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Why Europe’s populists should fear a Trump win
24 October 2024
The New European
But many followers of European politics assume – and seemingly not without reason – that the return of a far right US president would be good for the populist right in Europe. Two-term Trump would “embolden” these politicians, says Luigi Scazzieri of the Centre for European Reform. “They will be less restrained in pushing forward ideas and policies that are socially conservative, anti-climate, anti-immigration, as these would again be normalised in the White House.”
The road to Europe for Georgia and Moldova: No diversion via Moscow
24 October 2024
Encompass
Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine spent decades trying to persuade the EU to offer them the prospect of membership. It took Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 for them to get the EU to agree.
Would Donald Trump’s trade tariffs hurt Europe?
24 October 2024
Euronews
“The EU hasn't been doing what the US has in terms of decoupling from China and reducing imports. This is one of the few things that's been keeping the European economy afloat,” Zach Meyers, assistant director at the Centre for European Reform (CER), explained.“But how long will the US continue to allow Europe to straddle both horses at the same time? I think it’s a difficult question,” he added.
Economie Interview Sander Tordoir: 'Er hangt een angstsluier over de Duitse economie'
19 October 2024
de Volkskrant
De ooit zo succesvolle Duitse economie is piepend en krakend tot stilstand gekomen. Maar er is hoop, zegt econoom Sander Tordoir.
„China-Schock“ für die deutsche Industrie: Experten sehen ohne Strafzölle und neue Schulden kein Entkommen
18 October 2024
Frankfurter Rundschau
Die EU müsse gegenuber China „konfrontativer werden“, erklärt Sander Tordoir – speziell in Sektoren mit hohem Exportmarktanteil wie bei Windturbinen. Dazu zählten Strafzölle, nationale Kaufanreize für klimafreundliche Produkte sowie mehr Schulden.
Italy's divisive Meloni sets tone on EU migration file
18 October 2024
Barrons
"Von der Leyen understands where the political winds are blowing," said political analyst Luigi Scazzieri of the Centre for European Reform think-tank.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Europe and the Middle East – just a bystander?
14 October 2024
Anunita Chandrasekar and Luigi Scazzieri discuss Europe's role in the Middle East conflict.
For Europe's economy, US election risks outweigh upside
14 October 2024
Reuters
"Whoever the winner of the US election is, it is unclear whether Europe can continue to benefit from US growth without reducing trade with China itself," said Zach Meyers of the Centre for European Reform (CER) think-tank."Both US candidates have the same direction of travel - Trump less predictable and perhaps willing to be more confrontational with the European Union."
Mobil Listrik China Kena Tarif Pajak Tinggi di Eropa
11 October 2024
Kumparan OTO
Assistant director of the Centre for European Reform Zach Meyers, mengatakan sengketa tarif tersebut menggambarkan Jerman tidak lagi memimpin kebijakan perdagangan Uni Eropa. Sementara pengaruh Prancis lebih terbatas setelah Presiden Komisi Ursula von der Leyen menyingkirkan komisaris Prancis Thierry Breton dan memberikan peran yang kurang berpengaruh kepada penggantinya.
Taking the pulse: Is China becoming Germany's new dependency?
10 October 2024
Carnegie Europe
Berlin’s “nein” in the vote on introducing EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles came despite the fact that the European Commission was following World Trade Organisation’s rules to offset China’s automotive subsidies.
The UK and the EU are entering a situationship
10 October 2024
The Irish Times
“My guess is in the long run we will end up with something that actually is more ambitious than you would think at the moment,” says Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, a British think-tank.
Ein in seinen Grundfesten erschüttertes Land
10 October 2024
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Aslak Berg und Zach Meyers vom Center for European Reform in London sehen in einer überparteilich gestützten Hinwendung der USA zu Protektionismus.
Voice of America: Ian Bond: "The proposal to Ukraine to join NATO is still rather an attractive figure of speech"
10 October 2024
According to Ian Bond, the deputy director of the London-based Centre for European Reform, who spoke with the Russian service of the Voice of America, there is still a whole group of NATO countries, led by the United States, that are not sure that Ukraine should be granted full membership of NATO.
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.
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.
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.