Flying geese or sitting ducks? China's impact on the trading fortunes of other Asian countries
by Alan Ahearne on 31 October 2006
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Category: WORKING PAPERS
Topics: Emerging economies and development, Trade, investment and competitiveness
Bruegel Scholar Alan Ahearne, in a paper written with John Fernald (Federal Reserve Bank of San Fransisco), Prakash Loungani (International Monetary Fund) and John Schindler (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), explores whether China, with its huge reserves of labour and favourable exchange rate, is hurting the export capabilities of other emerging market economies in Asia.
The EU and the governance of globalisation
by Alan Ahearne, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir, Nicolas Véron on 31 August 2006
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Category: WORKING PAPERS
Topics: European and global governance, Research, innovation and growth, Trade, investment and competitiveness
Alan Ahearne, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir and Nicolas Véron contributed this paper to the project "Globalisation challenges for Europe and Finland" organised for the secretariat of the Economic Council of Finland. The project is part of Finland's EU Presidency programme and its objective is to add momentum to the discussion in the European Union on golbalisation, Europe's competitiveness policy and the Lisbon Strategy.
European perspectives on global imbalances
by Alan Ahearne, Jürgen von Hagen on 31 August 2006
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Topics: Budgetary and monetary policies, Currencies and International finance, Trade, investment and competitiveness
Alan Ahearne and Jürgen von Hagen explore the options European policy makers have in the context of global current account imbalances. Some Europeans are concerned that a disproportionately large burden of adjustment will fall on Europe when the European economy is not flexible enough to cope with a substantial appreciation of the euro. This paper was prepared for the Asia Europe Economic Forum conference.
Some ideas for reforming the community anti-dumping instrument
by André Sapir on 10 July 2006
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Category: POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS
Topics: Trade, investment and competitiveness
André Sapir produced this short paper at the request of Commissioner Mandelson for the Expert Seminar on Trade Defence Instruments at the European Commission.
A European Blue Card Proposal
by Jakob von Weizsäcker on 30 June 2006
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Category: EXTERNAL PUBLICATIONS
Topics: Labour, migration and ageing, Trade, investment and competitiveness
Jakob von Weizsäcker makes the case for a European Blue Card that would open up the EU to skilled immigrants through a points system. This paper was written for the Centre d'analyse stratégique in France.
Published in Horizons stratégiques 1/July 2006