Courtesy of IFW Kiel The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has cleared US proposals of countervailing tariffs against European subsidies to Airbus. The US tariffs turn out to be relatively modest, but the US could raise them to up to 100 percent. According to researchers at […]
“The EU-China Investment Agreement as seen from Europe: achievements with shortfalls” By Frank Bickenbach and Wan-Hsin Liu, courtesy of IFW Kiel After seven years of negotiations, the European Union (EU) and the People’s Republic of China (China) concluded in principle the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) on December 30, 2020. The European Commission has stated […]
“Europe’s Apollo 11 will not be about the moon” By Simone Tagliapietra, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute “This is Europe’s ‘man on the moon’ moment.” These are the bold words used by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen 11 days into her job as she presented her plan for a ‘European Green Deal’ […]
