Trade, Globalisation and Security
-
#ECIPEdebates: Are EU Sanctions on Russia Working?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityFollowing the agreement reached at the special European Council held on 30th August, the EU has announced the implementation – effective from...
-
India, the WTO Bali Package, and Global Value Chains
Research Areas: Industrial and Competitiveness Policy South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIndia’s economy has become much more liberal over the last 20 years. Its applied tariff rate has gone down from a high 113% in 1990-91 to a low...
-
Outsider’s Perspective on TTIP
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP) has been a focal point of much discussion in recent months. Of course, much of this debate...
-
Cheerleading for Trade Agreements
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: TTIPAttempts to raise the public support for trade agreements (even for some of the best ones) sometimes takes surreal forms. Here's one...
-
The Costs of Data Localization
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIn the aftermath of recent revelations on mass-scale electronic surveillance, there has been a widespread proliferation of internet restrictions. One...
-
The World Economy – Running on One or Two Engines?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonThe image of the world economy in the past years has been one of a slowing tanker, running only on one engine. The developing part of the world, or...
-
More Threats to European Way of Life (part 3): Movies on Smartphones.
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityNo rest for the wicked – after declaring war on books and taxis, it took the Hollande government less than a week to come back with a new tax on...
-
Unwelcome Benefits of the WTO Bali Deal?
Research Areas: Africa Industrial and Competitiveness Policy South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: agriculture foreign direct investment India Least Developed Countries multilateralism trade facilitation WTO WTO Ministerial ConferenceAfter twelve years of tedious negotiations, only a fraction of the original Doha mandate remains. One is filled with certain surprise and relief,...
-
The Health and Future of China-EU Trade Relations
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: ChinaBy: Fredrik ErixonI was asked by a big Chinese news agency to provide a short comment on the health of China-EU trade relations. Here it is: Trade growth between...
-
Desert Island FTAs: How the CJK Agreement and the Territorial Dispute Actually Co-exist
If you believe the Western press, we are approaching a major conflict over the Senkaku islands or Diaoyus, depending on who you side with. There...
-
Bang or a Whimper? The Doha Round and the Bali Ministerial Meeting
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonThe paradox of modern trade policy is that it is painfully difficult to stitch together a global trade deal despite economies being ever more densely...
-
Trade, Regulations and TPP
Research Areas: Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: TPPBy: Fredrik ErixonThe Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the twelve-country trade initiative, is often billed by United States to be a “gold standard” trade...