Global action to enhance crossborder payments
Victoria Cleland discusses the difference to people and economies worldwide that enhancing crossborder payments would make
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Global Economy
Developing Europe’s policy towards China
Ursula von der Leyen wants to de-risk, not de-couple trade with China, arguing that trade can remain strong as long as the EU can increase its resilience in some strategic sectors
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Resilient global supply chains and implications for public policy
Supply disruptions during the pandemic raised concerns about supply chains. Cyrille Schwellnus, Antton Haramboure, and Lea Samek consider the resilience of global supply chains
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Overcoming the financing squeeze
Abebe Aemro Selassie discusses the impact of COVID-19 on African countries, the financing challenge, implications for long-term investment, and how it can best be navigated
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Sanctions against Russia will worsen its already poor economic prospects
Sanctions, coming on top of longstanding domestic shortcomings, are gradually weakening Russia. Elina Ribakova argues countries opposing Russia’s war on Ukraine should keep up the pressure
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Britain’s road to Brexit
Patrick Minford evaluates the progress being made on the Brexit agenda, focussing on trade, regulation and the EU border
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COVID-19 and GVCs
Laura Lebastard, Marco Matani and Roberta Serafini examine the impact of COVID-19 supply disruptions on exporters in global value chains
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The slow American protectionist turn
Pascal Lamy argues that the protectionist shift in US policy is not recent, and can be traced back about 15 years
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World trade can still drive prosperity
New protectionist policies threaten the global economy. Kristalina Georgieva and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala argue that thriving international trade goes hand in hand with global prosperity and stability
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Climate risks and global value chains
Extreme weather events will become more frequent as global temperatures rise. Rikard Forslid and Mark Sanctuary analyse the impact of the 2011 Thailand flood on Swedish firms
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