{"id":33783,"title":"Event | Determined to Deter: Responding to Weaponized Interdependence with the Anti-Coercion Instrument","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/economy-security-trade\/online-event-determined-to-deter-responding-to-weaponized-interdependence-with-the-anti-coercion-instrument\/","date":"30. November 2023","date_unix":1701356747,"date_modified_unix":1748337323,"date_iso":"2023-11-30T15:05:47+00:00","content":"

It is our pleasure to invite you to our latest EU Toolbox Talk<\/p>\n

Determined to Deter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Responding to Weaponized Interdependence <\/strong><\/p>\n

with the Anti-Coercion Instrument<\/strong><\/p>\n

An online discussion with:<\/p>\n

Colin Brown<\/strong>, Head of Unit, Legal Aspects of Trade and Sustainable Development and Investment, DG TRADE, European Commission<\/p>\n

Sofia Bournou,<\/strong> Senior Advisor, International Relations Department, BusinessEurope<\/p>\n

Cora Jungbluth<\/strong>, Senior Expert China and Asia-Pacific, Bertelsmann Stiftung<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

Moderator: Etienne H\u00f6ra,<\/strong> Project Manager Sovereign Europe, Bertelsmann Stiftung<\/p>\n

Wednesday, December 13th, <\/strong><\/p>\n

5:00 \u2013 6:00 pm CET\/11:00 \u2013 12:00 pm EST<\/strong><\/p>\n

REGISTER HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

This event continues our online series EU Strategic Toolbox Talks. In the Toolbox Talks, we focus on existing and upcoming EU instruments aimed at managing critical dependencies and strengthening the EU\u2019s sovereignty. These instruments form an important basis for fostering the EU\u2019s capability to act in a global environment increasingly shaped by geopolitical tensions and systemic rivalries.<\/em><\/p>\n

As geopolitical tensions mount, economic relations are more and more often leveraged by state actors to achieve their strategic goals. While the EU\u2019s openness to trade and investment contributes to its prosperity, we know that interdependence also creates vulnerabilities and risks to Europe\u2019s economic security \u2013 not only since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ms von der Leyen\u2019s \u2018Geopolitical Commission\u2019 has proposed a range of new instruments to address these risks.<\/p>\n

Like no other tool, the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) embodies the end of Europe\u2019s geoeconomic naivet\u00e9: If third countries use economic coercion against the EU or a Member State, the EU will have the ability to retaliate with trade restrictions. Ideally, this prospect should deter such actions.<\/p>\n

However, in today\u2019s increasingly volatile global context, hostile actors have repeatedly shown that they are willing to take economic risks to achieve geopolitical gains. The ACI strengthens the EU\u2019s ability to counter these threats; at the same time, its effectiveness depends on the Commission\u2019s and member states\u2019 unity and resolve to deploy it.<\/p>\n

In this discussion, we will address the following questions and topics:\u202f\u202f<\/strong>\u200c<\/p>\n