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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 6
LIST OF BOXES 7
LIST OF FIGURES 7
LIST OF TABLES 7
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8
1. INTRODUCTION 9
2. DEEPEST GLOBAL ECONOMIC TIES AT RISK? 12
2.1. EU-US trade is not only about goods 12
2.2. Cross-border investments: the backbone of the EU-US economic relations 15
2.2.1. The trade-investment nexus 16
3. COMPARING CYCLES AND STRUCTURES: ARE THE EU AND US ECONOMIES MOVING APART? 18
3.1. Short-term EU-US asymmetries 18
3.2. Signs of EU-US structural divergence 19
3.2.1. The productivity gap 20
3.2.2. US economy’s concentration patterns 25
3.3. Diverging policy orientation 27
4. POTENTIAL SCENARIOS FOR EU–US ECONOMIC RELATIONS 29
5. EU OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS 33
6. CONCLUDING REMARKS 35
REFERENCES 37
