Centre for European Reform (CER)

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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.

Read here: https://t.co/8XeIOVki0p

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@SanderTordoir @Brad_Setser Read their analysis in full here: https://t.co/dZK86hbxzO

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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.

https://t.co/DCoBeoSAo0

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“Against the background of declining US engagement in defending Europe, what is Europe doing to prepare to defend itself? @CER_IanBond asked Armida van Rij in the latest @CER_EU podcast, listen here: https://t.co/viYtN6NXKH

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Improving Europe’s ability to deter requires operational equipment, personnel and new ways of thinking about how to bring mass to any potential conflict, argues Armida van Rij in a new @CER_EU policy brief.

Read here: https://t.co/8XeIOVki0p

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Read the @CER_EU paper here: https://t.co/dZK86hbxzO

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.@CER_EU hat eine Denkschrift veröffentlicht, die davor warnt, dass Deutschlands Wirtschaft im Begriff ist, von China zerstört zu werden. Es herrsche zunehmend Einigkeit darüber, dass ein neuer „China-Schock“ die globalen Gütermärkte erschüttere.

https://t.co/xxA9WGGucM

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Europe needs to be ready to fight tonight to deter Russia, but despite the hike in #defence spending, the #readiness of existing European equipment and forces continues to be poor, says a new @CER_EU policy brief by Armida van Rij.

Read here: https://t.co/8XeIOVki0p

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🎙️ Listen to our new #CERpodcast ‘Unpacking Europe’ discussing the new publication ‘Rearming Europe for deterrence’.🎙️

@CER_IanBond spoke with Armida van Rij & Michael Martin Richter @HSSde

Listen here: https://t.co/viYtN6NXKH

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...and called for a strengthened European Union toolbox to defend key sectors, including chemicals, batteries, clean tech and semiconductors.

Read the report here: https://t.co/dZK86hbxzO

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Another report furthering the debate is the @CER_EU report, China Shock 2.0: The Cost of Germany’s Complacency, released in May.

It highlighted that China’s overall export volumes are growing at more than twice the speed of global trade...

https://t.co/PK0kYI460c

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@SanderTordoir @BradSetser Read the report here: https://t.co/dZK86hbxzO

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Nowhere is the new China shock reverberating globally “more consequential than in Germany,” @SanderTordoir and @BradSetser argued in a @CER_EU report in May, but it is a problem of Berlin’s own making.

https://t.co/RZWHReJaEq

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Politica actuală de apărare comercială este o abordare „fragmentată, produs cu produs”, care „nu se ridică la nivelul distorsiunilor macroeconomice ale Chinei”, spune @SanderTordoir, economist-șef la @CER_EU.

https://t.co/HBbfHyv9Za

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“You’re competing with other European countries to bring in labor,” Springford said. “That’s quite difficult. Migrants respond to those kind of incentives.” Nearly three-quarters of new doctors in Switzerland were trained outside the country.

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@JohnSpringford of the @CER_EU, has estimated that by mid-2022 Brexit had shaved 5% off the UK’s GDP and reduced over-all trade by 10 to 15%. The hit to trade would be especially painful for Switzerland, which has an export-dependent economy.

https://t.co/cORGpsoSq5

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Read the paper in full here: https://t.co/dZK86hbxzO

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.@CER_EU puts it bluntly in a new study: Germany is the epicenter of the 'China Shock 2.0.' Unlike in the 2000s, Beijing is no longer just targeting the fringes of the global market, but is now aiming directly at the industrial heart of the German economy. https://t.co/DOSrz3B7YF

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@AntonSpisak Read the study in full here: https://t.co/d5FvxpskZi

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As @AntonSpisak noted in a study of the latest EU-Swiss deal for the @CER_EU, the result is rather messy. But it may be workable.

https://t.co/TVSEXY7RL9