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The WTO Must Bounce Back
This policy brief surveys the state of the multilateral trading system, tracing the gradual decline of the Doha Round negotiations and the emergence...
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...
Trade Costs and Productivity in Services Sectors
For goods sectors, there is extensive empirical evidence that lower trade costs are associated with higher productivity at the firm- and...
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...
Beyond Dutch Disease: When Deteriorating Rule of Law affects Russian Trade in High-Tech Goods and Services with Advanced Economies
How does Russia’s deterioration of its rule of law in recent years affect its ability to move away from an export pattern dominated by natural...