Insights
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TTIP in 2015: The View from Brussels
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIs 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
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: 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?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe 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
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: 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?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIn 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
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceOur 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
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy 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
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyTags: 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...