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By Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) Europe should increase its presence in the Asia-Pacific and become more actively engaged. This was the main the message from some of Europe’s most...

After they have exhausted all the alternatives, Eurozone leaders have finally done the right thing. Finally other countries stood up against German economic oppression, and the German austerity queen...

By Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) World fish stocks are in peril. But despite massive overfishing, governments continue to support the unsustainable exploitation of maritime...

The new Communication from the European Commission and the ongoing reform of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) have revived the debate about trade between the EU and developing countries....

There are some interesting ideas and proposals in the European Commission’s new Communication on trade and development. After a decade as leader of aid for trade, the EU now wants to reform its...

Did you think that the Doha Round had died and was gone for good?  Not so: the Trade Ministers in December “deeply regretted that … negotiations are at an impasse”;  but they “remain...

There is a heated debate in Brussels now about whether the European Commission should take a hard-line approach against Spain and other countries that will violate the three-percent deficit rule...

Europe’s fiscal crisis can never be solved unless its economy orbits into a high-growth trajectory. Yet an agenda for increased economic growth is badly missing in Europe today. While many...

By Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) The European Commission is not burying its head in the sand when it comes to promoting sustainable energy. Not even accusations of ‘unfairly’...

There are several factors that explain the current Eurozone crisis. One of them – arguably the key factor – is the sharp difference between economies inside the Eurozone and the different...