of 2007/08 was not really a surprise –, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU …

The EU and the US have started negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) which … turns out to be misleading the high imports of intermediate inputs of German firms from EU partner countries suggests that a … comparison EU-US is analytically required for some key issues and that considering the effects on EU partners is also useful …