Insights
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Rethinking Taiwan: How the EU Should Follow China Into a Trade Agreement
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityA year ago, deepening trade relations between Taiwan and the EU was seen as a far-fetched goal for the EU. It was formally never considered for a FTA...
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A New Approach for EU-China Trade Policy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonWhat will happen to trade relations between China and the European Union (EU) in the next few years? China’s rise to preeminence in world...
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Solar Panels and Retaliatory Duties: What’s the Use?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy Jasper De Meyer (Intern at ECIPE) Solar power, and specifically the production of solar panels, has become a hot topic in trade policy circles....
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The Post-ACTA Debate: An Ethical Analysis of its Failure
Research Areas: Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalBy Jasper De Meyer (Intern at ECIPE) Why would ECIPE decide to join in on the controversial ACTA debate four months after the European Parliament...
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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...
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The New Eurozone Deal – Not a Game Changer
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceTags: EurozoneBy: Fredrik ErixonAfter they have exhausted all the alternatives, Eurozone leaders have finally done the right thing. Finally other countries stood up against German...
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Something Fishy Going on… – How to Rationalise European and Global Fisheries Policies
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: EUBy Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) World fish stocks are in peril. But despite massive overfishing, governments continue to support the...
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Does the European Development Agenda Help to Increase Trade with Developing Countries?
Research Areas: Africa EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Natalia MacyraThe new Communication from the European Commission and the ongoing reform of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) have revived the debate...
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The New EU Strategy for Trade and Development
Research Areas: Africa EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Latin America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonThere are some interesting ideas and proposals in the European Commission’s new Communication on trade and development. After a decade as...
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Resurrection?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: Doha RoundBy: Roderick AbbottDid you think that the Doha Round had died and was gone for good? Not so: the Trade Ministers in December “deeply regretted that …...
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Spain: Please Make me Austere, but not just yet
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceTags: SpainBy: Fredrik ErixonThere is a heated debate in Brussels now about whether the European Commission should take a hard-line approach against Spain and other...
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Europe’s Next Competition Revolution
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyTags: competitionBy: Fredrik ErixonEurope’s fiscal crisis can never be solved unless its economy orbits into a high-growth trajectory. Yet an agenda for increased economic growth...