ifo Schnelldienst 12/2020: Brexit Finale

Brexit Finale: the last scramble for a deal

With a good two weeks to go, the threat of a hard Brexit looms. Since March, the European Union and the United Kingdom have been negotiating their future relationship. The three main points of contention are still unresolved, and each side seems incapable of understanding the other. On what conditions is an agreement still possible? What external economic and foreign policy consequences would a No Deal have for the UK and the EU?

With contributions from

• Rolf J. Langhammer, Brexit: Any Agreement Is Better than None
• Lisandra Flach, Feodora Teti, Lena Wiest, Margherita Atzei, and Lisa Scheckenhofer , How Dependent Are Germany and the EU on the UK? Product Dependencies and the Effects of Brexit
• Joachim Wuermeling, What Comes after Brexit? – Strengthen Europe as a Financial Center!
• Carsten Hefeker, Global Britain or Little England? – Brexit and the Consequences for Foreign Trade
• Friedemann Kainer, Deal or No Deal? The Struggle for Competitive Equality and Fisheries
• Philipp Harms, Between Rationality and Rhetoric: On the Political Economy of Brexit
• Michael Kaeding, The British Misunderstanding and the Political Lessons for Europe and its Partners