Brussels is mobilizing around a "China shock 2.0". EU states are moving toward tougher trade defenses, and several new reports warn of a "steamroller" of cheap Chinese exports hitting Europe's industrial core. (short thread 👇) My new piece for GMF @gmfus.bsky.social: www.gmfus.org/news/europe-...

🇪🇺 As EU and Western Balkan leaders meet this week at the EU-Western Balkans Summit today, Bruegel research has examined the region’s path towards closer integration with the European Union. ✨️ With financial support from @open-society.bsky.social Western Balkans #Econsky 1/5

🔍️ Reassessing China's role in the Middle East 🎙️ @jonathanfulton.bsky.social in podcast conversation with @yuyunzhan.bsky.social & @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social to interrogate some persistent assumptions about China's role in the Middle East. #Econsky 🔗Listen here: buff.ly/gevqKX8

🎙️ NEW PODCAST: Reassessing China's role in the Middle East @yuyunzhan.bsky.social & @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social sit down with @jonathanfulton.bsky.social to interrogate some persistent assumptions about China's role in the Middle East. #Econsky 🔗 buff.ly/gevqKX8

🚀 Leadership Announcement 🚀 We're thrilled to announce the appointment of Katharina Bergant and @tagliapietra.bsky.social as Bruegel’s new Deputy Directors. We’re excited for the insight, collaboration, and leadership they will bring to the organisation! 🔗 More information: buff.ly/tjIdybf

💥 New @bruegel.org dataset: the "2026 European energy crisis fiscal response tracker" 🔗 www.bruegel.org/dataset/2026... jointly developed with @bmcwilliams.bsky.social, Thomas Mramor, and @tagliapietra.bsky.social

🎙️ Exploring Chinese trade deflection 📦 @vvicard.bsky.social of @cepii-paris.bsky.social in conversation w/ Isabelle Mejean of @sciencespo.bsky.social @yuyunzhan.bsky.social & @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social on a chapter from joint Bruegel @cepr.org Paris Report. Listen: buff.ly/GqwF6pJ #EconSky

🎙️ Exploring Chinese trade deflection 📦 @yuyunzhan.bsky.social & @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social discuss a chapter from the joint Bruegel - @cepr.org Paris Report with authors Isabelle Mejean of @sciencespo.bsky.social & @vvicard.bsky.social of @cepii-paris.bsky.social. #EconSky

🎙️First assessment of China's 15th Five-Year Plan 📕 Can Beijing's new economic blueprint deliver in an era of deflation, demographic decline, and technology warfare? @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social in conversation with @berthofmanecon.bsky.social and @yuyunzhan.bsky.social 👂️Listen: buff.ly/Y5P3WPD

🎙️NEW PODCAST: First assessment of China's 15th Five-Year Plan @yuyunzhan.bsky.social and @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social speak with @berthofmanecon.bsky.social on China's economic and strategic direction through 2030. 🔗Listen here: www.bruegel.org/podcast/firs... #EconSky

🏦 China’s financial system: big, powerful and still state-run 🎙️ @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social in podcast conversation with Fraser Howie & @yuyunzhan.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/M7miwPf #EconSky

🏦 China’s financial system: big, powerful and still state-run 🎙️ Podcast with @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social, Fraser Howie & @yuyunzhan.bsky.social 🔗https://buff.ly/M7miwPf

Updated @bruegel.org European gas import data for week 5, 2026 I spoke with @nytimes.com about Europe’s growing reliance on US gas 📰 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b... 📊 Download January LNG data: www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

🎙️The undervaluation of Yuan and its impact on European competitiveness 🗣️ @yuyunzhan.bsky.social @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & Jürgen Matthes of German Economic Institute #EconSky

🆕 The EU boasts a solid industrial base for the manufacturing of both batteries and EVs, with €38 billion into EVs and €34 billion into batteries invested since 2017. We explore these investments in a new piece & argue that today's proposal to weaken 2035 CO2 limits is a policy blunder.

This is a hugely important topic and we had a great conversation -- listen in!

We launched our @bruegel.org EU Renewables Value Tracker based on great work by @mariejuge.bsky.social & @aroth.bsky.social: www.bruegel.org/dataset/eu-renewables-value-track Five insights 🧵: 1) The value of additional solar plants in south-east Europe and particularly Italy is still very high.

🎙️ Inside the Nexperia crisis @yuyunzhan.bsky.social @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & @marchijink.bsky.social examine the Nexperia case – the Dutch semiconductor firm owned by China’s Wingtech – and how it became a flashpoint in Europe’s evolving relationship with China. #EconSky 🔗 buff.ly/wWiKAvA

🎙️ Inside the Nexperia crisis @yuyunzhan.bsky.social @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & @marchijink.bsky.social examine the Nexperia case – the Dutch semiconductor firm owned by China’s Wingtech – and how it became a flashpoint in Europe’s evolving relationship with China. #EconSky 🔗 Listen here

📎 The case for delaying the application of the EU’s carbon border levy to electricity. We argue that the inclusion of electricity in CBAM creates more problems than it solves; ways should be found to exempt it @gzachmann.bsky.social and Rouven Stubbe @bruegel.org www.bruegel.org/analysis/cas...

📊 Chart of the week: Status of capacity mechanisms in the EU ⚡ Can capacity mechanisms be effectively coordinated across Europe? 👀 Read the Policy Brief By Pär Holmberg, @maurerchr.christophmaurer.de, Monika Morawiecka, Fabien Roques and @gzachmann.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/thcJkkR

♻️ The solution to Europe’s housing affordability crisis must include building decarbonisation 🏠 Is it a mistake to view #decarbonisation and improving #housing affordability as separate? 📝 Read the Analysis by @keliauskaite.bsky.social 🔗

🌄 Paradoxical EU-China climate relations In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @yuyunzhan.bsky.social, @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & @ctrasi.bsky.social discuss how the EU and China share a vision for a green transition but follow different paths. 🎧 www.bruegel.org/podcast/para...

⚡ Is China turning into an “electrostate” — and how will that change the balance of global energy? 🗣️ @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social w/ @bmcwilliams.bsky.social and @yuyunzhan.bsky.social 🔗 Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/rriPrxP

Updated European gas tracker @bruegel.org www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

🎙️ The paper is perfect pre-reading for the latest edition of Bruegel's ZhōngHuá Mundus podcast, where author @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social is joined by bmcwilliams.bsky.social and @yuyunzhan.bsky.social to discuss China's race to electrification. 🔊 Listen here: buff.ly/rriPrxP

📊 NEW Dataset: European Clean Tech Tracker This resource covers: 🔋 Batteries, 🚗 Electric vehicles,🔌 Grids, ♨️ Heat pumps, 💧Hydro, ☢️ Nuclear, ☀️ Solar and 🍃 Wind 🖊️ @mariejuge.bsky.social, @keliauskaite.bsky.social, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social and @tagliapietra.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/HjhZay5

🌍️ Europe and the world in 2045 📅 3 September | 9:00-10:00 CET 🗣️ @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, Mario Monti, @kiramph.bsky.social @europarl.europa.eu, @marietjeschaake.bsky.social & @dschwarzer.bsky.social @bertelsmannst.bsky.social 🔗https://buff.ly/VQS0Bks

🔎 Bruegel Annual Meetings: The future of Europe’s defence 📆 3 September | 10:30-11:30 CET 🗣️ @guntramwolff.bsky.social, Bertrand Dumont (French Treasury), @kristiraik.bsky.social @icds-tallinn.bsky.social, @simonassatunas.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu 🔗Register now: buff.ly/xU1nfjU

📣 Bruegel Annual Meetings 2025: public registrations now open! We are excited to open the registration for the public sessions of September 3rd! 🔗 Register at the link now: buff.ly/sMtqB2e Animation by @hecbarod.bsky.social Website by @designbysoapbox.bsky.social

🌍️ Europe and the world in 2045 📅 3 September | 09:00-10:00 CET 🗣️ @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, @kiramph.bsky.social @europarl.europa.eu, @marietjeschaake.bsky.social @stanfordcyber.bsky.social @stanfordhai.bsky.social & @dschwarzer.bsky.social @bertelsmannst.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/tQBU9lQ

🌱 Bruegel Annual Meetings: Coalitions for global green action 📆 3 September | 12:00-13:15 CET 🗣️ @tagliapietra.bsky.social, Francesca Gostinelli, @pisaniferry.bsky.social, @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu, @laurencetubiana.bsky.social & @wederdim.bsky.social @cepr.org 🔗 buff.ly/Yhs0i52

📜 Bruegel Classics: Globalisation and the reform of European social models 💡 Much has changed since 2005, but many of the problems identified by our researchers in Bruegel's 20 years are unresolved, and just as pertinent today. 🖊️ By André Sapir 🔗 buff.ly/UFXeBbH #EconSky

🎙️ Why are European firms rethinking their presence in China? @yuyunzhan.bsky.social speaks with @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social and Theo Storella on evolving European business strategies in China amid rising economic uncertainty and geopolitical tension. #EconSky

✨ @simonassatunas.bsky.social, Head of Cabinet @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu - Defence and Space, @ec.europa.eu, will speak at the 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 2025! He'll join the session “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞” on 3 September, 10:30–11:30 CET. 🔗 Check out the agenda: buff.ly/xU1nfjU

✨ Katherina Reiche, Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, will speak at the 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 2025! She'll join the session “𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐔 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲” on 3 September, 17:00–18:00 CET. 🔗 Check out the agenda: buff.ly/xU1nfjU

🔎 Bruegel Annual Meetings: The next Multiannual Financial Framework 📆 3 September | 15:30-16:30 CET 🗣️ @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social , Giancarlo Corsetti @eui-eu.bsky.social , Stefan Imhof (Ministry of Finance, Austria) & @sriso.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu 🔗Mark your calendar: buff.ly/xU1nfjU

🏛️Bruegel Annual Meetings 2025 Check out our agenda featuring Pascal Lamy @parispeaceforum.bsky.social , Katherina Reiche, @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu, @marietjeschaake.bsky.social , @laurencetubiana.bsky.social, @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social & more speakers! 🔗Mark your calendar: buff.ly/zM6R8B8

🔍 EU budget proposal: right priorities, too little ambition @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social scrutinises the European Commission's budget proposal, both in light of the subsequent debate it has ignited and with reference to Bruegel's own blueprint for an MFF revamp 🔗 buff.ly/ETkRHbk #EconSky

🏛️Bruegel Annual Meetings 2025! SAVE THE DATE: 3-4 September This year’s Annual Meetings are centred around Bruegel's 20th anniversary. 🗓️Check out the agenda on our website and mark your calendars!

What's hindering the EU from further advancing in critical technologies? Claudio Feijóo @yuyunzhan.bsky.social & @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social compares frontier innovation in quantum computing, semiconductors and artificial intelligence in China, the US & the EU. 🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/QlJldc2

A new, detailed proposal on how to transform ESMA into the single supervisor that EU capital markets need.

🎙️ How do China, the US, and the EU fare in critical technologies? @yuyunzhan.bsky.social ‬ invites @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social ‬and Claudio Feijóo to look into how the world’s three leading global economies, China, the US and the EU, are advancing in these cutting-edge sectors. #EconSky

🎙️ China's presence in the Eastern Mediterranean @yuyunzhan.bsky.social joins @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & Plamen Tonchev on the geostrategic importance of the region and China’s highly tailored approach to individual countries. #EconSky

📑 JUST RELEASED: Bruegel Annual Report 2024 We are excited to announce that we have just published our Annual Report for 2024! Want to know more about how Bruegel works? 🔗 Explore the report here: buff.ly/8Bdf0oe #EconSky

The EU has a non-binding goal to phase out Russian gas by 2027. However, the EU continues to rely on Russian energy. The roadmap to phase out Russian gas, oil and nuclear imports will be published today, 6th May. A thread on @bruegel.bsky.social’s research on gas, oil, and nuclear.

🎙️ Europe’s autonomy amid the US-China trade clash 🚢 @yuyunzhan.bsky.social invites @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & @fbermingham.bsky.social to unpack the latest developments in the US-China trade war and what they mean for the EU.

📢 LIVE NOW: Rearming Europe: how to fund and govern Europe's future defence 🪖 Join the conversation with @guntramwolff.bsky.social @rosabalfour.bsky.social and @paolatamma.bsky.social as they discuss European rearmament. 🔗

My take on why Europe should not be shy about retaliation: www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

📊 Chart of the week: defence expenditure in 2024 and capital city distance to Moscow, European NATO countries 🪖 🖊️ By @guntramwolff.bsky.social @steinbacharmin.bsky.social and @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social 🔗 Policy Brief here: buff.ly/4TTXiYf