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# Blog

What should Europe expect from American trade policy after the election?

A Joe Biden Administration would have to decide to what extent to unpick the major United States trade policy shifts of the last four years. A quick return to comprehensive trade talks with the European Union is unlikely...

8th October 2020 by Guntram Wolff 2956 views

# Publications

EU-China trade and investment relations in challenging times

This report written for the European Parliament can be found here. ...

4th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1258 views

# Publications

An effective economic response to the Coronavirus in Europe

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a major shock to the global and European economy. Most European countries need to take bold quarantine and lock-down measures, as has been done in Italy, to prevent an explosion of the ep...

12th March 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1190 views

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Is the EU a superpower?

As China and the US battle for global supremacy, the EU seems to remain in the shadows. But what if the EU had been shaping the world economy all along without anybody noticing? Could its soft power be strong enough to s...

3rd March 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1096 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe may be the world’s AI referee, but referees don’t win

The EU needs to invest in homegrown technology. This opinion piece was originally published in Politico. The European Commission’s Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager has been tasked with developing a European st...

19th February 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1420 views

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The EU’s plan to catch up on artificial intelligence

While the US and China have been setting the pace when it comes to Artificial Intelligence, the European Union seems to be lagging behind. What are the Commission’s plans to finally catch up? Will AI increase the g...

16th February 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1171 views

# Blog, Interviews

The EU needs a bold climate strategy

This article was originally published in The Nikkei Veritas, Caixin, Rzeczpospolita and Ta Nea In order to avert catastrophic climate change for the entire human population, global temperature increases must be limited t...

19th July 2019 by Guntram Wolff 2206 views

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A strategic agenda for the new EU leadership

Memo to the presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament. The next presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament will inherit a relatively healthy European economy, but will face three fo...

14th June 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1931 views

# Blog, Interviews

Life after the multilateral trading system

This article was published by Nikkei Veritas, Caixin, LeMonde, Handelsblatt and Corriere. The China-US trade talks, crucial as they are, divert attention from the main event: the World Trade Organization, the essential i...

25th April 2019 by Guntram Wolff 7850 views

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What drives national implementation of EU policy recommendations?

We use a newly-compiled dataset to investigate whether and why European Union countries implement the economic policy recommendations they receive from the EU. We find that implementation rates are modest and have worsen...

25th April 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1918 views