Germany’s export-oriented economic model is caught in a US-Chinese squeeze
The new Merkel government has to reduce the dependencies on exports by stimulating domestic growth forces in Germany and Europe. At the same time, Berlin should push for a more ambitious national and European innovation ...
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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 ...
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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 and a shorter version in Nikkei Veritas. Steve...
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A global trade triumvirate?
I host a discussion with Bruegel fellows Alicia García-Herrero and André Sapir on where Europe will position itself between the two major trading powers of China and the United States if relations continue to cool....
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A German crisis?
This opinion piece was published in Caixin and Caixin(English). Jamaica has failed: the negotiations to form a new government in Germany by the so-called “Jamaica” partners, named after the colours of the parties that a...
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G20 climate commitments need to be turned into action
Members can still cooperate on sustainable energy technologies despite US bowing out. China’s approach to the “One-Belt-One-Road” investments is a crucial climate policy focus. This opinion post was als...
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Europe should lead the way with multilateralism
This opinion piece was published by Nikkei Veritas, Nikkei, Il Sole 24 Ore, and other newspapers. The U.S. and Europe are more than allies. They share a long-standing and multifaceted partnership. And the future of U.S.-...
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The dragon sneezes, Europe catches a cold
European stock prices, financial contagion and the trade exposure to China. How the turmoil in China’s stock market is affecting European stock markets through Europe’s trade exposure to China This post was first p...
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