Trade, Globalisation and Security
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The WTO is a Disaster. Really?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Roderick AbbottDear Mr President, I have heard that you called the World Trade Organisation (WTO) “a disaster for America”, and would like to suggest with...
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Brexit: The Marginal Effects of EU Agricultural Subsidies on UK Trade
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityAlthough it is yet unclear when exactly and under which conditions, but the UK will eventually leave the Single Market. Several studies have...
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US Import Tariffs on Steel Threaten the US Economy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Hanna DeringerTwo weeks ago, the US Department of Commerce released its long-awaited Section 232 reports on steel and aluminum. The reports presented the US...
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From the General Agreement to the World Trade Organisation
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Roderick AbbottThis blog is about the gap between the old GATT mansion (Villa Bocage) and the modern WTO edifice (Centre William Rappard) – or to explain that...
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IN MEMORIAM – PETER SUTHERLAND
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: WTOBy: Roderick AbbottPeter died last Sunday in a hospital in Dublin, his home city and home country. He was aged 71. He had suffered a heart attack in September 2016,...
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The Tools of the Free Trade
By: Natalia MacyraRecent years have shown that trade policy is no longer an issue discussed behind closed doors. Grassroots movement’s campaigns have brought the...
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Transatlantic Trade Relations: Return to Normal?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTrump’s rhetoric on trade during his election campaign set a bad tone for US trade policy in general, but also for EU-US trade relations. However,...
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What’s the Economic Impact of Brexit and the US Withdrawal from TPP?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Latin America North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityDr Kenichi Kawasaki, Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo and a leading expert on quantitative modelling...
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Book Review: Europe in Emerging Asia
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Guest AuthorEurope in Emerging Asia, Opportunities and Obstacles in Political and Economic Encounters, edited by Fredrik Erixon and Krishnan Srinivasan This...
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Strategic Challenge or Economic Benefit? Interpreting China’s FDI Flows
By: Stephen RangerForeign Direct Investment (FDI) and national security are often adversarial to one another. This is particularly the case with outward FDI from China...
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A US Retreat from TPP: What Does Services Trade Tell Us?
Research Areas: Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityDuring last weekend’s summit meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Peru, President Obama made the case that failure to sign on to TPP would...
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Brexit – The Trade Agenda Moves One Step Further
By: Roderick AbbottIn a previous blog I described the UK trade agenda, the four principal areas where the UK will be losing trade access or trade rights and privileges...