The EU Needs to Look Beyond Trade for Growth

Sounds like a crazy statement to make about the world’s largest trading bloc, comprising 400 million people, you may think. But not if you consider the EU’s own aspirations and ambitions, captured in Mario Draghi’s voluminous report. The EU’s own predicament faced with the raging Ukranian conflict with Russia on the one hand, and with… Continue reading The EU Needs to Look Beyond Trade for Growth

Amid War and Elections, What About Europe’s Economy?

It’s been a long time since I wrote about the European economy, although I do mention it whenever I write about the global economy. The reason I think it needs a dedicated piece this time is because I think that the continent is too caught up in too many things at the moment and the… Continue reading Amid War and Elections, What About Europe’s Economy?