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The International Services Agreement (ISA) – From the European Vantage Point
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityServices liberalisation has perhaps suffered from the deadlock of the WTO more than any other area of trade. As the discussions of a potential...
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The Rising Trend of Green Protectionism: Biofuels and the European Union
By: Fredrik ErixonThis paper surveys and discusses the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) in the European Union and its compatibility with EU obligations in the World...
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FTAs and the Crisis in the European Car Industry
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe crisis-struck EU finds it increasingly difficult to engage in trade negotiations with large-sized economies that would have a meaningful impact...
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The EU-India FTA Negotiations: Leading to an Agreement or Disagreement?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityAfter a brief discussion on the uneasy relationship between Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO, the implications of the “deep” integration...
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Industrial Policy in Europe Since the Second World War: What Has Been Learnt?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyPrompted by the revival of interest in industrial policy in several European countries, this paper considers what lessons can be learned from earlier...
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China’s Challenge
The global economic crisis has changed the perception that many Western countries shared on China. It is no longer viewed as an unruly and...
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Standards, Reputation and Trade: Evidence from US Horticultural Import Refusals
By disentangling productivity from quality sorting in horticultural exports, this paper investigates the impact of food safety standards and...
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Reputation Matters: Spillover Effects in the Enforcement of US SPS Measures
This paper uses a novel dataset on US food import refusals to show that reputation is an important factor in the enforcement of sanitary and...
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