Insights
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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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China’s Growing Soft Power: Should Europe Protect its Cultural Industries?
By: Stephen RangerOne of the notable aspects of China’s foreign policy in recent years has been the increasing focus on developing soft power. Beijing has arguably...
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After Florence: a Step Forward, but Whose Turn to Go Next?
So where do matters stand with the UK-EU negotiations for an orderly separation or withdrawal agreement? Three major events – the Lancaster House...
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Transatlantic Trade Relations: Return to Normal?
Trump’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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Book Review: Europe in Emerging Asia
By: 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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Europe’s Productivity Problem
There is a long-standing concern about Europe’s productivity performance, a long-term indicator for sustained economic growth. It is a measure that...
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Data Localization in the EU: The Threat from Inside
As growth in the EU has remained low and the usual channels for recovery such as greater investment or an increase in the working-age population...
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A US Retreat from TPP: What Does Services Trade Tell Us?
During 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...
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Interview with Johan Norberg, author of ‘Progress – Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future’
Tags: globalisationBy: Guest AuthorECIPE: In the current age of misery there is this feeling that the world is getting darker and that the sky is about to fall down. You chronicle and...