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The fiscal side of Europe’s energy crisis: the facts, problems and prospects
Europe needs to move beyond emergency fiscal responses and focus on structural changes to allow the EU to accelerate its decoupling from fossil fuels.
Is Europe failing on import diversification?
Despite a goal of economic self-reliance, the European Union’s imports are generally sourced from an increasingly limited set of suppliers.
The difficulty of designating gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act
The European Commission should be more precise and transparent when designating gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question
A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.
Web3: the next internet revolution
Tokenisation based on blockchain technology could bring radical changes to markets for goods and services.
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06 March 2017
European identity and the economic crisis
What’s at stake: the EU prepares to mark the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, and the European Commission has presented a white paper “on the f
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01 March 2017
NAFTA in play: How President Trump could reshape trade in North America
How will the story of NAFTA unfold under the Trump presidency? Uri Dadush examines three possible scenarios and provides an overview of the policy imp
Blog post
28 February 2017
Trump’s Energy Policy: America First, Climate Last?
What will the new US administration mean for the fight against global warming? Climate change is not even mentioned in the ‘‘America First Energy Pla
Blog post
27 February 2017
The Mexican automotive industry and Trump’s USA
Trade with Mexico is a controversial topic for the new US administration. And the automotive sector is emblematic of Trump’s promise to bring manufact
Blog post
27 February 2017
The Trump market rally conundrum
What’s at stake: Since Donald Trump’s election in November, the US stock market has been on an unabated rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average powere
Blog post
24 February 2017
Brexit should drive integration of EU capital markets
Brexit offers EU-27 countries a chance to take some of London’s financial services activity. But there is also a risk of market fragmentation, which c
Blog post
23 February 2017
Should we worry about Greek banks?
Earlier this month, the IMF and the European institutions clashed over conditions for sustainability of the Greek debt. One of the main disagreements
Blog post
21 February 2017
Brexit goes nuclear: The consequences of leaving Euratom
The UK Government has confirmed that it will withdraw from Euratom. But what does Euratom actually do? And what will happen when the UK leaves? The au
Blog post
20 February 2017
Big data and first-degree price discrimination
What’s at stake: first-degree price discrimination - or person-specific pricing, had until recently been considered a theoretical case with unlikely r
Blog post
17 February 2017
The Brexit bill: uncertainties in the estimate of EU pension and sickness insurance liabilities
Pension and sickness insurance liabilities for EU staff could be an especially contentious part of negotiations on an EU-UK financial settlement: the
Blog post
14 February 2017
The UK’s Brexit bill: could EU assets partially offset liabilities?
The ‘Brexit bill’ is likely to be one of the most contentious aspects of the upcoming negotiations. But estimates so far focus largely on the EU costs
Blog post
14 February 2017
The impact of Brexit on UK tertiary education and R&D
In this blog post, we look at the impact of Brexit on UK’s education and research and development sectors in terms of students and staff, as well as f
Blog post
13 February 2017
Inflation's comeback
What at stake: After years of deflationary pressures and anaemic economic performance, inflation seems to be on the rise again, both in the US and the
Blog post
09 February 2017
The EU should not retaliate against Trump’s protectionism
If the US moves ahead with Republican plans to introduce a border adjustment tax, the EU will need to decide on its response. Marek Dabrowski argues t
Blog post
09 February 2017
The border adjustment tax: a dangerous proposal
Reflecting the fact that the United States imports more than it exports, border adjustment tax is considered by its proponents as an essential part of
Blog post
08 February 2017
Questionable immigration claims in the Brexit white paper
The UK government's white paper on Brexit suggested that the EU's "free movement of people" has made it impossible to control immigration. This seems
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