CBAM, Hydrogen Partnerships and Egypt’s Industry: Potential for Synergies
New article published in Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy (link) This article examines the hydrogen partnerships between Germany, the EU and Egypt in the context of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mec...
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Warnung des Thinktanks DGAP:
Fehlende Chinastrategie gefährdet
Europas Unternehmen
Unser China Papier wird im Spiegel diskutiert. LINK, pdf...
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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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