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A fresh start for TTIP

The T-TIP negotiations remain extremely complex, and pushed for time given the political pressure to get an agreement signed by 2016. What is achievable and feasible in that time frame?

By: Date: March 16, 2015 Topic: Global economy and trade

Featuring:

– Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Trade

– Gary C. Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC

– André Sapir, Senior Fellow, Bruegel

Interviewed by Sandra Gathmann Gonzalez on the occasion of Bruegel’s event A Fresh Start for T-TIP: Strategies for moving forward.


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Autonomous, digital and green Europe: a conversation with Margrethe Vestager

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A new European tool to deal with unjustified rising spreads

The European Central Bank needs a new tool to prevent the current rise in spreads, triggered by monetary policy tightening, from escalating into a new euro-area crisis.

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Global trade Down Under

A conversation on the global trading landscape.

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COVID-19 and the shift to working from home: differences between the US and the EU

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War in Ukraine: What is the effect on Central and Eastern Europe?

How is the war in Ukraine affecting the countries in the central and eastern parts of Europe, the countries that are closest to the ongoing conflict?

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Although Russia bears the brunt of Western high-tech sanctions, the European Union will face challenges in sectors where it relies on Russian and Ukrainian commodities and technologies.

By: Monika Grzegorczyk, J. Scott Marcus, Niclas Poitiers and Pauline Weil Topic: Global economy and trade Date: April 12, 2022
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