Trade, Globalisation and Security
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Blockchain for Trade: The Next Gold Standard or the Fool’s Gold?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Lucian CernatIn the movie “Gold”, a small, struggling mining entrepreneur looking for gold goes from bankruptcy to a 6 billion dollar mining empire, and then...
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Preparing for COVID-20
By: Oscar GuineaIf there were to be another pandemic, what would you have done differently? This question should be at the front of any policy-maker. Covid-19 has...
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What’s the Deal with No-Deal? EU and UK Trade Dependency
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: Oscar GuineaThe EU and the UK continue to negotiate a free trade agreement. Nonetheless, the possibility of a no-deal Brexit is being seriously considered in...
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A Biden Win Won’t Fix the World Trade System
By: David HenigA US Presidential election always exerts quite a hold on the political world’s attention, but not often with personal stakes as high as they seem...
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On Ants, Dinosaurs, and How to Survive a Trade Apocalypse
Palaeontologists have long recognised that unexpected but hugely devastating events can change life on Earth forever. A common theory suggests that a...
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Europe’s Dependency on China?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe 22nd EU-China Summit held virtually this week, was the first for the new EU Commission. The meeting takes place against...
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EU Trade Policy for a Post-COVID World
By: Natalia MacyraOn May 28, ECIPE together with TradeExperettes, and Women in Trade Network hosted a webinar on EU trade policy after Covid-19. Sabine Weyand...
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European Technology Sovereignty – Webinar Report
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Natalia MacyraOn May 26, ECIPE held its first online seminar during which Matthias Bauer presented his recent report on Opportunities and Pitfalls of the European...
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Trade in Time of Corona: What’s Next for the EU?
The European Commission updated its trade forecasts for 2020 which followed the WTO’s estimates for this and next year. Both reports agree on a...
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The Right Kind of Standard to Fight a Pandemic
By: Oscar GuineaOn the 20th of March 2020, the EU made a big announcement. To help companies ramp up production on medical goods, 11 standards were made available...
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After Azevedo, What Next for the WTO?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: WTOBy: Stuart HarbinsonRoberto Azevedo will have served diligently as Director-General of the World Trade Organization for seven years when he leaves office at the end of...
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Of Debt and Disease.
Research Areas: Africa EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Latin America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityA street pharmacy in Tanzania (from author’s own archives) Debt relief is not a panacea to tackle the pandemic in the developing countries In midst...