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The New Wave of Defensive Trade Policy Measures in the European Union: Design, Structure, and Trade Effects
This study undertakes a comprehensive review of proposed and adopted defensive trade policy instruments in the EU, with the purpose of better...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Taking Stock of Europe’s New Trade Policy Strategy
This Policy Brief takes stock of the EU Trade Policy Review – the Commission’s proposed strategy for trade. Despite appearances, the Review...
Building Consistent Policies on Subsidies in the Film Industry: Institutions and Instruments in France and Korea
This paper explores a much-neglected aspect of cultural policies: the role of the institutions in charge and the way they use the instruments at...
The Trump tariffs on steel and aluminium: the end of the WTO?
There is no doubt that the recent announcement by the U.S. Administration of tariff hikes on steel and aluminium, justified on national security...
Assessing the Solar Energy Dispute between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China
Sylvain Plasschaert is Honorary Professor at the University of Antwerp and at the Catholic University of...
Les Fonds Souverains de Brevets (FSB) :Un nouvel instrument de défense commerciale?
La prolifération des fonds souverains de brevets (FSB) fait peu débat alors même qu’il existe une demande croissante en faveur de règles, au...
Sovereign Patent Funds (SPFs): Next-generation Trade Defence?
While there is an increasing demand for a discipline in the next generation FTAs that restricts SOEs in international trade, there is less debate on...
Solar Panels, Telecommunication Equipment – and the “Modernisation” of EU Trade Defence Policy
Can trade defence instruments like anti-dumping and anti-subsidy/countervailing duties be smartly used to counter government subsidies distorting the...
ACTA – The Ethical Analysis of a Failure, and its Lessons
ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) was originally meant to enforce and harmonise IPR provisions in existing trade agreements within a...