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Commission's director-general for climate says ETS aviation legislation could be changed if there is an international agreement on reducing emissions. Foreign airlines could...

A study suggests that the influence of lobbyists on financial legislation in the US is staggering. In the three years since the global financial crisis erupted, two dominant...

Government displays indecision when faced with opposition to liberalisation. The fate of a recent reform of the rules governing foreign investment in

Last year was a big year for US trade policy and 2012 could be more active still. In its first two years in office, the administration of US President Barack Obama was...

Even with more money from the EU, the International Monetary Fund will need to look for money from elsewhere if it is to help the eurozone's struggling economies. Christine...

There is an obvious step that could be taken to limit legislators' ability to profit from their inside knowledge. Imagine that you are an elected member of the United States...

Even the US public is paying attention to the eurozone crisis. But will the US's and EU's shared problems prompt joint initiatives? Washington, DC hosts the US-EU summit on...

The European commissioner for climate action on what she expects from the climate talks in Durban. Connie Hedegaard, the European commissioner for climate action, says that...

The US is, rightly, worried about the financial problems in Europe, but it cannot ignore its own economic woes. ‘Firepower' was the word on the lips of the delegates at...

Economic models and projections are incapable of capturing the scale of the threat to Europe's and the world's economy. Economic forecasts are sophisticated, computer-...

Putting the EU's policy challenges into a highly complex global context. World events have been unusually intrusive this summer. Government leaders have been forced to...

Why everyone wins from outsourcing of services. Outsourcing of services has been a persistent cause of panic and protectionism in recent years, especially in the United...

The US debt-ceiling debate may yet worsen, but one should not overlook what politicians can actually accomplish. These days, the United States media are full of ordinary...

A round-up of the headlines making news around Europe. US President Barack Obama has announced a last-minute deal to raise the United States' borrowing limit, and urged...

The EU should not be looking to the past for ways to encourage citizens to engage with elections to the European Parliament. The problem of public participation in...

The EU and the US both need reform if they are to avoid a perfect economic storm. In the past few weeks, both Europeans and Americans have faced a perfect storm: debt...

Republicans are playing with fire in their showdown about the US government's debt ceiling. Leading United States congressmen are determined to provoke a showdown with the...

Never mind another recession. What Europe (and the world) faces is something much more sinister and catastrophic. Christine Lagarde, until recently the finance minister of...

Mixed messages on energy from the Poles. It is no surprise that a politician knows how to adapt his or her message to different audiences. But, with its chameleon-like...

A benign interest-rate environment and sustainable growth paths can no longer be assumed. The global economy's most striking feature nowadays is the magnitude and...