Trade, Globalisation and Security
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A Funeral l(ITA)ny for Technology Trade
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: WTOIt has been called the mother of all plurilaterals – or the only evidence of any trade liberalisation since the creation of the WTO. Nonetheless,...
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From the Swiss Formula to the Swiss Cheese Approach to Trade
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonIt is a sign of times that many government officials today spend considerable time thinking about what products that should not be embraced by...
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Spycraft or Economic Statecraft? The EU Won’t Scuttle Trade Talks with the U.S. over Espionage Allegations
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and Security(A shorter version was published on the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal on July 5th, 2013) Kissinger famously asked, “Who do I...
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So Who is Eating Argentina’s Lunch Now?
Research Areas: Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Latin America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonCristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of Argentina, was on fire that day, almost exactly a year ago, when she introduced the bill...
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Freeing Up Transatlantic Trade
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonLast week European leaders endorsed the launch of negotiations between the EU and the US over a bilateral trade agreement. Leaders said that...
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Open Trade and Its Discontents
The following article was also published as an op-ed in the December 6th issue of the European Voice under the title ’Open trade is a two-way...
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Rethinking Taiwan: How the EU Should Follow China Into a Trade Agreement
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityA year ago, deepening trade relations between Taiwan and the EU was seen as a far-fetched goal for the EU. It was formally never considered for a FTA...
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A New Approach for EU-China Trade Policy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonWhat will happen to trade relations between China and the European Union (EU) in the next few years? China’s rise to preeminence in world...
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Solar Panels and Retaliatory Duties: What’s the Use?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy Jasper De Meyer (Intern at ECIPE) Solar power, and specifically the production of solar panels, has become a hot topic in trade policy circles....
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Going from Absence to Leadership — Expectations on the EU in the Asia-Pacific region
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) Europe should increase its presence in the Asia-Pacific and become more actively engaged. This was the...
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Something Fishy Going on… – How to Rationalise European and Global Fisheries Policies
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: EUBy Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) World fish stocks are in peril. But despite massive overfishing, governments continue to support the...
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Does the European Development Agenda Help to Increase Trade with Developing Countries?
Research Areas: Africa EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Natalia MacyraThe new Communication from the European Commission and the ongoing reform of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) have revived the debate...