Insights
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TTIP in 2015: The View from Brussels
Is 2015 realistic for conclusion of the deal? This interview in POLITICO with Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and MEP Marietje Schaake, published in POLITICO is...
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Linking Russia’s Crisis to Trade: Shall We Go Back to the Root of the Problem?
The latest crisis in a series of political events in Russia has shown that its economy is extremely fragile. Partly this is because Russia’s...
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Should the European Union be Inspired by Obama’s Actions on Immigration?
President Obama’s recent executive order on immigration has triggered a big debate not only in the U.S. but also in Europe. The president did not...
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China – Regionalism and Multilateralism
By: Fredrik ErixonThe history of international economic cooperation teaches us one important lesson: every form of cooperation will die – essentially if not...
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The Juncker Gambit
By: Fredrik ErixonJuncker is taking a gamble. Creating this new investment fund was a signature promise to voters in the European election, and now he is putting a...
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The Politics of TTIP – What are the Key Controversies, How to Address Them?
The recent conference organised by ECIPE on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that the EU and the US are currently...
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Why Europe Needs to Take TPP Seriously
Tags: APEC Australia Canada China EU GATT Japan Malaysia Mexico New Zealand RCEP Singapore TPP TTIP US Vietnam WTOThere's no point any longer in pretending: The geo-economic race over the Asia-Pacific is now on - and in the open. Will the TPP coalition declare...
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#ECIPEdebates: ISDS in TTIP – Should it Stay or Should it Go?
In his reply to our latest #ECIPEdebate, Simon Lester - trade policy analyst at Cato Institute - expresses the feeling that many of...
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Behind Global Trade Statistics
By: Roderick AbbottDo you sometimes wonder about the world trade statistics, published by the WTO? Behind the headline numbers, there is a lot to explore … Until...
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Why Italy Fails and Swedish Economists are Smug
Our friends at Bruegel posted a nice piece called "Why does Italy not grow?" which I missed when it was first published (until a chronically...
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Competition Authorities Should Listen to Jean Tirole
By Maria Salfi (Intern at ECIPE) The recent Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Jean Tirole, has brought very important contributions to economics –...
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Cracking the Mainstream Notion of Fiscal Competition
Tags: European Commissionby Maria Salfi (Intern at ECIPE) There is a general widespread notion within the European Union that a lower corporate tax rate can harm...