Warnung des Thinktanks DGAP:
Fehlende Chinastrategie gefährdet
Europas Unternehmen
Unser China Papier wird im Spiegel diskutiert. LINK, pdf...
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Warnung des Thinktanks DGAP:
Taiwan geht auch Europa an
Oped für Pioneer Das Interview von Emmanuel Macron zum Konflikt um Taiwan schlägt noch immer hohe Wellen. Strategische Autonomie bedeute, meint der französische Präsident, dass Europa nicht zu Mitläufern der USA werden d...
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For a green European Industrial Policy
This is a translation of an article that first appeared in German as an op-ed in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on February 26, 2023. Massive green industrial policy interventions in China and the United States have put Europe ...
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Managing Risks in the EU-China Economic Relationship
As the German Chancellor heads to Beijing – the first visit by a G7 leader since the pandemic began, Germany and the EU must reevaluate their approach to China, especially after the recent Communist Party Congress furthe...
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Scholz must send a clear message on his visit to Beijing
My column in the Financial Times is here...
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The EU without Russian oil and gas
The EU and the West need to acknowledge and accept the fact that European liberal democracy is being defended in Ukraine – a clearer message to Putin is needed. A slow and gradual phasing out of Russian fossil fuel is ne...
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Germany’s current account surplus after the Covid recession
In 2019, Germany ran a current account surplus of $290 billion, the largest in the world. Germany’s current account surplus is persistently large: from 2011 to 2020, it never dropped below 6% of GDP and remained above 7%...
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German elections: seizing the moral and economic opportunity of global health security
This blog is part of a series by CGD and partnering institutions from Germany focused on presenting specific policy proposals for the next German government’s leadership on global development issues. The COVID-19 pandemi...
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Germany’s foreign economic policy: four essential steps
Germany and the EU need to develop a strong and proactive agenda to manage foreign economic relations, which are essential for German and European prosperity. Germany’s foreign economic policy has barely got a mention in...
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