Insights
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Fake News and How to Use Twitter in a Meaningful Way for Policy Debates: Lessons from the European Commission’s “Digital Tax” Campaign
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Matthias BauerAre the EU’s institutions superior to national administrations in formulating policies on the basis of data, facts and empirical evidence? Or are...
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‘This Is Not a Love Song’
Tags: WTOBy: Guest AuthorBy Bernard Kuiten, Head of External Relations at the World Trade Organization Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols's former frontman sang this in 1983....
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Why Trade-NOW?
Tags: tradeBy: Guest AuthorUp until now, the debate about trade has been one-sided: It was mainly one side, which dominated the headlines and captured the hearts and minds of...
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L’insoutenable légèreté de la décision de l’Institut Français de Séoul en Corée : La disparition de la Médiathèque à Séoul
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectBy: Jimmyn Parc« C’est avec beaucoup d’humilité que je viens aujourd’hui dans ce lieu essayer de vous parler de francophonie ». Si je reprends, avec...
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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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Brexit: Leaving the EU – What Lies Ahead?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Roderick AbbottThe current Brexit debate is mainly about the transition period which will probably follow the UK’s exit from the EU in March 2019. I say probably...
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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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Are Services Really Not Helping the Economy?
Research Areas: Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyTags: servicesBullocks! That is the conclusion that came to me when I participated in the roundtable conference on services and economic development in Tokyo last...
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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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Posted Workers in the EU: Social Dumping vs Competitive Advantage
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalTags: EUThere are concerns that posted workers in the EU dump working conditions and have a depressing effect on salaries. These individuals are temporarily...