Transatlantic relations

A fresh start for TTIP

Speech by Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade, at the Bruegel Workshop on TTIP held on 12 March 2015.

Dynamic scoring and budget forecasting

Obama joins the Greek chorus

US President Barack Obama’s recent call to ease the austerity imposed on Greece is remarkable – and not only for his endorsement of the newly elected

Oil and the dollar will complicate the U.S. revival

At the start of 2015, two familiar features dominate the global economic outlook: continuing turbulence in financial markets and the relative strength

Obama’s executive action on immigration

What’s at stake: The President of the United-States announced sweeping changes to the immigration system via executive action this week to protec

Blogs review: U.S. inflation and growth

What’s at stake: Most discussions over the past few weeks on the blogosphere have centered around whether the U.S. economy is, eventually, gainin

Speech by Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, at the Asia Europe Economic Forum

Growth challenges for Asia and Europe

Blogs review: China's GDP (PPP) to surpass the United States?

What’s at stake: Many news outlets picked up the release of new “purchasing power parity” estimates by the International Comparison Program, emph

Transatlantic trade, butterflies and earthquakes

To deliver a deal that is more welfare-improving, TTIP negotiators will need to focus on means to enhance long-term competitiveness of the two partner

Blogs review: Does economic growth have a future in the United States?

What’s at stake: In an effort to rebut the criticisms that his controversial 2012 paper “Is U.S. economic growth over?” drew and the recent affir

EU-US trade talks get dose of realism

TPP participation gives Japan a bargaining chip in trade negotiations

Several important economic partnership agreements have moved into the process of trade negotiations for Japan this year. Although the macroeconomic ef

Europe should ask the US to shutdown political uncertainty

China urged the US political system to end its political impasse quickly – on which Europe should insist. End this highly dangerous game, be