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Navigating data sovereignty: Lessons for Taiwan
07 October 2024
Taiwan Insight
Governments are paying growing attention to the concept of data sovereignty. This poses challenges for countries like Taiwan, whose economies have been built around open digital trade.
Analysts: Germany’s ‘selfish’ EV vote aims to channel Chinese retaliation onto France or Spain
07 October 2024
EurActiv
Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, told Euractiv that Germany could potentially enjoy “the best of both worlds” by enjoying the protective benefits of tariffs while avoiding the negative effects of any Chinese retaliation.However, he also warned that, regardless of whether China retaliates against German combustion engine vehicles, German automakers are experiencing profound structural problems.
EU backing for China EV tariffs shows Berlin's waning influence
07 October 2024
Reuters
Zach Meyers, assistant director of the Centre for European Reform, said the tariff dispute illustrated Germany no longer led EU trade policy and that the influence of France too was more limited after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen removed French commissioner Thierry Breton and gave a less influential role to his successor.
Europe braces for Chinese retaliation over EV import tariffs
07 October 2024
Voice of America
Beijing’s intentions aren’t yet clear, according to Sander Tordoir, a senior economist at the Centre for European Reform.“The European Commission followed the World Trade Organization’s rules in designing the countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles,” Tordoir wrote in an email to VOA.
Win in China EV tariffs vote leaves EU relieved yet wary over Beijing's likely retaliation
05 October 2024
South China Morning Post
“The stakes are hard to overstate. If Scholz had succeeded in overturning the tariffs at the eleventh hour, it would have vindicated China’s efforts to lean on individual member-states and been the final nail in the coffin of EU efforts to have a foreign economic policy,” said Sander Tordoir of the Centre for European Reform.
EU member states set to confirm EV tariffs, resisting German, Chinese lobbying
04 October 2024
EurActiv
Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, said it would be “profoundly damaging” to the EU’s global credibility if Beijing had succeeded in “peeling off” enough member states to block the tariffs.He also noted that, although the vote will almost certainly not trigger a complete cessation in EU-China trade links, it could represent a significant “milestone” in the history of Brussels and Beijing’s political relationship.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: What does the US presidential election mean for Europe’s economy?
03 October 2024
Alan Beattie, Aslak Berg and Zach Meyers discuss the transatlantic economic relationship.
Want a ‘reset’ with the EU, PM? Here’s how you could pull it off…
02 October 2024
The Independent
With Keir Starmer in Brussels to restore post-Brexit relationships with European leaders, Ian Bond suggests ‘low-key’ is the name of the game when it comes to influencing foreign policy.
Europe's industrial nightmares are coming true
01 October 2024
Bloomberg
The scale of the problems facing Europe, though, with Germany giving up hope of achieving any growth this year, mean a lot has to go right. If energy costs are a competitive disadvantage for industry, that’s a separate challenge to needing more R&D spending. Trade policy will also have to play a part in leveling the playing field for domestic industries, with an imminent decision due on China EV tariffs. All these will have to work alongside foreign policy in the race to secure raw materials, as the Centre for European Reform notes.
EPRS policy roundtable: EU finances: Is Next Generation EU delivering?
01 October 2024
Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the CER spoke at the EPRS policy roundtable (from 44.00 mins).
NPO Radio 1: Hoe gaat het economisch met Duitsland?
30 September 2024
De economische motor van Europa lijkt uit te pruttelen. Duitsland staat keer op keer voor nieuwe problemen, na de coronacrisis en de energiecrisis lijkt de de Duitse autoindustrie nu op de rand van de afgrond te staan.
Duitse autosector ‘verkeert in slaaptoestand’, verdeeldheid over staatssteun
23 September 2024
BNR Nieuwsradio
Hulp bieden aan consumenten om de auto-industrie te helpen kan een oplossing zijn, denkt Sander Tordoir, senior econoom van het Centre for European Reform. 'Mijns inziens zijn maatregelen die de consument versterken wel nodig. Dit jaar zijn ongeveer 2,5 miljoen auto's in Duitsland. Dat is bijna een miljoen minder dan de piek voor de pandemie. Er is een zwakke vraag in Duitsland zelf, daar kan je natuurlijk iets aan doen.'
Deutschland darf nicht einfach dichtmachen
22 September 2024
Redaktions Netzwerk Deutschland (RND)
Sander Tordoir, Chefökonom der renommierten Denkfabrik Centre for European Reform, sieht in Draghis Schrift etwas Historisches: Sie verbinde Pläne von Jean Monnet (Verteidigungsintegration) und Jacques Delors (Binnenmarkt) mit Bidenomics (Clean Tech plus Resilienz).
Nigel Farage is right: Britain’s Remainers are back
20 September 2024
Politico
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, said vocal pro-European backbenchers probably won’t be as influential as the ERG — despite already having a “rather fraught relationship with the Labour leadership.”
Draghi report
19 September 2024
Financial Times
Among the many comments on the Draghi report, the ones by Martin Wolf and the Centre for European Reform are well worth your time.
European Parliament throws weight behind Draghi report
19 September 2024
PA Europe
Reacting to the report, the Centre for European Reform questioned whether the bloc’s leaders will be willing to implement its findings.It wrote: “Draghi’s report represents a much-needed reality check for the EU’s ambitions. European leaders must address the lack of support for disruptive innovation in Europe and the difficulty entrepreneurs face in commercialising their ideas and scaling up.
Future is blue podcast: What Mario Draghi's report means for Europe
18 September 2024
Carlos Carnicero Urabayen is joined by Sander Tordoir and Raymond Torres to discuss the key findings and implications of Mario Draghi’s recent report on Europe's competitiveness.
Europe grapples with its decline
18 September 2024
The Washington Post
“Europe’s innovative capacity is declining, compared with other major advanced economies, as is its business dynamism,” laid out a policy brief from the Centre for European Reform. “Intensifying state-led Chinese competition, geopolitical tensions and continued reliance on imported energy mean that policy procrastination could lead to permanent stagnation, or worse.”
From dirty man to flirty man: What might Labour’s ‘closer EU alignment’ on chemicals look like?
18 September 2024
Ends Report
“The question is not whether the UK should follow EU rules,” noted research fellow Aslak Berg in an insight paper for the Centre for European Reform in July, “but rather the extent to which it should do so and whether it makes sense to formally commit to doing so in return for increased market access”. The European Economic Area (EEA), Ukraine and Switzerland all have different models to show how this can be done, Berg explained.
Warum der Draghi- Bericht eine Riesenchance für Deutschland ist
17 September 2024
Handelsblatt
Die Bundesrepublik steht im Zentrum der Krise. Draghis Analyse ist vor allem für uns ein Angebot, die Probleme im EU-Konzert zu lösen. Von Lucas Guttenberg, Nils Redeker und Sander Tordoir.