Trade policy

China’s anti-dumping investigation on pork imports from Europe: a calibrated retaliation

Alicia García-Herrero and Théo Storella

How can Europe lead a ‘coalition of the middle powers’?

Niclas Poitiers

Challenges to the integration of the Western Balkans into European Union supply chains

Western Balkan EU integration has deepened, yet rising non-tariff barriers and new EU rules keep trade costs high despite zero tariffs

Madalena Barata da Rocha, Niclas Poitiers and Nina Vujanović

The hidden meaning of the Trump-Xi meeting

Alicia García-Herrero

Europe's trade problem with China is becoming more measurable

Alicia García-Herrero

Exploring Chinese trade deflection

How much of what China can no longer sell to the United States ends up on Europe's doorstep?

Alicia García-Herrero, Isabelle Mejean, Vincent Vicard and Yuyun Zhan

The European Union’s external imbalances: past, future and policy

Europe’s rising external surplus now rivals China’s, reflecting weak investment and growing surpluses, pointing to a need for pro-investment reforms

Zsolt Darvas, Costanza Greppi Maturana, Alexandre Mendonça, Camille Reverdy, Bo Sangers and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

The new global imbalances: why care, why now and what should be done?

This essay analyses the causes of, and remedies for, external imbalances, and what countries should do if they do not decline

Beatrice Weder di Mauro and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Why are global imbalances rising, and why does it matter?

Is the dollar at risk? Is China the new Germany? How to manage rising external deficits and surpluses

Rebecca Christie, Beatrice Weder di Mauro and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Without freedom of navigation there is no globalization

Alicia García-Herrero

Could a Hormuz toll solve the oil crisis and who pays?

With a return to the pre-Iran conflict energy status quo unlikely, a Hormuz toll may be the next best option – but Gulf states would pay the most

Guntram B. Wolff

The EU–India deal is not enough. India needs investment – now

Alicia García-Herrero

Europe’s electric vehicle conundrum

What to do about Chinese overcapacity, EU subsidies and the electric transition

Rebecca Christie, Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Antoine Mathieu Collin and Ben McWilliams