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Mercantilist Misconceptions: A Détente Strategy for EU-China Relations
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonEU-China relations look set to grow increasingly charged in the next few years. Both sides will go through political transitions. We are on the...
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After Cross-Strait Rapprochement: A Conceptual Analysis of Potential Gains to Europe from China-Taiwan Economic Cooperation
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: China EU Information and Communications Technology investment Taiwan trade agreements trade policyIs it time for the European Union to revisit its trade policy strategy towards Taiwan? This paper takes a closer look at the potential effects on EU...
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Will Asia Shape or Shake the World Economy?
Asia’s economic rise has changed the world economy – and will continue to do so in the future as well. George Magnus in his policy brief claims...
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Revisiting the “Cotton Problem”—A Comparative Analysis of Cotton Reforms in sub-Saharan Africa
The cotton sector has been among the most regulated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and still largely is in West and Central Africa (WCA), despite...
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Russia in the WTO: Unriddling the Mystery of Russia’s Trade Policy
By: Fredrik ErixonAfter almost two decades of accession negotiations, Russia was invited in mid-December last year to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This was...
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What Power Shift to China?
Tags: ChinaAs the west struggles under the double burden of anaemic growth and massive debt, the belief has become common that power is shifting to China. But...
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Trade and Development at the Crossroads?
Research Areas: Africa EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Roderick AbbottThis paper seeks to look at EU Trade and Development policies which seem to be at a crucial moment - crucial in the sense of the point at which the...
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The International Services Agreement (ISA) – From the European Vantage Point
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityServices liberalisation has perhaps suffered from the deadlock of the WTO more than any other area of trade. As the discussions of a potential...
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FTAs and the Crisis in the European Car Industry
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe crisis-struck EU finds it increasingly difficult to engage in trade negotiations with large-sized economies that would have a meaningful impact...
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