# Blog

Germany’s export-oriented economic model is caught in a US-Chinese squeeze

The new Merkel government has to reduce the dependencies on exports by stimulating domestic growth forces in Germany and Europe. At the same time, Berlin should push for a more ambitious national and European innovation ...

30th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1752 views

# podcast

EU risks US tariff pain in standing by the WTO

As global trade war continues to unfold, I discuss in this podcast with Bernd Lange MEP and chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament. Bernd Lange expresses his optimism that the EU ...

17th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 7794 views

# Blog

How Should the EU Position Itself in a Global Trade War?

This opinion was published in Intereconomics, Volume 53, March/April 2018, Number 2 · pp. 50-51, here is the link. It was also published in Caixin-Chinese and Caixin-English and a shorter version in Nikkei Veritas. Steve...

5th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2589 views

# podcast

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....

27th March 2018 by Guntram Wolff 8390 views

# Interviews

my presentation at ASEM meeting: towards a Eurasian century?

warning: low quality recording I gave a presentation to the ASEM trade and economy ministers meeting on 22/09/2017 in Seoul....

24th September 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1771 views

# Interviews

Think tanks should look beyond economics to cultural and societal values

28th August 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2405 views

# Blog

Europe must seize this moment of opportunity

This opinion piece was published on Spiegel Online, Le Monde, El Economista and Bruegel. After years of despondency, there is new and positive momentum in Europe. With the French electing Emmanuel Macron and a broad reco...

14th August 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2059 views

# Interviews

On G20, trade, and global markets

7th July 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2504 views

# Interviews

UK election impact on Brexit

My interview is here....

12th June 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1893 views

# Blog

How export growth achieved adjustment of massive trade deficits in the euro area

The correction of several euro area countries’ external imbalances began almost 10 years ago. A number of euro area countries ran massive current account deficits in 2007/8. With 15.2% of GDP, Greece had the largest defi...

1st June 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2964 views