# podcast

The Belt and Road anxiety

Is the Belt and Road initiative a global development plan or is it just a trade project? How concerned should the international community be with what is called the “project of the century”? This week, Guntra...

6th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1076 views

# Blog, Interviews

Why border carbon adjustment is important for Europe’s green deal

This article was published in Brink News, Kathimerini, Le Monde, Helsingin Sanomat, Handelsblatt, IlSole24 ore and Nikkei Veritas. The European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen is pursuing ambitious enviro...

6th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1219 views

# Interviews

Gedanken zur Zukunft Europas im Schweizer SRF Radio

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4th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1002 views

# podcast

Ethics and Algorithms

Will EU tech regulations undermine its ability to innovate? From facial recognition to the production of “deep fakes”, artificial intelligence poses many ethical questions. In a world where China and the US are investing...

20th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1243 views

# podcast

Cars, steel and national security – the EU-US trade spat

I am joined by Alan Beattie, the author of the FT’s new Trade Secrets newsletter, and by Andre Sapir, Bruegel’s very own trade expert to discuss President Trump’s tariffs and whether or not they’r...

14th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1193 views

# Blog, Interviews

Schädliche Kritik: Die EZB hat mit ihrer Geldpolitik viel richtig gemacht

Die Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank hat der EU geholfen. Deshalb sollte darüber neu und konstruktiv debattiert werden. Der Gastbeitrag für Frankfurter Rundschau. Die neue EZB-Präsidentin Christine Lagarde hätte ...

14th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 2165 views

# podcast

How to make the European Green Deal work (part 2)

Don’t worry if you missed part one because all of Bruegel’s pillars for a European Green Deal are created equal. This time, Nicholas Barrett and Guntram Wolff discuss industrial policy and the social conseque...

13th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1260 views

# podcast

How to make the European Green Deal work (Part One)

The European Green Deal will be a defining feature of Ursula Von der Leyen’s incoming Commission. But will carbon border taxes and single carbon prices be enough to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050? This week, N...

7th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1587 views

# Blog

Demystifying carbon border adjustment for Europe’s green deal

European Commission President-Elect Ursula von der Leyen has made a strong plea to accelerate Europe’s transition to a “green” economy with the goal of achieving ambitious targets of reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emi...

4th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 2376 views

# Blog, Interviews

Politics, not policy will help Lagarde save the eurozone

This opinion piece was originally published by Politico When Christine Lagarde was tapped to become the next chief of the European Central Bank, her detractors were quick to argue her appointment was a mistake. Though sh...

4th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1450 views