Global economy and trade

Globalisation and automation as sources of labour-market competition, and support for European Union unemployment insurance

China’s GDP data point to need for stimulus, but will it come?

The main reason for the relatively poor second quarter is lackluster domestic demand.

Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminium

The ongoing steel and aluminium negotiations between the EU and the US and their initial negotiation proposals are examined.

Section 232 reloaded: the false promise of the transatlantic ‘climate club’ for steel and aluminium

This paper sets out the EU and US perspectives on the ongoing negotiations and evaluates their initial negotiation proposals.

Resilience of Global Supply Chain: Facts and Implications

Companies diversifying their production away from the People's Republic of China might be a rather rational decision based on an economic rationale.

China's growing and complex economic relationship with the Gulf States

Read with Bruegel: The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

Jeromin Zettelmeyer sits down with Martin Wolf to discuss his latest book, ‘The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism’.

China-EU roller-coaster relations: Where do we stand and what to do?

US Congress hearing on "Europe, the United States, and Relations with China: Convergence or Divergence?"

Resilience of Global Supply Chain: Facts and Implications

China's growing economic ties with the Gulf States

How China and the Gulf States are building bilateral economic relations.

Between a rock and a hard place: the EU response to national import bans on Ukrainian grain

The European Commission had to choose between imperfect alternatives because of frontline state backlash against massive Ukrainian grain imports.

De-risking as an economic strategy

Russian LNG: what measures will help the EU kick the habit?

A new measure of aggregate trade restrictions: cyclical drivers and macro effects

In this paper, we present a new measure of aggregate trade restrictions.