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  • Why Germany is not a model for the eurozone
    Essay by Philip Whyte, 22 October 2010
    Why Germany is not a model for the eurozone
  • Whatever happened to the G20?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 14 April 2010
    Whatever happened to the G20?
  • Narrowing the Atlantic: The way forward for EU-US trade and investment
    Report by Philip Whyte, 29 April 2009
    Narrowing the Atlantic
  • What should Europe do about sovereign wealth funds?
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, Philip Whyte, 01 October 2007

    Several EU governments have become alarmed about sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). Germany, for example, is thinking of preventing such funds from buying local companies in sensitive sectors.
  • The Lisbon scorecard VII: Will globalistion leave Europe stranded?
    Report by Katinka Barysch, Simon Tilford, 01 February 2007

    Globalisation and the rapid integration of China and India into the international economy present huge opportunities for the European Union.
  • Welcome to the neighbourhood
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Russia Profile, 15 January 2007

    The enlargement of the EU is slowing down. Bulgaria and Romania have just joined, bringing the membership to 27, but in many EU countries there is little enthusiasm for extending the Union's boundaries further.
  • Transatlantic trade: walk before you run
    Bulletin article by Aurore Wanlin, 01 December 2006

    Ever since the EU forged its plans for a single market, in the late 1980s, there has periodically been interest in the idea of establishing a transatlantic single market – removing not only tariffs, but also non-tariff barriers to trade and investment.
  • What future for free trade in services?
    Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 03 April 2006

    The controversy that has engulfed the Commission’s draft services directive is hardly surprising: the establishment of a single EU market in services was always going to generate more opposition than the liberalisation of trade in goods.
  • Ditchley conference note - The future of the European economy
    Briefing note by Katinka Barysch, 21 March 2006

    In November 2005, the CER took more than 40 of Europe's top economists, policy-makers and commentators to the Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire to discuss 'The future of the European economy'.
  • The Doha trade round: What hope for Hong Kong?
    Briefing note by Aurore Wanlin, 01 December 2005

    The Doha round of trade talks, launched in the Qatar capital in 2001, is in trouble. The members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have little time left to meet their ambition of helping developing countries trade their way out of poverty.
  • Easing the pain of trade liberalisation
    Bulletin article by Richard Cunningham , 01 December 2005

    This year’s textiles crisis shows what can happen if the EU and the US are ill-prepared for competition from emerging Asia. The integration of China and India into the world economy means that manufacturing and low-cost services in the West will have to adapt rapidly.