# Blog, Publications

The US defence industrial base can no longer reliably supply Europe

Europe has long relied on US weapons but the US military industrial base faces constraints and its production may be redirected elsewhere. Our piece for Bruegel....

18th December 2024 by Alexander Burilkov, Juan Mejino López, Guntram Wolff 2 views

# Blog, Publications

What role do imports play in European defence?

The European Union wants to reduce reliance on imported defence equipment, but the reliance seems to be overstated. Our analysis for Bruegel The European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), published in March 2024, propo...

4th July 2024 by Juan Mejino Lopez, Guntram B. Wolff 99 views

# Blog

Germany’s foreign economic policy: four essential steps

Germany and the EU need to develop a strong and proactive agenda to manage foreign economic relations, which are essential for German and European prosperity. Germany’s foreign economic policy has barely got a mention in...

23rd September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 719 views

# Interviews

Der Klub der Klimaschützer

Mein Interview in Deutschlandfunk...

15th December 2020 by Guntram Wolff 710 views

# podcast

Will COVID-19 boost the euro as a global currency?

The euro is, by definition an international currency. However, since being established in the late 90s the single currency has always been somewhat less than the sum of it’s parts and has yet to challenge the US do...

5th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1300 views

# podcast

Evolution of US-China relations amid trade-tariff conflict

Bruegel director Guntram Wolff and Bruegel fellow Uri Dadush welcome William Alan Reinsch, senior adviser and Scholl chair in international business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, for a discussion...

16th May 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1795 views

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# Publications

The European Union’s response to the trade crisis

The global trading system, a source of prosperity, is under attack on various fronts. The causes run deep and require a strategic response from the European Union and from the main trading nations. The future of the syst...

15th March 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1885 views

# Blog

How could Europe benefit from the US-China trade war?

Versions of this article were published in Politico, Nikkei Veritas, Caixin, Caixin(English) and Die Zeit. Global trade tensions have steadily increased since President Donald Trump took office at the beginning of 2017. ...

18th October 2018 by Guntram Wolff 19591 views

# podcast

Developing the EU-China relationship amid rising global trade tensions

Following a conference at Bruegel, at a critical moment for the global economic system, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff is joined by Zhang Weiwei, director at The China Institute of Fudan University, together with Bruegel...

20th September 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1660 views

# Interviews

EU in Global Trade System: Balancing the US and China

My interview in The Diplomat....

30th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 3118 views