Uri Dadush
Uri Dadush is a Non-resident Fellow at Bruegel. He specialises in trade policy and macroeconomic analysis and policy.
He covers trends in the global economy and how countries deal with the challenge of international integration through flows of trade, finance and migration. He also researches developments in the international economy and their implications for Morocco.
He speaks English, French, Italian and Hebrew.
Disclosure of interests
Featured work
Can the EU negotiate away Trump’s reciprocal tariff?
Trump’s tariffs and the EU
How should the EU respond to the US tariffs?
Analysis of auto tariffs mixes apples with oranges
What the European Union should expect from Trump’s tariffs
The new Trump administration might take a sequenced approach to tariffs, confronting the EU with difficult decisions
The European Commission’s duties on Chinese electric vehicles are a mistake
An EU duty on electric cars from China overstates the problem and will do more harm than good
The US-China trade war can be brought to an end
Trends in China suggest it is not the threat many in the US believe, creating scope for defusing trade tensions
The European Union’s proposed duties on Chinese electric vehicles and their implications
The European Commission can take a better route than imposing countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles
Rippling out: Biden’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and their impact on Europe
The US approach diverges from that of the EU, which is building a case for countervailing duties under WTO rules
The problem with preferential trade agreements
Preferential agreements can be an alternative to a sclerotic WTO, but, if multilateral rules fail, they also risk conflict between trading blocs
Is deglobalisation already happening?
Is the world witnessing a shift away from Hyper-globalisation to Deglobalisation?
Deglobalisation and Protectionism
This paper presents a data-driven examination of whether deglobalisation has happened and whether protectionism was the cause.
Will Ukraine’s refugees go home?
The way to help Ukraine will be to assist in reconstruction and not place artificial impediments to immigration of those who have already suffered.
The future of global value chains and the role of the WTO
What is the future of GVCs?
Is the post-war trading system ending?
This policy contribution assesses how the trading system has changed over the last five years
What to make of the EU-US deal on steel and aluminium?
The tariffs affected at least $7.2 billion imports of the relevant steel and aluminium products from the EU into the US in 2017.
Investing in China: myths and realities
Concerns are real, but the country fares as well as peers at similar levels of development. Analysis published in fDi Intelligence.
How difficult is China's business environment for European and American companies?
This Policy Contribution has a purposefully narrow focus, ie China’s business practices and their effects on western firms.
Is the European Union’s investment agreement with China underrated?
The European Union-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment binds Chinese liberalisation of its foreign investment regulations under an internation
Where did the vaccine strategy go wrong?
“We have to open our mind, we have to look internationally. Because if we don’t, COVID-19 is going to stay with us.”
A matter of life and death: governments must speed up vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination in Europe and the United States is moving too slowly and is failing to prevent avoidable death and economic disruption. More must
All work
Newsletter
03 April 2025
Podcast
03 April 2025
Trump’s tariffs and the EU
How should the EU respond to the US tariffs?
Opinion piece
31 March 2025
Event
03 April 2025
Sound of Economics Live: Trump’s tariffs and the EU
A special live episode of The Sound of Economics podcast on tariffs
First Glance
12 November 2024
What the European Union should expect from Trump’s tariffs
The new Trump administration might take a sequenced approach to tariffs, confronting the EU with difficult decisions
Event
12 December 2024
Geopolitics, trade blocs, and the fragmentation of world commerce
What does the future hold for international trade in an era of growing rivalries?
First Glance
08 October 2024
The European Commission’s duties on Chinese electric vehicles are a mistake
An EU duty on electric cars from China overstates the problem and will do more harm than good
First Glance
30 September 2024
The US-China trade war can be brought to an end
Trends in China suggest it is not the threat many in the US believe, creating scope for defusing trade tensions
Analysis
17 July 2024
The European Union’s proposed duties on Chinese electric vehicles and their implications
The European Commission can take a better route than imposing countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles
Analysis
16 May 2024
Rippling out: Biden’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and their impact on Europe
The US approach diverges from that of the EU, which is building a case for countervailing duties under WTO rules