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Policy Recommendation: Trade Policy

Tariffs reshape global trade; resilience, diversification, and digital rules are key responses

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Question: How do trade wars impact global economics, and how can states respond?
Argument: Trade wars disrupt supply chains, raise prices, and weaken multilateral institutions; mitigation requires diversification, digital standards, and multilateral trust.
Conclusion: States can reduce trade war risks through diversified trade, anti-coercion measures, tech agreements, and multilateral engagement

By Valentin Grangier

27 October 2025 · 05:31 CET· Updated 21 June 2026 · 18:08 CETDOI 10.69790/epis-rep-ier-1/44274 · Issue I

Trade wars raise domestic costs and drive supply chain diversification and digital trade

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Valentin Grangier Valentin Grangier is a French student of International Relations at Leiden University, currently on exchange at the University of Tokyo. Specialising in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific, he focuses on geopolitics, security, and regional dynamics, analysing power interplay, ASEAN’s role, and shifting alliances. Passionate about Japan and proficient in intermediate Japanese, he blends constructivist, realist, liberal, and democratic perspectives to explore the region’s political, economic, and secur

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Grangier, V. (2025). Policy Recommendation: Trade Policy. EPIS Insight · International Economic Relations.

doi.org/10.69790/epis-rep-ier-1/44274

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