Will COVID-19 boost the euro as a global currency?
The euro is, by definition an international currency. However, since being established in the late 90s the single currency has always been somewhat less than the sum of it’s parts and has yet to challenge the US do...
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Evolution of US-China relations amid trade-tariff conflict
Bruegel director Guntram Wolff and Bruegel fellow Uri Dadush welcome William Alan Reinsch, senior adviser and Scholl chair in international business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, for a discussion...
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The European Union’s response to the trade crisis
The global trading system, a source of prosperity, is under attack on various fronts. The causes run deep and require a strategic response from the European Union and from the main trading nations. The future of the syst...
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How could Europe benefit from the US-China trade war?
Versions of this article were published in Politico, Nikkei Veritas, Caixin, Caixin(English) and Die Zeit. Global trade tensions have steadily increased since President Donald Trump took office at the beginning of 2017. ...
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Developing the EU-China relationship amid rising global trade tensions
Following a conference at Bruegel, at a critical moment for the global economic system, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff is joined by Zhang Weiwei, director at The China Institute of Fudan University, together with Bruegel...
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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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So far apart and yet so close: Should the ECB care about inflation differentials?
Inflation rates can differ across regions of monetary unions. We show that in the euro area, the US, Canada, Japan and Australia, inflation rates have been substantially and persistently different in different regions. D...
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Monetary policy cannot solve secular stagnation alone
Larry Summers crystallized an important development and question in a recent speech given at the IMF research conference: has the world economy entered a period of “secular stagnation”? The slow recovery in the US since ...
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