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Shada Islam
Shada Islam
Shada Islam is director of Europe and geopolitics at Friends of Europe, a Brussels-based think tank

‘America first’ has set traditional US partners on edge, and it’s in both regions’ interests to keep Washington engaged. Both, however, also need deeper bilateral ties, and to work towards a new, unprecedentedly large trade bloc.

From China’s belt and road to India’s Asia-Africa growth corridor, there is wasteful duplication and rising geopolitical tension. Let the EU unite nations under a connectivity code of conduct, expand a common umbrella of finance and set up a forum for the private sector and civil society to talk about connectivity.