On 18 November 2025 Gabriel Felbermayr (WIFO) gave a public lecture on free trade and geopolitics. The lecture was held in German and was followed by a discussion with the audience. Felbermayr describes how Europe is coming under pressure in the new era of power politics between the US, Russia and China, while global tensions and economic dependencies are increasing. Free trade is increasingly being supplanted by geopolitical, ecological and protectionist measures, both globally and within the EU. For strongly export-oriented Central European countries such as Germany, Austria and Switzerland, this development threatens their economic prosperity.

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