The currently 2400-page long ‘US Innovation and Competition Act’ making its way through Congress is about one thing only: China. But it also signals a much broader shift in American […]
The economies of both the European Union (EU) and the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been severely hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Whereas the […]
This Discussion Paper analyses the scope and contents of the ambitious Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) between the EU and China following the cooling down of relations due to sanctions and countersanctions […]
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In the context of a fast recovery, training policy is one of the labour market instruments with the most positive effect on employment, but it is also a very expensive […]
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The EU trade policy is increasingly confronted with demands for more transparency. This article aims to investigate how transparency takes shape in EU trade policy. First, we operationalize the concept […]
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Summary A new EU trade strategy promises to advance open strategic autonomy, that is to balance the benefits of economic interdependence with growing demands to manage Europe’s exposure to risks […]
By taking the decision to move towards a Banking Union, the EU is about to embark upon major changes in the nature of its project. The Bankin Union involves setting […]
Egmont organised a roundtable on preventive crisis management in the eurozone. The debate focused on the possibility of combined interventions by the ESM and ECB in sovereign bond markets. The […]
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Cohesion policy is taking a prominent place in the discussions on the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework. Among the many issues in the debate, macroeconomic conditionality stands out as a major […]