Daniel Gros

Europe is the ideal candidate to act as a first among equals

Imposing trade levies on China will hurt the region’s supply chains without fixing its deeper export issues

A stronger emissions trading system would do far more for resilience than fuel-tax reductions

The bloc is poorly positioned for a tit-for-tat tariff war with the US, but a more targeted strategy could work

The forces shaping the performance of China, Europe and the US are largely immune to policy

Ignore the hype – retailers and wholesalers cannot rely on this digital currency

It is actually China that depends on the US (and others) for higher value-added rare-earth compounds

The best way to overcome opposition from local communities is to offer them financial compensation

The average effective tariff rate that the US has applied remains much lower than what the American president’s pronouncements would suggest

The focus should be on strengthening its innovation ecosystem, rather than simply investing more