilities, and discuss a new approach to trade policy that will allow the EU to compete with China and the United States.

Please listen to the podcast "Europe's Trade Policy and Open Strategic Autonomy", so you can get some background on the topic.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/157-europes-trade-policy-and-open-strategic-autonomy/id1270804213?i=1000554103579

Please discuss:

1. Please briefly describe the European Union approach to foreign/trade policy.

2. In your view, what are the issues with that approach to trade policy? Please provide some examples.

3. What will you recommend EU trade policy makers so the European Union can compete with the United States and China?

Guidelines

Your assignment submission should be at least 250 and no more than five hundred words in length.It should contain proper grammar, be free of spelling errors, show economic research and reflect critical thinking.