[NYTimes] Trump Backs Softer Restrictions on Chinese Investment

[...] President Trump said his administration will take a more moderate approach to limit Chinese investment in the United States, rejecting more aggressive restrictions that would have imposed new curbs on Beijing and further inflamed a trade dispute between the two countries.[...]

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By Jim Tankersley, Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson
Source: nytimes.com

[IMF] Euro 2.0: Past, Present, and Future of Euro Area Integration - 25 June 2018

Opening Remarks by Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director
The Euro at 20 Conference — Dublin, Ireland

[...] We meet at a moment when the EU and euro area are in the midst of difficult decisions about their future. Populist movements — from Brexit to the recent Italian elections — have called into question the value of European [...]

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A conversation with Christine Lagarde: watch video
Source: imf.org

[Bruegel] EU financial services policy since 2007: crisis, responses and prospects

[...] This paper presents a holistic description and assessment of the European Union’s financial services policy since the start of financial crisis in mid-2007. The analysis identifies banking union as the watershed moment, and correspondingly assesses the EU policy response as mostly inadequate in the first half and mostly effective in the second half of the period covered. Recommendations for future reforms are made in the conclusion. [...]

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By Nicolas Véron
Source: bruegel.org