Looking ahead at 2020 on BBC
with Ragu Rajan and Meredith Crowley: Our interview for BBC World’s “In the Balance” is here. Meanwhile an extensive interview for key Korean newspaper Chosun here...
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Interviewing Magrethe Vestager on how competition policy helps “small” people, AI and the role of data and how industrial policy should evolve
Will AI exacerbate the gap between big companies and small ones? Do ordinary Europeans gain anything from having European tech giants? This week, Nicholas Barrett and Guntram Wolff went to the Berlaymont to interview Mar...
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Capture the nodes
How do states exercise power through global economic networks? The multilateral world order is supposed to be harmonious, but by seizing the nodes of production, powerful forces can control access to the global economic ...
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Appellate body politics
This week, the WTO’s Appellate Body, the dispute settlement body, became inoperational: it no longer has the necessary number of judges to render verdicts. What does this mean for international trade and multilater...
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Why border carbon adjustment is important for Europe’s green deal
This article was published in Brink News, Kathimerini, Le Monde, Helsingin Sanomat, Handelsblatt, IlSole24 ore and Nikkei Veritas. The European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen is pursuing ambitious enviro...
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Ethics and Algorithms
Will EU tech regulations undermine its ability to innovate? From facial recognition to the production of “deep fakes”, artificial intelligence poses many ethical questions. In a world where China and the US are investing...
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How to make the European Green Deal work (Part One)
The European Green Deal will be a defining feature of Ursula Von der Leyen’s incoming Commission. But will carbon border taxes and single carbon prices be enough to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050? This week, N...
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Demystifying carbon border adjustment for Europe’s green deal
European Commission President-Elect Ursula von der Leyen has made a strong plea to accelerate Europe’s transition to a “green” economy with the goal of achieving ambitious targets of reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emi...
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Politics, not policy will help Lagarde save the eurozone
This opinion piece was originally published by Politico When Christine Lagarde was tapped to become the next chief of the European Central Bank, her detractors were quick to argue her appointment was a mistake. Though sh...
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