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Aid for Trade: Chronicle of a WTO Attempt at Coherence
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityDeveloping countries requests for technical and financial assistance in the Doha Round negotiations prompted the WTO to collaborate with donors and...
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The Economics and Political Economy of Going beyond the GATS
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis paper addresses the economic and political economy factors explaining why countries agree upon services commitments in regional trade agreements...
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Property rights, Consumption Growth and Consumption Volatility: Evidence from a Land Reform in Vietnam
During Vietnam’s transition from a socialist to a market economy, household’s property rights over agricultural land were considerably...
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The WTO Must Bounce Back
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Stuart HarbinsonThis policy brief surveys the state of the multilateral trading system, tracing the gradual decline of the Doha Round negotiations and the emergence...
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ACTA – The Ethical Analysis of a Failure, and its Lessons
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and SecurityACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) was originally meant to enforce and harmonise IPR provisions in existing trade agreements within a...
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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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Trade Costs and Productivity in Services Sectors
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityFor goods sectors, there is extensive empirical evidence that lower trade costs are associated with higher productivity at the firm- and...
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Did Euro Leaders Say Goodbye to the IMF?
By: Fredrik ErixonThis policy brief takes stock of the agreement by Eurozone countries in late June at the European summit. If this agreement survives (which is by no...
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Immigration: An Opportunity for the European Union
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Natalia MacyraThe debate in Europe on migration, and its impact on employment, is lively but often painfully misguided. Increasing unemployment and the euro crisis...