For all I can tell, US economic nationalism seems to have gone off the rails at this point Biden calls for investigation of Nippon Steel’s bid for US Steel on.ft.com/4avKpk3

A well-argued case for common European defense procurement by Guntram Wolff, who is rejoining Bruegel as senior fellow on March 1. Welcome back, Guntram!

In this new ⁦Bruegel⁩ paper, we are (a) attempting to make sense of the debate on competitiveness, (b) assessing the situation of the #EU, and (c) making proposals for a new approach. ⁦Jeromin Zettelmeyer⁩ ⁦Georg Zachmann⁩. bruegel.org/external-publi…

On Monday at 12:30 CET, I will have pleasure and honour of discussing the Draghi report with the man himself. Please join us for the livestream! bruegel.org/event/future-e…

It finally happened. My friend and former colleague Yan Liu, one of the world's finest legal minds, was appointed General Council of the IMF. Congratulations, Yan. Even greater congratulations to the IMF and its staff. imf.org/en/News/Articl…

Das deutsche politische System muss seine Komfortzone verlassen - eine europäische Rüstungsstrategie wäre günstiger - mein Beitrag im Handelsblatt handelsblatt.com/100070255.html…

Stunning data by Bruegel and the Rhodium Group: The EU has twice the solar capacity of the US, but the same solar electricity production (because it locates PV where there is little sun.... Simone Tagliapietra bruegel.org/analysis/trans…

Schlechte Nachrichtrn für Lars Klingbeil 🇪🇺: ohne eine erneute Reform der EU Schuldenregeln wird Deutschland von seinem Schuldenprogramme nicht viel ausgeben können. handelsblatt.com/100123475.html… #

Die dem Handelsblatt-Artikel zugrundeliegende Analyse von Armin Steinbach und mit ist hier zu finden: bruegel.org/analysis/germa…