🪙 Tax, sovereignty and the EU 💥How will Europe manage the collision of money, politics and global reform? 🔊 @roeldom.bsky.social in conversation with @rebeccawire.bsky.social and Pascal Saint-Amans 👂️Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/zftOMme

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...

If you wonder how US & global trade responds to Trump's tariffs ... my colleagues @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe have the dataset for you @bruegel.org Among many figures, I find striking that advanced economy trade as % of GDP is retreating back to COVID-19 levels

📊 Chart of the week: Year-on-year changes in trade, US imports 🌐 How have global trade flows reacted to US tariff hikes? 🖋️ Read the Analysis by @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe 🔗 buff.ly/aK8KdLH ✨ Based on data from the authors' NEW Bruegel Dataset. 🔍 buff.ly/8IdSm6n #EconSky

🚆See you in London! 📅11 February 2026 15:30-18:30 (CET) As part of Bruegel’s 20th anniversary celebrations, we are pleased to announce our next event "Security in Europe: how will it affect growth and competitiveness?", jointly organised with the @lse-ei.bsky.social 🔗 Info: buff.ly/JbVZYC6

💰 Tax, sovereignty and the EU ❓️How will Europe manage the collision of money, sovereignty and global reform? 🎙️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @rebeccawire.bsky.social sits down with Bruegel’s Pascal Saint-Amans & @roeldom.bsky.social to talk taxes. 🔗 Listen now: buff.ly/zftOMme

Join us next week to celebrate @bruegel.org's 20th anniversary with a special half-day conference on security in Europe, and how it will affect growth and competitiveness. 🗓️ Wednesday 11 February 🕥 2.30-5.30pm 👉🎟️ Book your place now: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

🔔 UPDATED: Russian foreign trade tracker 📊 Partial update up to December 2025. Data for the aggregate of the 38 countries is available up to November 2025. 🔗 Stay tuned for more updates: buff.ly/AEwKbDg 🖊️ Madalena Barata Da Rocha, @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe #EconSky

The close of 2025 brings yet another EV registration record: almost one-in-four new cars sold in the EU were fully electric in December. End of year spikes are common as policies end and support schemes phase out. It will be interesting to see January data when available.

🚆See you in London! 📅11 February 2026 15:30-18:30 (CET) As part of Bruegel’s 20th anniversary celebrations, we are pleased to announce our next event "Security in Europe: how will it affect growth and competitiveness?", jointly organised with the @lse-ei.bsky.social 🔗 Info: buff.ly/JbVZYC6

💲 In 2025, the US hiked its tariffs. What happened next? 📊 Examine the repercussions of the US' tariffs for goods-trade flows between major economies with Bruegel's new Dataset, compiled by @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe. 🔗 buff.ly/8IdSm6n #EconSky

📣 LAST CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🎤 Looking for experience in events and communications? Join Bruegel's Communications team as our newest Events and Communications Intern! 💡 Interested? Apply here: buff.ly/zgIvoQs

⬆️ Defining the new strategic direction for European Union trade policy After a turbulent January of trade-developments, what lessons must the EU take to inform its approach to trade? 💡 Read the First Glance by Ignacio Garcia Bercero 🔗 buff.ly/Ak3S2Ci

📈 European and Chinese exports kept growing despite the 2025 Trump trade shock 💡 Using data from their NEW dataset, @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe examine global trade adjustments to US tariff hikes. 🔍 Analysis: buff.ly/aK8KdLH 📊 NEW dataset: buff.ly/8IdSm6n #EconSky

🎙️ All about CBAM, the cross-border carbon levy ⚡ The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism is live! What happens next? #EconSky 🔊 Ignacio Garcia Bercero in conversation with @rebeccawire.bsky.social and @bmcwilliams.bsky.social 👂Listen to the podcast:

📼 Events of the week! Miss them live? Catch up on this week's public events! All recordings are available on Bruegel's site (links below).

📊 Chart of the week: Share of zombie firms, percent 🔴 How will ‘involution’ in #China end? 🖋️ Read the working paper by @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social and Jianwei Xu 🔗 buff.ly/KrYzxWe #EconSky

🚨 Upcoming public event Join us as we celebrate @bruegel.org 's 20th anniversary with a high-level conference on “Security in Europe: how will it affect growth and competitiveness?” 📍11 Feb, 2.30pm Register at: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

🎬 Bruegel movie night: Jean Monnet, l'aventurier de l'Europe 🗓️3 February 2026 18:00-20:00 Documentary screening of "Jean Monnet, l'aventurier de l'Europe". W/ Jean-Marc Lieberherr, @veron.bsky.social & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social THIS IS EVENT IS FOR SELECT INVITEES ONLY 🔗 Info: buff.ly/zzbPnJt

📣 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🎤 Looking for experience in events and communications? Join Bruegel's Communications team as our newest Events and Communications Intern! 💡 Interested? Apply here: buff.ly/My2vAXL

🔴 LIVE NOW: The Future of AI in Europe 🕔 17:00-18:15 CET Join us for this event which will discuss how Europe can implement AI in a way that maximizes economic and societal benefits. 🔗 Watch live: buff.ly/46Uotv6

💢 Growth without profits: how will ‘involution’ in #China end? Will China's efforts to address the problems of its involution strategy go far enough, or will unproductive 'zombie firms' cling to survival? 📑 Read the paper by @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social and Jianwei Xu 🔗 buff.ly/KrYzxWe #EconSky

Earlier this month, the EUs carbon border adjustment mechanism finally began full operations. With @rebeccawire.bsky.social and Ignacio Garcia Bercero @bruegel.org we discussed what that means. When will companies start paying? Who will be hit the hardest? www.bruegel.org/podcast/all-...

⚡All about CBAM, the cross-border carbon levy 🗣️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics @rebeccawire.bsky.social, Ignacio Garcia Bercero & @bmcwilliams.bsky.social discuss the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism and what comes next. 👂Listen to the conversation:

☀️ Good news! Renewables keep pushing fossil fuels out of the EU electricity mix. In 2025, wind and solar power was 291 TWh higher than in 2021. The fossil fuel share went down by 257 TWh. You can explore the data in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org

🌍 Yesterday (26 Jan) at Bruegel: a fireside chat with IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva, chaired by @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, on Europe’s outlook and the global economy. Thanks to all who joined in Brussels and online. 🎥 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/9r197bJ

🔴 LIVE NOW: Securing Ukraine’s future in Europe: Ukraine’s defence industrial base opportunity 🕘 09:00-12:30 Join us for this event which will discuss what opportunities exist for investing in Ukraine's defense industry. Jointly organised with @cfr.org 🔗 Watch the stream: buff.ly/12v2Hvr

Georgieva: "we are not yet realizing how much the world has changed." It is time to face the unthinkable. Follow the debate live or watch the recording later, see below.

⏰ Time to make a European Union-India trade deal happen 🤝 With the 16th EU-India summit now underway, the time has never been better to agree a new trade deal. 📑 Read the paper by Ignacio Garcia Bercero and André Sapir, first published 7 July 2025, to learn why. 🔗 buff.ly/ZZvn0L2 #EconSky

📊 UPDATED: European natural gas demand tracker ✨ With data now updated to November 2025 🔗 Explore the dataset here: buff.ly/4dzHgNT 🖋️ Compiled by @mariejuge.bsky.social, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social and @gzachmann.bsky.social #EconSky

🔴 LIVE NOW: Global and European economic outlook: in conversation with Kristalina Georgieva 🕐 12:45-13:45 Join us for a fireside chat with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF and @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, Director of Bruegel. 🔗 buff.ly/HOok36s

🌱 Better #regulation in the European Union needs a fresh start Anne Bucher and Elizabeth Golberg find that while the system underpinning the EU's better regulation is robust, there remain substantial weaknesses in its application to overcome. 📑 Read here: buff.ly/1Ex6y7N #EconSky

🆕 EU natural gas demand bounced back slightly as TTF prices fell < €30 / MWh toward the end of 2025. This repeats the pattern of winter 23/24. After summer months of demand ≈ 20% down on pre-crisis 2019-21 AVG, winter months are ≈ 10% down

Our recent podcast in the series of Zhonghua Mundus by @bruegel.org. In this episode, I talked with Yuyun Zhan and Jürgen Matthes on a growing concern for #Europe’s economy: the undervaluation of #Yuan, the Chinese currency and its impact on European competitiveness. www.bruegel.org/podcast/chin...

📊 Chart of the week: EU allowance allocation and verified emissions by sector, 2005-2024 ⚓ The 2026 review of the EU ETS must be anchored in facts and focus on the potential benefits of the system to EU competitiveness 🖋️ Thomas Mramor and @tagliapietra.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/43w2vgH #EconSky

🎙️China’s Yuan and Europe’s industry: a growing imbalance How exchange rates, overcapacity and price divergence are reshaping EU–China trade and why Europe may need new policy tools 🔊@aligarciaherrero.bsky.social w/ Jürgen Matthes & @yuyunzhan.bsky.social 👂Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/6neE92V

📼 Events of the week! Miss them live? Catch up on this week's public events! All recordings are available on Bruegel's site (links below).

📣 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🎤 Looking for experience in events and communications? Join Bruegel's Communications team as our newest Events and Communications Intern! 💡 Interested? Apply here: buff.ly/My2vAXL

Last week saw record LNG imports - have a look at our gas imports tracker for more details (thx @keliauskaite.bsky.social for updating).

🚗 Scant benefits for significant risks: price undertakings for Chinese electric vehicles entering Europe ✒️ @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & Daniel Gros 🔗 buff.ly/7VGrDeA #EconSky

Updated @bruegel.org European gas imports for week 3, 2026. www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

🗨️Global and European economic outlook: in conversation with Kristalina Georgieva 🗓️26 January 2026 12:45-13:45 Join us for a fireside chat with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF and @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, Director of Bruegel. 🔗 Sign up for the event: buff.ly/HOok36s

NEW🚨The EU main climate policy tool, the ETS, will be revised this year. A lobbying push to weaken key elements is already underway. But the review must be anchored in facts and focus on the potential benefits of the system to EU competitiveness. www.bruegel.org/analysis/eur...

🏭 Europe’s emissions trading system is an ally, not an enemy, of industrial competitiveness ✒️ Read the Analysis by Thomas Mramor & @tagliapietra.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/43w2vgH #EconSky

💻 The Future of AI in Europe 🗓️28 January 2026 17:00-18:15 CET Join us for this event which will discuss how Europe can implement AI in a way that maximizes economic and societal benefits. 🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/G7YR4r1

Escaping the French Budget Maze by Eric Hazan, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/T5Dxc0U

🪖 Securing Ukraine’s future in Europe: Ukraine’s defence industrial base opportunity 🗓️27 January 2026 09:00-12:30 Join us for this event which will discuss what opportunities exist for investing in Ukraine's defense industry. 🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/12v2Hvr

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

🇪🇺 « L'Union européenne doit être capable de se forger une véritable stratégie, par-delà les réactions aux annonces de M. Trump », expliquait hier à l'Ifri l'économiste André Sapir @bruegel.org / @ulbruxelles.bsky.social. 🎥 Voir le replay intégral de la conférence : youtu.be/LVfu12njAIA?...

📉 EU exports to the US have fallen to €1 billion monthly, and imports from the US are down to €0.5 billion. Transatlantic clean tech trade has slowed over the past months as tensions have gone up. Find out more in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org