Global Economy

    

How the EU should plan for global trade transformation

Ignacio García Bercero argues that the current turbulence being experienced by the world economy is also an opportunity for the EU to forge a coalition in support of rules-based trade and global trading system reform

   

What should the EU aim for?

The European Union is a pillar of the trading system. Ignacio García Bercero argues the EU should plan for both the short term and the long haul in trade talks with the United States

    

Driving innovation in Africa

Mobility is important in the global knowledge economy. Linguère Mously Mbaye argues Africa can leverage mobility to enhance its innovation capacity and foster economic growth

   

Challenges of the G20

Lesetja Kganyago discusses the strengths, achievements, and challenges of the G20, particularly focusing on how process issues hinder effective policy formulation, emphasizing the need for a more focused agenda and streamlined processes to enhance the G20’s effectiveness

   

Tariffs cannot fund the government

In the past most government spending was funded from import tariffs. Simon Evenett and Marc-Andreas Muendler discuss whether this practice could work today, paying attention to the displacement effect on revenues

  

Is the international monetary system unfair?

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré considers the idea that there could be lasting reversal of exchange rates following an international currency agreement highly speculative, and argues that a multipolar system would attenuate the Triffin dilemma and provide the US with a deficit-adjustment tool