Postdoc Researcher @gvagrad.bsky.social | PhD in Economics @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social | International Trade | Affiliate Fellow @bruegel.org
Camille Reverdy
Why it matters:
🔹 EU aid is a key instrument of global influence and development policy
🔹 Understanding what drives allocation helps assess credibility, consistency, and effectiveness
🔹 Policy choices shape not only current outcomes but also the future direction of global development cooperation
🌐 The European Union’s external imbalances: past, future and policy
🔖 Read the Working Paper by @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social, Costanza Greppi Maturana, Alexandre Mendonça, @camille-reverdy.bsky.social, Bo Sangers and @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social
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📊 Chart of the week: The impact of CBAM exposure on the probability of having a carbon pricing policy by income group
🏭 Can the EU's CBAM spur global climate action?
Read the Working Paper by Anna Bahí Esteba, Maximilian Fuchs and @camille-reverdy.bsky.social
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This working paper is an expanded version of chapter 14 of the new joint @cepr.org and Bruegel Paris Report, The New Global Imbalances (Rey et al, 2026).
⬇️ Download the full Paris Report here: buff.ly/Mys5I87
📦 Between values and interests: drivers of EU aid
🔍 How have external policy drivers begun to reshape EU development cooperation after Global Gateway?
📑 By Anna Bahí Esteba, @roeldom.bsky.social, @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social and @camille-reverdy.bsky.social
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🏭️The European Union is exporting carbon pricing through trade
Early experience of the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism shows trade can spread carbon pricing, but lower-income partners need support
Read the First Glance by Maximilian Fuchs & @camille-reverdy.bsky.social
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Is EU development aid still about poverty reduction?
Our research finds: yes but strategic interests matter too. Migration, geopolitics and raw materials increasingly shape aid flows.
Paper in comments
With: @camille-reverdy.bsky.social @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social & Anna Bahi Esteba @bruegel.org
Camille Reverdy
Key findings:
🔹 EU aid is shaped by a mix of values-based goals and geopolitical/economic interests 🌍
🔹 Strategic considerations become more important in certain regions and contexts since the Global Gateway
🔹 The “values vs interests” trade-off is often blurred in practice rather than clear-cut
🚨 What drives EU aid allocation: values or strategic interests? 🇪🇺
In our latest @bruegel.org working paper with @roeldom.bsky.social, we explore the political economy behind EU external assistance and what really shapes where aid goes.
Read the full working paper 👇
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