South Asia and Oceania
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...