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Working paper
14 July 2025
European companies operating in China: from digging in to rethinking their presence
EU firms in China face low profits, rising pressure and reduced expansion, prompting strategy shifts and calls for stronger EU support
Analysis
14 July 2025
Europe should innovate on defence, play it safe on debt
Strengthening existing safe assets should be a strategic priority for any new joint borrowing
Book
10 July 2025
Policy Brief
09 July 2025
Nature markets: how can credits and shares provide durable, additional finance?
Nature markets can boost conservation funding, but strong standards and public support are vital for lasting, equitable ecological benefits
Book
08 July 2025
Relaunching Europe's space economy
This book analyses the scope for the European Union to become a leader on innovation, sustainability, resilience and security in the space sector
Policy Brief
07 July 2025
The time is right to make a European Union-India trade deal happen
This Policy Brief offers a broad perspective on the EU-India trade relationship
Policy Brief
03 July 2025
Reconciling the European Union’s clean industrialisation goals with those of the Global South
Importing energy-intensive goods would be more efficient for EU clean industry goals than importing clean energy itself
Policy Brief
01 July 2025
Building coalitions for climate transition and nature restoration
A four-pillar strategy could align key climate and economic goals into global trade
Book
26 June 2025
Report
20 June 2025
Working paper
18 June 2025
How can Europe’s nuclear deterrence trilemma be resolved?
Uncertainty over U.S. nuclear support is forcing Europe to choose between vulnerability, shared deterrence or nuclear proliferation
Working paper
18 June 2025
European export finance needs a reboot
Different options of what a European architecture for ECAs could look like, and how they could be leveraged to serve European public goods
Analysis
12 June 2025
Ten challenges facing China’s economy
China’s economic problems are structural; the response so far has not tackled the root causes
Analysis
05 June 2025
Transatlantic clean investment monitor 4: electric vehicles
A clear move to electric vehicles is underway, but the US is creating more obstacles than Europe
Working paper
03 June 2025
Implementing the EU Nature Restoration Law: exploring pathways for member states
This paper explores three restoration pathways, revealing trade-offs between equity, cost-efficiency, and carbon sequestration
Report
28 May 2025