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US tariffs on Chinese imports: managed trade is back
A hike in US tariffs is not a return to wholesale protectionism, and the European Union is unlikely to duplicate the US approach
De-dollarisation is all about de-risking
How to ensure European economic security in a world of interdependence?
German pension reform push crystallises challenges faced by many European countries
The burden of pension reform should be shared across generations, even if it is politically difficult
Xi’s visit underlines the hard choices the European Union faces on China
The EU cannot separate policy on China from its goals of containing Russia and ensuring economic security
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First glance
11 September 2023
The State of the European Union speech must address the return of economic policy trade-offs
The European Commission president should set out the need for a new EU business model founded on the supply of genuine European public goods.
Marco Buti
Opinion piece
18 September 2023
¿Qué precio pagará Italia por abandonar la Ruta de la Seda?
Alessia Amighini and Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
07 September 2023
As China’s Economy Drags, the Rest of Asia Offers Hope
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
06 September 2023
Europe’s green deal will need broad support to succeed
EU has embarked on no less than an industrial revolution. A revolution that — unlike those of the past — is set against a tight deadline.
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann
First glance
06 September 2023
Competition with politicisation is not competition, it’s harmful protectionism
The European Union should reaffirm the principle that undue interference in competition enforcement is protectionism that has negative effects.
Christophe Carugati
Newsletter
30 August 2023
Following a boom, China's electric vehicle industry now faces weak domestic demand and heightened geopolitical risk
The story of China's EV industry.
Alicia García-Herrero
First glance
29 August 2023
The manufacturing jobs boom that isn’t
The US Inflation Reduction Act shows that massive subsidies are not leading to massive manufacturing job creation.
Niclas Poitiers
Opinion piece
07 July 2023
La France est traditionnellement plus encline aux politiques économiques protectionnistes que l’Allemagne
Armin Steinbach
Opinion piece
21 August 2023
Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution
Simone Tagliapietra and Reinhilde Veugelers
Opinion piece
21 August 2023
The dangerous link between China’s real estate demise, the economy and the financial system
China’s property sector is plunging further into a crisis that could have major ramifications on the country’s real economy and financial sector.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
13 August 2023
American ‘green’ protectionism, industrial decarbonsiation, and transatlantic steel and aluminium negotiations – a response to Todd N. Tucker and Timothy Meyer
David Kleimann
Opinion piece
03 August 2023
The Right Way to Intervene in Clean Tech
Policymakers must create the conditions for the public and private sectors to work together to manage a timely green transition.
Armand Cohen, Andreas Goldthau and Simone Tagliapietra
Newsletter
24 July 2023
What does the row over EVP Vestager’s pick for Chief Economist of DG Comp mean for the EU?
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Newsletter
19 July 2023
Will China's quest for innovation help mitigate structural deceleration?
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
19 July 2023
The UK must learn that concessions cut both ways
Brexit may have come and gone, but the UK still wants to make decisions like it is part of the gang.
Rebecca Christie
First glance
18 July 2023
The unjustified campaign against the nomination of Fiona Scott Morton
Critics argue that her US citizenship and previous work for US tech giants might undermine Brussels’s efforts to tackle big-tech market power.
Christophe Carugati