# podcast

EU risks US tariff pain in standing by the WTO

As global trade war continues to unfold, I discuss in this podcast with Bernd Lange MEP and chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament. Bernd Lange expresses his optimism that the EU ...

17th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 145 views

# Blog

How Should the EU Position Itself in a Global Trade War?

This opinion was published in Intereconomics, Volume 53, March/April 2018, Number 2 · pp. 50-51, here is the link. It was also published in Caixin-Chinese and Caixin-English. Steven Erlanger covers the piece extensively ...

5th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 112 views

# Blog

What Does Europe Care About? Watch Where It Spends.

My Bloomberg View Column is here....

23rd March 2018 by Guntram Wolff 185 views

# Blog

Europe needs a strong Italy

This opinion piece was published in La Republicca. Summary: Europe needs to have its Italian voice. A stable government is not only needed to pursue the domestic policies and remain fiscally prudent but also to negotiate...

20th March 2018 by Guntram Wolff 185 views

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# Publications

Rethinking the European Union’s post-Brexit budget priorities

There will be a €94 billion Brexit-related hole in the EU budget for 2021-27 if business continues as before and the United Kingdom does not contribute. The authors show that freezing agriculture and cohesion spending in...

19th March 2018 by Zsolt Darvas, Guntram B. Wolff 164 views

# Interviews, Uncategorised

What budget for the EU? Principles, spending priorities and the impact of Brexit

Zsolt Darvas and I were asked by the Bulgarian Presidency to write a paper on the future of the EU budget, the MFF. The paper will be published soon but here is our presentation that I presented on 9 March in Sofia at th...

9th March 2018 by Zsolt Darvas, Guntram B. Wolff 194 views

# Interviews, Uncategorised

Discussion on future of EMU in Swedish Parliament

I testified in the Swedish Parliament’s financial committee on the future of EMU and the implications for Sweden. The hearing was off-the record but my slides can be found here....

8th March 2018 by Guntram Wolff 244 views

# podcast

Euro area governance: where next

Manfred Weber, Gideon Rachmann, Maria Demertzis and myseld in a free-flowing conversation on euro area governance....

1st March 2018 by Bruegel - Sound of Economics 362 views

# Blog

US tax reform and implications for the German coalition agreement

Major recent reform of US tax laws represents a serious challenge to Germany, highlighting several weaknesses in the country’s economy. The formation of Germany’s coalition government represents an opportunit...

7th February 2018 by Guntram Wolff 300 views

# podcast

What the German coalition agreement means for Europe

The final document on the German coalition agreement will have significant consequences for the European Union and the Eurozone. Bruegel director Guntram Wolff gives his assessment of the agreement’s key features i...

7th February 2018 by Guntram Wolff 329 views