I do not think this is a protectionist strategy, I think it is realistic: if Europe gets excluded from tech supply chains, there is a real security risk
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The Ukrainians have made it very clear in their communication that they reject the Chinese peace plan
Gehrke said the Commission will have to make clear which risks exist, how big these risks are, and why they require additional regulation
Before President Duda announced his surprising decision not to sign the bill and to refer it to the Julia Przyłębska Court, the signals from the EC were clear: the KPO funds were up for grabs
The achievement of political goals cannot always be measured in economic terms. Clearly measurable goals are difficult to define, and an overall assessment of the success of sanctions is difficult.
Filip Medunic argues that sanctions are a tool of foreign policy, but they are based on economic measures that cause costs
Taking stock after one year of sanctions on Russia, we can say some are beginning to bite hard, others have been ineffective
The Commission is in a pretty tough spot because […]once you open the coffers for Germany and France it will be difficult to get consensus for common instruments
Tobias Gehrke on why easing state aid rules within the EU to facilitate cash flowing into the lower carbon economy is tricky
One of the key objectives of the IRA is to exclude Chinese suppliers from clean energy supply chain
Tobias Gehrke believes that the IRA’s priority was reducing US dependence on Chinese imports
The longer a regime like this is in place, it’s a bit of a game of whack-a-mole. We’ve never had a sanctions regime of this magnitude on such a big economy
Supply chain ramifications can be massive. If there are more restrictions coming, this is an issue that affects the single market
A cascade of chips restrictions imposed by one single country could spell trouble for the whole EU, explains Tobias Gehrke