The EU budget in a larger Union: Key issues and open questions

Elisabetta Cornago
25 March 2025

EU enlargement does not need to bust the EU’s budget. But the distributional effects of enlargement need to be addressed to ensure it has broad-based political support.
The new EU-Swiss deal: What it means and the lessons it holds for the UK-EU 'reset'

Anton Spisak
17 March 2025

The recent political agreement between the European Commission and the Swiss government promises to stabilise their long-troubled economic relationship. The British government should pay close attention.
Trump's tariffs – how should the EU react?

Aslak Berg
26 February 2025

The ‘Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Plan’ proposed by Donald Trump sounds innocuous but is a roadmap towards an all-out global trade war. To avert one, Europe must act firmly and speedily.
Europe and the global economic order

Aslak Berg
22 January 2025

Geopolitical rivalries threaten the legal order on which European trade depends. To maintain its influence and secure its trade relations, the EU must maintain its openness and build alliances.
How German industry can survive the second China shock

Sander Tordoir, Brad Setser
16 January 2025

China's industrial subsidies and aggressive export-led growth are undercutting German manufacturing. To defend its automotive and engineering sectors, Germany must finally get tough on China with trade and industrial policies.

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Reshaping Europe: Visions for the future

Nick Butler, Philip Dodd, Stephanie Flanders, Timothy Garton Ash, Kirsty Hughes

06 September 1996

Many Europeans are unhappy with the way the European Union works. How can it be remodelled? Neither old-fashioned federalism nor chauvinistic Euroscepticism offer the answer. In Reshaping Europe, five writers offer fresh ideas for the future.

Weighed down by gravity: UK trade policy after Brexit

Aslak Berg

The post-Brexit vision of a UK finally free to do trade deals around the world is giving way to reality: free trade agreements deliver marginal benefits and little influence, particularly for the UK’s service-oriented economy.

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