Centre for European Reform

The lesson here is that once an industrial ecosystem has been lost to China it is extremely difficult to rebuild, argues Sander Tordoir, the chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.
“European governments have to think very carefully about ecosystem effects,” he adds.
...China has been able to build “massive industrial capabilities in the lower rungs of clean tech”, he says, before moving into the “higher rungs of the value chain”.

Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, noted that many EU countries might seek to “roll out some fiscal cushions” for citizens and firms if energy prices remain elevated this winter.
“My general sense is that, other than Greece and Italy, the bond market rather than the EU fiscal rules are the first concern,” Tordoir said, adding that many countries are already “flying close to the sun” in fiscal terms.

Ian Bond, the deputy director of The Centre for European Reform (CER), said the signing of the 2015 Minsk II Agreement was another indicator of the strength of Russian-German relations at the time.Brokered under Merkel, the deal was widely criticised as effectively signalling Western acceptance of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea.

 "L'Industrial Accelerator Act potrebbe essere il principale strumento politico che l'Ue può effettivamente mettere in atto" contro la sovraccapacità produttiva cinese. Lo afferma il capo economista del think tank Centro per la riforma europea (CER), Sander Tordoir, in audizione alle commissioni congiunte Inta, Itre e Imco del Parlamento europeo.