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Balancing free trade with national security interests

In this episode of Director’s Cut, Stephanie Segal of CSIS joins Bruegel’s Guntram Wolff and Maria Demertzis for a conversation about the tension between free trade and national security issues, and the emerg...

20th February 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1380 views

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Reflections on five years of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Bruegel fellows Alicia García-Herrero and Uri Dadush join me for this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’, focusing on the progress made by China’s Belt and Road Initiative, how it will con...

11th February 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1542 views

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The economics of no-deal Brexit

Zsolt Darvas and I discuss the economics of no-deal Brexit....

16th January 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1651 views

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Wrapping up 2018

21st December 2018 by Guntram Wolff 3346 views

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Shared prosperity for the EU and north Africa

Bruegel’s director Guntram Wolff looks at north Africa’s economic growth in the light of the region’s trade agreements with the EU, welcoming Karim El Aynaoui and Uri Dadush to the Backstage series on &...

2nd December 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1737 views

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What Syrian refugees need to return home

This episode of the Director’s Cut features a conversation between Bruegel’s director, Guntram Wolff and Maha Yahya, the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center. Mrs Yahya gives us her views on the Syrian refugee sit...

16th November 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1426 views

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How to reform and fortify the global financial system

In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ Guntram Wolff is joined by Bruegel’s mercator senior fellow Jean Pisani-Ferry, and by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, chair of the G20 Eminent Persons Group. A report from the E...

23rd October 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1913 views

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How does Italy’s budget fit with EU fiscal rules?

In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’, Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel research fellow Grégory Claeys to assess how the new Italian budget proposals measure up against the existing EU fiscal rules. Italy’s ne...

9th October 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1781 views

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The Italian government budget proposal for 2019

Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel affiliate fellow Silvia Merler to evaluate the Italian government’s planned budget for 2019, in this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ Six months after its election, Italy’s coalit...

28th September 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2031 views

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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...

20th September 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1724 views