Trade, Globalisation and Security
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Bureaucracy Implanted in EU Trade Agreements: Time for EU Trade Policy to Act on Low-Hanging Fruit
The use of EU free trade agreements by European exporters, particularly SMEs, is significantly restricted by excessive administrative requirements. A...
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Brexit Extension Shows the UK Continues to Struggle with the Basics of International Negotiations
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigYet again Brexit has been delayed. The EU has reluctantly granted another extension, this time of three months. It remains uncertain as to what might...
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Time Is Running Out to Address Trade Frictions. For Effective WTO Reform to Happen, the US, EU and China Need to Live Up to Their Responsibilities
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityAll three of the WTO’s functions - administering multilateral trade rules, serving as a forum for trade negotiations, and providing a mechanism to...
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The Reform of Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO
By: Natalia MacyraOn October 7, ECIPE hosted a discussion on the reform of Special and Differential Treatment (STD) in the WTO. The event started with a presentation...
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The Future EU Trade Policy – What Have We Learned from the European Parliament Hearings?
By: Natalia MacyraOn October 2, a Commissioner-Designate for the DG Trade Phil Hogan has presented a list of strategic priorities for the next 5-year term in the...
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China’s Digital Trade Success: Two Different Perspectives
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIn recent times there has been a lot of talk on how big China’s digital trade actually is and to what extent it poses a threat to the global...
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Isolation or Integration: Why the EU Free Trade Agreement the Brexiters Want Is Not Deliverable
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigIn the race to be the next UK Prime Minister there is a strong narrative that the country’s future economic relationship with the EU can be simply...
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‘Appetite for Friction’ – Trump Policy Towards China
According to Frank Lavin, former US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, ‘trade negotiations should focus on managing what’s good...
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European Elections or: “How to Learn to Stop Worrying and Be Positive About Trade in the Future”
With the elections for the European Parliament, multiple promises are made as politicians compete to gain voters and influence future policies. One...
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Risks to the EU from a US-China Trade Agreement
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Sherman KatzAfter the United States imposed $250billion of tariffs on Chinese goods based on its determination, under U.S. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974,...
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Myanmar: Open for Business or Closed by Sanctions?
The Status Quo In January Aung Sang Suu Kyi stood at a platform in a brightly lit conference centre in Naypyidaw. The room was ostentatious and so...
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The Next Stages of UK Trade Policy
Tags: UKBy: David HenigThe context for UK trade policy in the future remains unclear. It is possible but unlikely that the UK will be leaving the EU with full future...