Media
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Europe has the money. It just doesn’t put it to work
Andrea Dugo writes for Encompass on how Europe's competitiveness suffers not from a lack of capital, but from policy-driven failure to channel savings into innovative firms via deep, efficient capital markets.
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Has the European Union fulfilled its commitment to reject trade with Russia?
Oscar Guinea and Vanika Sharma write an opinion piece at Agenda Pública about EU-Russia trade relations since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In Spanish.
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Perspectives: EU economic security begins with neighbours
David Henig writes his column for Borderlex on how the EU wants to tackle issues such as economic coercion and dependencies, and would do so in a setting such as the World Trade Organization.
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China heeft zelf rol in hoger handelsoverschot
(Behind Paywall in Dutch) Erik van der Marel writes in the Dutch Het Financieele Dagblad on China's trade surplus.
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UK trade policy has failed but a Customs Union with the EU is not the answer
David Henig writes an issue of the Best for Britain Substack "The Wire" where he analyses how ten years after Brexit, UK-EU relations remain unsettled. Trade barriers persist, political consensus is lacking, and meaningful compromise is needed for lasting economic growth.
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From Legal Fragmentation to Scale: Competitive Harmonisation as Europe’s Edge in the Global Economy
Matthias Bauer writes an article on how Europe’s global economic and political influence is waning, with its share of world GDP forecast to drop from 15% today to 9% by 2050 for The Budapest Dossier 2025: Choices In This New World from Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and the Observer Research Foundation.
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Fictional Davos: When 2+2 equals Trump
Renata Zilli analyses how Davos debates highlight contrasting views on global order: Trump's instrumentalism versus Carney's fragility warning, exposing liberalism's decline and the need for renewed egalitarian agency in a post for FEPS.
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Why UK-China relations need regular contacts
David Henig writes an op-ed for CGTN on UK-China trade and how Keir Starmer's visit aims to boost engagement, address issues, and foster trust for future cooperation.
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Time is Money: The Cost of Delaying the Ratification of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement
Oscar Guinea writs for What's up EU? about the cost of delaying the EU-Mercosur Agreement.
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La Europa de las tentaciones
(Behind paywall in Spanish) Oscar Guinea writes his column in El País about the cost of delaying the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
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Le retard sur le Mercosur a déjà fait perdre 291 milliards d’euros à l’Europe
(Behind Paywall in French) Oscar Guinea interviewed at L'Express about the economic impact of the delayed ratification of the EU-Mercosur agreement on the EU and French economy.
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Why Brussels Should Be Applying to Switzerland Instead
Matthias Bauer writes for Schweizer Monat that democracies are subtly undermined by the unchecked growth of rules and agencies, except in Switzerland, where government remains accountable to its citizens rather than the reverse.