Global economy and trade policy
Explore recurring issues in Europe’s relationship with its extended neighbourhood, and economic relations with China, India and the rest of the world
The global economy in continues to be affected by the pandemic. However, it is also marked by major geopolitical developments, from President Biden’s inauguration and a revival of the transatlantic relationship, to the continued rivalry with China, with the EU caught in-between these global trends.
Bruegel’s scholars cover the European Union’s increasing assertiveness towards neighbours over the past year, including the external repercussions of the European Green Deal, managing a crisis at its borders, building a future relationship with a former member, strengthening the international role of the euro and tackling a resurgent China.
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China economic database
Repository of what we consider to be the most relevant macroeconomic data for China and EU-China relations.
Memo to the commissioner responsible for the internal market
Memo to the commissioner responsible for trade
Memo to the commissioners responsible for international partnerships and reform of the multilateral development banks
Memo to the commissioner responsible for competition
What determines global sentiment towards China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
The cost of protectionism will be paid by the world’s poorest
Events
Roundtable on the EU's countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicle imports
This closed-door event discussed the EU's countervailing duties on Chinese clean-tech products and their impact on EU-China trade
Talks@Bruegel: How China and Europe can cooperate on climate change with Xiaochuan Zhou
How can China and Europe team up on green development, while preventing economic fragmentation in multilateral cooperation?
China’s Innovation and Industrial Policy: Achievements, challenges and consequences for Europe
At this event, we explored both China's successes and challenges when it comes to innovation.
Podcasts
Narratives and reality: China’s economic engagements in Africa
Do the facts match the vision that Beijing is offering to the African continent?
Tariffs are not the cure to world trade problems
How do Brussels, Beijing and Washington navigate global trade-offs?
Electrified tensions: EU's proposed tariffs on Chinese EVs
Electric vehicle tariffs are not the first trade tariff the EU has imposed on China, and they likely will not be the last
Should foreign companies still do business in China?
In which we discuss the uncertainties for foreign firms operating and wishing to invest in China