Blog
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A New Approach for EU-China Trade Policy
What will happen to trade relations between China and the European Union (EU) in the next few years? China’s rise to preeminence in world trade has been a source of economic growth for...
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Solar Panels and Retaliatory Duties: What’s the Use?
By Jasper De Meyer (Intern at ECIPE) Solar power, and specifically the production of solar panels, has become a hot topic in trade policy circles. China recently launched a WTO case against the...
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The Post-ACTA Debate: An Ethical Analysis of its Failure
By Jasper De Meyer (Intern at ECIPE) Why would ECIPE decide to join in on the controversial ACTA debate four months after the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted against it? Introducing the...
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Going from Absence to Leadership — Expectations on the EU in the Asia-Pacific region
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...
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The New Eurozone Deal – Not a Game Changer
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...
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Something Fishy Going on… – How to Rationalise European and Global Fisheries Policies
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...
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Does the European Development Agenda Help to Increase Trade with Developing Countries?
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....
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The New EU Strategy for Trade and Development
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...
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Resurrection?
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...
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Spain: Please Make me Austere, but not just yet
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...