Trade, Globalisation and Security
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The Impacts of EU Strategy Autonomy Policies – A Primer for Member States
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Matthias BauerEU governments should be much more sceptical and critical of the EU’s strategic autonomy agenda and the new polices intended to achieve the EU’s...
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Has Globalisation Really Peaked for Europe?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance New Globalisation Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Lucian CernatThis paper builds on the recent arguments put forward by Richard Baldwin and others debunking the myth that we enter a period of de-globalisation....
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What Does the UK’s Trade Policy Report Card Look Like?
By: Stuart HarbinsonOne of the stated aims of Brexit was to widen and customise the UK’s trading relationships with the world. Several years down the line, the...
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Processing Trade and Global Supply Chains: Towards a Resilient “GVC 2.0” Approach
By: Lucian CernatIn the current global context marked by economic fragility, growing uncertainty and geopolitical conflicts, ensuring the smooth functioning of...
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The New Wave of Defensive Trade Policy Measures in the European Union: Design, Structure, and Trade Effects
This study undertakes a comprehensive review of proposed and adopted defensive trade policy instruments in the EU, with the purpose of better...
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Should the EU Pursue a Strategic Ginseng Policy? Trade Dependency in the Brave New World of Geopolitics
Political leaders all over the world are calling for strategic autonomy. The removal of critical trade dependencies has become a guiding principle...
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When the State Becomes the Only Buyer: Monopsony in China’s Public Procurement of Medical Technology
China’s centralised state procurement policies are moving the Chinese market of medical technologies in a monopsonistic direction. A monopsony...
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Has the Fairest Clauses of Us All? Stress-testing the Application of Mirror Clauses to Pesticides
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Latin America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Emily ReesIn less than six months, ‘mirror clauses’ have taken EU trade policy by storm. To inject ‘reciprocity’ in trading terms, the French...
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Time for Fresh Thinking on Northern Ireland and Brexit
By: David HenigThe Good Friday / Belfast Agreement became, with considerable efforts over several years from so many involved, a broadly accepted if never fully...
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Prosperity and Resilience: Diverse Production and Comparative Advantage in Modern Economies
A common version of trade theory suggests that countries will specialise in a limited number of products. Using the example of David Ricardo from...
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The Benefits of Intellectual Property Rights in EU Free Trade Agreements
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade and IP Project Trade, Globalisation and SecurityKey Takeaway 1: What are Intellectual Property Rights and why do they matter? Intellectual Property gives the creator (e.g. an artist, a company...
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The Future of EU Leadership in the Car Industry: Still Global
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityAutomotive is Europe’s key export industry, an important contributor to the EU economy, from balance of payments to employment, and a...