Henk Volberda of RSM has given his opinion in an article stating that the EU is also responsible for the trading-war with Trump. He leads a research team that researches the competitiveness of countries. He states that when it comes to openness to trade, 'China and the European Union in particular are become less open, which is not too bad for the US. However, it must be said that the Trump effect has not yet been included in these calculations. '