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.

‘Home-grown’ innovation has costs as well as benefits

Europe can improve its innovation systems, but should not try to copy the US approach

The reason for the European Union-Australia trade negotiation hiccup

Though trade talks have fallen through for now, the EU and Australia have long-term common interests in an eventual restart

There is no such thing as normality

Greece paid a high price for learning that it must reform and conform. The rest of the world will pay a much higher price for its unruly politics.

Technology adoption dashboard

What does the Polish election result mean for Europe?

Russian foreign trade tracker

Productivity parity is the road to gender equality

Women can reach a higher potential in the workforce if men begin to play their part.

De-risking and decarbonising: a green tech partnership to reduce reliance on China

Greater alignment of the major economic powers is needed around a collective effort to improve security of supply for decarbonisation goods.

The European Union’s remarkable growth performance relative to the United States

The EU has outperformed the US on per-capita output growth; in terms of output per hour worked, some EU countries are as productive as the US