Publications (Filter: EU)
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EU Trade Barriers in the Agri-food Sector: When Protection Breeds Dependence
This paper looks for firm-level evidence that high rates of protection breed concentration of firm activities into highly protected sectors,...
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One Minute to Midnight: Is There Still Time to Rethink EPAs?
The European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries are entering the final phase of negotiation over...
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Trade Costs, Barriers to Entry, and Export Diversification in Developing Countries
This paper finds that a 1 percent reduction in the cost of exporting or the cost of international transport is associated with an export...
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The Rome Treaty at 50
Tags: Common Agricultural Policy EU Europe GATT integration services Single Market trade trade in goods WTOIn March, 2007, the Treaty of Rome celebrates its 50th anniversary. The chief lesson from this remarkable period of European cooperation is the...
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Has Economic Analysis Improved Regulatory Decisions?
In response to the increasing impact of regulation, several governments have introduced economic analysis as a way of trying to improve regulatory...
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Antidumping Policy in the EU
Tags: anti-dumping EU European Commission global economy protectionism subsidies trade trade defenceThe European Union is currently reviewing its policy for trade defence instruments; instruments purported to defend European producers from unfair...
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Looking East: The European Union’s New Trade Negotiations in Asia
By: Razeen SallyIn late 2006, Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, announced a new EU policy on free trade agreements (FTAs). This is contained in the...
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European Union Policy Towards Free Trade Agreements
The European Union has recently shifted to a trade policy that envisages a greater use of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). In particular the EU is...
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