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Can‘Buy European’Strengthen Europe's Competitiveness and Resilience?Tim Peter In addition to countervailing duties, international alliances and innovation promotion, ‘Buy Eu-ropean’ is being discussed as a tool for strengthening European industry. However, ‘Buy Euro-pean’ should be a last resort and only applied in narrowly defined areas. A combination of tar- ‘Buy European Mainstreaming’ Free Trade Agenda Comes First Itis undisputed that the EU cannot continue toplay football while major trading partners playrugby. However, the EU must not allow this ap-proach to undermine its international tradeagenda. Why should the EU conclude trade agree-ments with the Mercosur countries, India andAustralia and then restrict market access for them What do economic and trade policies look like inthe age of geoeconomics? The EU has providedvarious answers to this question so far, includingdefensive mechanisms such as theAnti-CoercionInstrument (ACI)and initiatives to reduce criticaldependencies such as theCritical Raw MaterialsAct (CRMA)and theCritical Medicines Act (CMA).Another approach that is gaining traction inBrussels is ‘Buy European’.Itdescribescriteria that give preference to domestic industry overinternational suppliers. The aim is to strengthenthe competitiveness of Europe's own industry Questionable Implementation The implementation of ‘Buy European’ also raisesa number of questions. Would it apply only toprocurement offices or to all institutions that usepublic funds? Which product groups would it resort, as it largely excludes international part-ners. International alliances (Made with Europe),for example with afloorpricefor critical raw ma-terials, would be preferable. Targeted countervail-ing duties, on the other hand, are more open, asthey continue to allow trade with all other part-ners.For example, countervailing duties onelec- ‘European’? Last but not least, there is the ques-tion of how the necessary documentation can be Application in aNarrowly What role can ‘Buy European’ play in times ofgeoeconomics? It could be deployed as one ofseveral instruments in a catalogue of measuresin narrowly defined areas. Through public pro-curement, a certain industrial capacity in the EU The Instrument Mix is Crucial The geoeconomic toolbox also includes targetedcountervailing duties, international alliances toreduce critical dependencies, and the promotionof innovation in strategic sectors. Within the Imprint Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.Tim PeterCompetitiveness of Europe This publication of the der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V. is solely intended for informationpurposes.It may not be used by political parties or by election campaigners or supporters for the The text of this publication is published under a Creative Commons license: “Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 international” (CC BY-SA 4.0),https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.