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Europe needs to rapidly improve its deterrence.
A new @CER_EU/@HSSde paper by Armida van Rij outlines key steps European governments can take in the next 1-2 years to accelerate #rearmament, readiness and deterrence efforts.
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Anlässe zum Jammern gibt es genug, jüngst zum Beispiel eine Studie des @CER_EU mit dem Titel „China-Schock 2.0 – die Kosten der Selbstzufriedenheit Deutschlands“.
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Der in London ansässige Thinktank für EU-Politik bewertet in der Studie die Folgen der aggressiven chinesischen Wirtschaftspolitik für Deutschland: China erobere in atemberaubender Geschwindigkeit eine Schlüsselindustrie nach der anderen.
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.@JohnSpringford of the @CER_EU has argued that Britain experienced a prolonged investment strike beginning shortly after the referendum and continuing until the trading relationship became more clearly defined around 2021 and 2022.
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„Der wirtschaftliche Schaden, den China Deutschland zufügt, nimmt messbar zu“, bilanziert eine Studie der Denkfabrik @CER_EU.
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Centre for European Reform (CER) retweeted
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Reporting in Handelsblatt:
"Ausschlaggebend für den Kurswechsel des Kanzlers war unter anderem ein Forschungspapier der Ökonomen Tordoir und Setser. Merz habe sich die Studie daraufhin vorlegen lassen und sei zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass Europa neue Handelsinstrumente brauche"
Jun 15
Humbling.
Pleased Brad and I could contribute to Chancellor Merz's thinking on China Shock 2.0 with analysis and a few policy ideas
Germany faces a profound challenge, but retains formidable strengths. And it does not face it alone, but together with EU many global partners
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#EUDefence & #EUIndustry - Rearming #Europe for deterrence: Short-term priorities and policy options, by Armida van Rij | @CER_EU
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Alongside investments in new equipment, the armed forces need to ensure existing capabilities are fully operational by investing in servicing, stockpiling munitions & having a pipeline of trained personnel, argues Armida van Rij in a new @CER_EU paper.
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German goods are also struggling in China itself. Exports to China as a share of GDP have dropped 40pc in five years, which the @CER_EU reckons has cost 400,000 German jobs.
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Read the @CER_EU report here: buff.ly/mpFJsmm
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.@JohnSpringford, of the @CER_EU, said: “The investment strike started in 2016 and continued through to 2021-22, and then it started to rise again once certainty about the trading relationship had been established.
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“That has an impact on productivity. It means workers don’t have the best kit, and existing capital [equipment and buildings] is deteriorating, so you certainly assign some of the GDP losses to that.
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“#Brexit is more a story of stagnation, and a slow puncture, than of recession and rising unemployment.”
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.@JohnSpringford, associate fellow at the @CER_EU think-tank, found that a model version of Britain — 31 per cent America, plus some Germany, Australia and others — was 5 per cent richer than actual Britain by 2022.
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European governments need to train their populations for hybrid war by teaching them to spot fake news and report suspicious drone and other activities, and improve cyber security at home and the workplace, argues a new @CER_EU/@HSSde paper.
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“What impact do you think the changing American role is having on German public opinion, and German policy-making when it comes to the defence and security of Germany?” @CER_IanBond asked Michael Martin Richter in the #CERpodcast.
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Un recente rapporto del @CER_EU ha scritto: 'La Cina si è già mangiata gran parte del pranzo dell'industria tedesca e ora si prepara a iniziare la cena'.
La questione, quindi, non è se l'Europa debba reagire. L'unica domanda è: come?
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Read the report here: buff.ly/mpFJsmm
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.@SanderTordoir and @Brad_Setser, in an analysis for the @CER_EU, think-tank, propose a European version of America’s Section 301 tool. This allows sweeping tariffs to counter practices harming American trade.
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Read their analysis in full here: buff.ly/mpFJsmm
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