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Upholding Europe’s Mandate on Trade: The EU-Japan FTA
This paper concerns Europe’s ability to continue its trade strategy into large scale FTAs that are necessary to sustain EU industrial capacities....
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...
Mercantilist Misconceptions: A Détente Strategy for EU-China Relations
EU-China relations look set to grow increasingly charged in the next few years. Both sides will go through political transitions. We are on the...
After Cross-Strait Rapprochement: A Conceptual Analysis of Potential Gains to Europe from China-Taiwan Economic Cooperation
Is it time for the European Union to revisit its trade policy strategy towards Taiwan? This paper takes a closer look at the potential effects on EU...
Did Euro Leaders Say Goodbye to the IMF?
This policy brief takes stock of the agreement by Eurozone countries in late June at the European summit. If this agreement survives (which is by no...
Immigration: An Opportunity for the European Union
The debate in Europe on migration, and its impact on employment, is lively but often painfully misguided. Increasing unemployment and the euro crisis...
The Meaning of the Unsaid: The New Eurozone Deal in Perspective
Expectations were low as European leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday last week for yet another summit to deal with an escalation of the crisis....