Industrial strategies for Europe’s green transition

Industrial policies are not necessarily incompatible with competition and should be designed to not slow down structural change and business dynamics.

Taiwan's elections: key takeaways for the European Union

Taiwan’s future economic direction hinges on the election outcome

Depending who wins Taiwan’s 13 January election, the island could swing towards closer relations with China, or entrench decoupling from China.

Europe’s under-the-radar industrial policy: intervention in electricity pricing

Government efforts to artificially lower electricity prices for one group of consumers will raise prices for others, with cross-border implications.

Gender equality and reboundability in the labour market: lessons from COVID-19

Economic crises affect the jobs of men and women differently; steps can be taken to help all genders bounce back

Why the European Union-China summit is bound to disappoint

The European Union is increasingly disappointed with China over trade.

Bypassing the German debt brake and continuing climate spending

There are ways around Germany’s debt brake, which limits government borrowing and is seen as a threat to the climate transition.

What has changed since our ZhōngHuá Mundus series started in 2021?

Third time lucky? China’s push to internationalise the renminbi

This paper analyses China’s different attempts to internationalise its currency and how they have fared.