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Le danger est celui d’une divergence croissante entre les Etats-Unis et l’Europe sur la question chinoise
US tariffs on Chinese imports: managed trade is back
A hike in US tariffs is not a return to wholesale protectionism, and the European Union is unlikely to duplicate the US approach
De-dollarisation is all about de-risking
How to ensure European economic security in a world of interdependence?
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Opinion piece
28 October 2020
Politics, not economics, demands a strengthened international role for the euro
Not just the EU but also other countries, particularly China, need a defence against weaponisation of the dollar.
Alicia García-Herrero and Federico Steinberg
Opinion piece
26 October 2020
Understanding the world of tomorrow through the great challenges of energy and climate change
“Only a broad policy framework – taking into account economic, fiscal, industrial, labour, innovation and social policy issues – can address the chall
Simone Tagliapietra
Opinion piece
20 October 2020
The pandemic will structurally change the global economy more than we think
It is time to rethink many of the basic principles of our economic model to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
07 October 2020
Eastern Germany’s New Growth Engine
Eastern Germany has suffered from three decades of deindustrialization since the collapse of communism, largely because of poor policy decisions. But
Dalia Marin
Opinion piece
29 September 2020
Trump’s International Economic Legacy
If Donald Trump loses the United States presidential election in November, he will ultimately be seen to have left little mark in many areas. But in t
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
25 September 2020
Europe’s recovery gamble
Next Generation EU, was rightly hailed as a major breakthrough: never before had the EU borrowed to finance expenditures, let alone transfers to membe
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
16 September 2020
Non-summit shows EU-China ties at new low
There was nothing concrete to justify calling this video conference an EU-China Summit.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
15 September 2020
China's 'dual circulation' plan is bad news for others' exports
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
15 September 2020
Without good governance, the EU borrowing mechanism to boost the recovery could fail
The European Union recovery fund could greatly increase the stability of the bloc and its monetary union. But the fund needs clearer objectives, susta
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
20 August 2020
Relocating production from China to Central Europe? Not so fast!
Western European imports from central Europe have fallen dramatically, while imports from China fell much less, and had already recovered to pre-COVID
Zsolt Darvas
Opinion piece
06 August 2020
Coronavirus recovery: invest rainy day savings to boost Hong Kong’s economy
The Hong Kong government might want to consider diversifying its economy by using part of the savings earmarked for rainy days. Beyond cushioning the
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
28 July 2020
China Has an Unfair Advantage in the EU Market. What Can Be Done to Level the Playing Field?
Guntram B. Wolff and Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
28 July 2020
The Challenges of the Post-Pandemic Agenda
There is a growing possibility that the COVID-19 crisis will mark the end of the growth model born four decades ago with the Reagan-Thatcher revolutio
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
24 July 2020
Can households in the European Union make ends meet?
Half the households surveyed by Eurostat see themselves as unable to find the resources they would need to cope with an unexpected expense within a mo
Maria Demertzis, Annamaria Lusardi and Marta Domínguez-Jiménez
Opinion piece
16 July 2020
The EU’s Opportunity to Turn Its Markets Toward the Future
Meeting the fiscal demands of COVID-19 will require the European Union to borrow on capital markets more than ever, and for European pension funds and
Rebecca Christie
Opinion piece
06 July 2020
Credible emerging market central banks could embrace quantitative easing to fight COVID-19
Emerging economies are fighting COVID-19 and the economic sudden stop imposed by the containment and lockdown policies, in the same way as advanced ec
Alicia García-Herrero, Elina Ribakova, Gianluca Benigno, Jon Hartley and Alessandro Rebucci