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Is the European Union Deforestation Regulation WTO-Proof?
The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is set to take effect on 30th December 2024. While it aligns with EU’s climate goals under the...
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Has the Fairest Clauses of Us All? Stress-testing the Application of Mirror Clauses to Pesticides
In less than six months, ‘mirror clauses’ have taken EU trade policy by storm. To inject ‘reciprocity’ in trading terms, the French...
The Role of Trade Policy in Promoting Sustainable Agriculture
There is now a long history of countries improving sustainability standards in most parts of the economy while at the same time pursuing the...
The UK’s First International Trade Negotiation – Agriculture at the WTO
There are few issues that cause more controversy in international trade policy than agriculture. The EU’s overall agriculture policy, including...
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: An Accident Report
This Policy Brief is co-authored with Bob Vastine and J Bradford Jensen The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was...
Food Security and the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy: Facts Against Fears
Fears about food security in the EU have become a driving force in the debate about the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). But the facts do...
Product Standards and Developing Country Agricultural Exports: The Case of the European Union
This paper shows that private product standards in EU food and agriculture markets can have significant trade effects. In particular for developing...
The Common Agricultural Policy and the French, EU and Global Economies
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and EU membership have undergone big changes under the 2003 reforms. This has changed the incentives faced by...
Distribution of Agricultural Support: Selected French Evidences
This paper examines the French distribution of agricultural direct payments. It makes clear the institutional channels which aim at redistributing a...
Public Money for Public Goods: Winners and Losers from CAP Reform
Who will win and who will lose under the post-2013 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)? Will those member states that benefit most from the current...