North America
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Free Trade Agreements Have Limited Impact (Because Manufactured Goods are a Perfect Market)
Research Areas: Africa Far East Latin America New Globalisation North America Russia and Eurasia South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityFree Trade Agreements between two or more countries or parties have been the centrepiece of international trade policy since the formation of the...
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The myth of subsidies in the film industry: a comparative analysis of European and US approaches
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North AmericaIt has been widely believed that subsidies can help revive film industries, but the link between the intent and the actual results deserves more...
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The Tragedy of International Organizations in a World Order in Turmoil
By: Guest AuthorBy Jean-Jacques Hallaert, Member of the Groupe d’Economie Mondiale (GEM) at Sciences Po. China’s rise and the U.S. response to the perceived...
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What the 2018 (and 2020) Elections Mean for U.S. Trade Policy
The 2018 congressional elections put Democrats back in control of the House of Representatives, and thus returned divided government to Washington,...
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The Trump tariffs on steel and aluminium: the end of the WTO?
By: Stuart HarbinsonThere is no doubt that the recent announcement by the U.S. Administration of tariff hikes on steel and aluminium, justified on national security...
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Deepening NAFTA and Signing New Trade Agreements: A US Trade Strategy to Boost the Economy and Reduce the Trade Deficit
Tags: Canada Donald Trump economic growth economy Mexico NAFTA trade trade agreements trade policy USPresident Trump assumed office with one of the more purposeful trade agendas in modern history: he pulled the US out of the Trans-Pacific...
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TTIP, the Revenant
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Edward BowlesEdward Bowles is a Member of the European Commission’s Advisory Group on TTIP, and writes this in a personal capacity. For those of...
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What Will Happen to U.S. Trade Policy When Trump Runs the Zoo?
What kind of political animals will be making U.S. trade policy in the Trump administration? The tone of the campaign suggests that the...
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Manufacturing Discontent: The Rise to Power of Anti-TTIP Groups
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Matthias BauerOld beliefs, new symbols, new faces. In 2013, a small group of German green and left- wing activists, professional campaign NGOs and...
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Europe in the Trumpworld: EU Trade and Security Under the New US Executive
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe election of Trump into the Oval Office is much of a non-event for EU trade-policy detail, possibly even the TTIP: they have been deteriorating...
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Why Concluding CETA is so Important for the EU
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityPassions have been running high this week as the EU failed to get an agreement about signing off its trade deal with Canada, what is called CETA. As...
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Addressing the Regulatory Divergences in the Medical Devices Sector
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North AmericaTags: medical technologyMedical devices are not just simple commodities. They are the result of decades of research and development and scientific advancement, and...