Working paper
25 April 2019
What drives national implementation of EU policy recommendations?
The authors use a newly-compiled dataset to investigate whether and why European Union countries implement the economic policy recommendations they re
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Opinion piece
25 April 2019
Life after the multilateral trading system
Considering a world absent a multilateral trading system is not to promote such an outcome, but to encourage all to prepare for the worst and instil g
External publication
08 April 2019
Promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and convergence in the European Union
This speech was delivered by Guntram Wolff at the Informal ECOFIN Meeting in Bucharest on 5 April 2019.
Working paper
08 April 2019
Europe in the midst of China-US strategic competition: What are the European Union's options?
With the trade conflict between the United States and China bringing China-US strategic competition into the open, the European Union faces an urgent
Opinion piece
03 April 2019
Europe and the new imperialism
For decades, Europe has served as a steward of the post-war liberal order, ensuring that economic rules are enforced and that national ambitions are s
Opinion piece
29 March 2019
Brexit: When in doubt, slow down
Uncertainty over Brexit remains high despite looming deadlines. Here, the authors argue that the UK should take the necessary steps to make time to bu
Podcast
28 March 2019
Director's Cut: China's place in the global trading system
Bruegel director Guntram Wolff and senior fellow André Sapir discuss how potential WTO reform could better accommodate China.
Opinion piece
27 March 2019
Takeaways from Xi Jinping’s visit to France and Italy and ideas for the EU-China summit
The author appraises China's strategy towards Europe ahead of next month's EU-China summit.
Blog post
21 March 2019
The shadow of Brexit: Guessing the economic damage to the UK
Under a set of assumptions, this post concludes that UK real income and investment would have been 4% and 6% larger respectively had it not been for t
Opinion piece
18 March 2019
New EU industrial policy can only succeed with focus on completion of single market and public procurement
France and Germany recently unveiled a manifesto for a European industrial policy fit for the 21st century, sparking a lively debate across the contin
Event
27 February 2019
Diverging narratives: European policies and national perceptions
Who tends to get the blame for the Euro crisis in national media? What do national politicians think about the EU and EMU?
Event
21 February 2019
Reforming decision-making for EU taxation policy
How should the EU taxation policy be reformed?
Opinion piece
31 January 2019
The EU needs a Brexit endgame
Britain and the EU must try to preserve the longstanding economic, political, and security links and, despite the last 31 months spent arguing over Br
Opinion piece
24 January 2019
What does a possible no-deal Brexit mean?
With Brexit getting closer, it is still extremely difficult to predict which one of the possible outcomes will materialise. Guntram Wolff examines wha
External publication
15 January 2019
Vertical restraints and e-commerce
This article wishes to provide guidance on how the new vertical restraints linked to e-commerce should be treated and recommendations over the priorit
Policy brief
14 January 2019
The implications of no-deal Brexit: is the European Union prepared?
The author, based on a note written for the Bundestag EU Committee, is exploring the possible consequences of a no-deal Brexit for the EU, assessing p