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A digital Yuan?

China is moving towards a digital currency but there is a long way to go. This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly ana...

14th April 2021 by Guntram Wolff 28 views

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The future of CAI

my conversation with Mikko Huotari Untangling the politics behind the EU – China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment Recent sanctions and counter-sanctions between the EU and China have put the future of the Comprehens...

14th April 2021 by Guntram Wolff 26 views

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Keeping momentum on good governance

Transparency, human rights and good governance: a conversation with Katalin Cseh MEP Pandemic aside, the past year has seen renewed discussions in Europe on transparency and good governance as the EU takes an unprecedent...

2nd April 2021 by Guntram Wolff 63 views

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How effective have COVID-19 credit support programmes been?

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption to business. Since the first lockdowns, governments have used credit support programmes as the main instrument to mitigate the liquidity shock businesses have been facing. Hav...

17th February 2021 by Guntram Wolff 182 views

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The geopolitics of the Green Deal podcast

The European Green Deal is a plan to decarbonise the EU economy by 2050, revolutionise the EU’s energy system, profoundly transform the economy and inspire efforts to combat climate change. But the plan will also have pr...

6th February 2021 by Guntram Wolff 179 views

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Where did the vaccine strategy go wrong?

One year since the pandemic began, widespread vaccination has finally started. It would be a mistake however to say the end is in sight. Senior fellows Uri Dadush and J. Scott Marcus join Bruegel director Guntram Wolff t...

20th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 154 views

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Green transformation: a Polish perspective

In conversation with Michał Kurtyka, the Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland. Poland is sometimes characterised as the black sheep of EU climate policy: in 2019, more than 70 percent of the country’s electricit...

13th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 149 views

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The year that tested us all

An overview of economic policy and beyond in 2020 As the year draws to a close, Giuseppe Porcaro invites Maria Demertzis, André Sapir and Guntram Wolff to review this eventful year in economic policy and beyond. The gues...

22nd December 2020 by Guntram Wolff 301 views

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Sizing up the world’s largest trade deal

What should be Europe’s strategy towards the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP)? On November 15 2020, the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Australia, China, Japan, Ne...

22nd November 2020 by Guntram Wolff 430 views

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The big brother is back?

I sat down with Esther de Lange, Vice Chair of the EPP group in the European Parliament to discuss the US elections and what they mean for the EU’s role in the world. With a Biden administration, there might be a d...

13th November 2020 by Guntram Wolff 406 views