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Convergence, not alignment: EU-China climate relations ahead of COP30

Trade and other tensions between the European Union and China should not be allowed to derail joint work to cut emissions

Cecilia Trasi

The macroeconomic impact of ageing, EU immigration policy and pension expenditures

The EU faces ageing-driven fiscal strain, slower growth and rising pension costs, making employment-focused migration increasingly vital

David Pinkus and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

European exports in geopolitical storms

With demand from US and China weakening, the EU can boost trade by focusing on other markets and strengthening global partnerships

Niclas Poitiers, Madalena Barata da Rocha and Nicolas Boivin

COVID-19’s economic impact on low-income countries: preparing for the next shock

COVID-19 hit low-income exporters hard, exposing risks from weak diversification and straining trade, supply systems and financial stability

Niclas Poitiers and Costanza Greppi Maturana

Future outlook of EU-Moldova trade and investment relations

Marek Dabrowski and Jan Hagemejer

China can decarbonise the world – but even that won’t fix its overcapacity problem

China is on track to meet global green-tech demand but needs to pivot from manufacturing to infrastructure

Alicia García-Herrero and Haoxin Mu

Advantages and pitfalls of green public procurement as a European strategic tool

Green public procurement supports EU climate goals but may conflict with other objectives, creating trade-offs that challenge its effectiveness

Marie-Sophie Lappe and Francesco Nicoli

Euro-area monetary policy in a more shock-prone world

Ravi Balakrishnan

How much of a threat to US debt sustainability is Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act?

The US should start fiscal adjustment as soon as it can if it wants to head off the risk of exploding debt related to Trump’s tax and spending plan

Samantha Ajovalasit, Andrea Consiglio and Stavros Zenios

Climate risks to global supply chains

Extreme weather is disrupting supply chains more often, making risk awareness, mitigation and global policy coordination increasingly vital

Madalena Barata da Rocha, Heather Grabbe and Niclas Poitiers

Migration flows from the Western Balkans to Germany: implications and recommendations

Migration to Germany is shaping the Western Balkans for better and worse, highlighting the need for reforms to harness benefits and mitigate drawbacks

Nina Ruer and Nina Vujanović

Geopolitical shifts and their economic impacts on Europe: Short-term risks, medium-term scenarios and policy choices

André Sapir, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

The European Union is still caught in an AI copyright bind

Tweaks to EU copyright requirements in the AI Act Code of Practice will maintain the AI growth momentum, for now – but will also create new challenges

Bertin Martens

Economic development, carbon emissions and climate policies

Luca Bettarelli, Davide Furceri, Prakash Loungani, Jonathan D. Ostry and Loredana Pisano

Is Europe ready for a major banking crisis?

This Policy Brief is a reissue of a Policy Brief published by Bruegel in August 2007

Nicolas Véron

Plugging Europe’s investment gap: understanding the potential of leveraging institutional investors

Expanding funded pensions via auto-enrolment could boost long-term investment and saver security, allowing the EU to address its investment gap

Marie-Sophie Lappe and David Pinkus