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The World in 2020

For Europe, and within it, the EU and especially for those inside EMU, the need to change both their policy framework is particularly clear, not least

Rulemaking in Super-RTAs: Implications for China and India

How super-RTAs may emerge as game changers in the multilateral trading system as promulgated by the WTO, and the implications for China and India

Decoded: BRICS

In the near future, the term ‘BRICS’ may become a synonym for countries whose growth rate returned to normal after achieving rapid growth for a certai

The implications of Asia’s scientific rise

A previous article in this newsletter (issue 3, December 2012) demonstrated how selected Asian governments have come to view science as integral to ec

Rainer Münz: The economic impact of global migration

Bruegel Non-Resident fellow Rainer Münz discusses the findings of an upcoming paper on global migration trends.

Let’s not wait for a saviour

As a despondent year ends, there appear rays of hope. A healing world economy should help economic growth pick up. At home, a new Central government c

The protectionist dog that didn’t bark

Many trade safeguard actions have essentially protectionist and political motivations. Thus, the absence of sustained lobbying from the leading German

TPP participation gives Japan a bargaining chip in trade negotiations

Several important economic partnership agreements have moved into the process of trade negotiations for Japan this year. Although the macroeconomic ef

China’s catching up on competition policy enforcement

Foreign business is increasingly realising that China has antitrust laws, and is not too shy to use them. The Glencore/Xstrata merger in the spring wa

Should European companies worry about Chinese competition policy?

The Dragon awakes: Is Chinese competition policy a cause for concern?

Chinese merger control might have asymmetrically targeted foreign companies, while favouring domestic companies. However, there are no indication

Will income inequality cause a middle-income trap in Asia?

A middle-income trap could occur not only if there is a delay in shifting the economy toward a productivity-driven structure, but also if there is a w

Recent real effective exchange rate movements (summer 2013 database update)

We have updated the monthly database up to July 2013, which is downloadable form the website of the working paper.

The opportunities in China's economic deceleration

Has the Chinese central bank really taken a hard line on liquidity?

With the surge of the Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (SHIBOR) since early June, China’s interbank market experienced a serious liquidity shortage las

Chinese solar panels - economics or politics?

Unless appropriately managed, the ongoing row on the proposed EU tariffs on solar panel imports from China has the potential to lead to a serious trad