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The Treaty of Lisbon and the European Union as an actor in international trade
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceThe Treaty of Lisbon will introduce a number of changes to European Union (EU) external trade policy decision making. These involve the scope of...
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The Quest for Gas Market Competition
By: Fredrik ErixonMore, not less, competition in the EU’s gas markets is required to achieve a Single Market and to therefore reduce Europe’s vulnerability to gas...
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Green Protectionism in the European Union: How Europe’s Biofuels Policy and the Renewable Energy Directive Violate WTO Commitments
By: Fredrik ErixonWhat happened to the professed environmental goal to substitute fossil fuels wit biofuels, asks Fredrik Erixon in a new study of EU biofuels policy....
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Protectionism Online: Internet Censorship and International Trade Law
Internet is a global market place. The rapid development of the Internet, and especially of Internet-based com- merce, has largely taken place...
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The Optimal Basel Capital Requirement to Cope with Pro-cyclicality: A Theoretical Approach
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: financial sectorThis paper focuses on the role of the Basel capital requirement and proposes a new counter cyclical measure by use of a simple general equilibrium...
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The WTO’s Trade Policy Review Mechanism: How to Create Political Will for Liberalization
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe economic crisis has sparked fears about emerging protectionism and created wide interest in initiatives to monitor trade policies. The WTO...
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Does the Trading System have a Future?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThere is a great deal of ruin in the trading system. Yet, in many respects it has been a huge success. The opening of the world economy of the...
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Half a Century of Exporting Educational Services: Assessing Egypt’s Role in Educating the Arab World
Egypt’s role as the leading exporter of educational services to the Arab region has been a source of national pride and great debate in the...
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Liberalising Air Cargo Services in APEC
This study aims at assessing the link between a more liberal air cargo regime and increased bilateral merchandise trade in the Asia Pacific...