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Demystifying Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
Investor-State Dispute Settlement, a legal provision in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) or other International Investment Agreements that gives...
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The “Repsol Case” Against Argentina: Lessons for Investment Protection Policy
Research Areas: Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Latin America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonAre Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) fit for purpose – to help resolving disputes between investors and states in an efficient, fair and...
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After the Bali Agreement: Lessons from the Doha Round for the WTO’s Post-Bali Agenda
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonAt the WTO summit in Bali late last year, trade ministers managed to clear the way for a new trade agreement. This is positive news – and it proves...
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What’s Next for EU-China Relations?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonPresident Xi’s visit to Brussels prompts the question: are China and the EU willing to rekindle their relationship, to fuse it with other energy...
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Russia, Crimea – and Europe’s Foreign Economic Policy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonThe European Union is the largest economy in the world. But it is not the most powerful. It has shown its capacity for economic statecraft by...
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Investing in Obesity Treatment to Deliver Significant Healthcare Savings: Estimating the Healthcare Costs of Obesity and the Benefits of Treatment
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalTags: healthcareBy: Fredrik ErixonObesity rates in Europe have been growing at an accelerated speed in the past two decades. In the European Union, between 36.9% and 56.7% of all...
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Argentina, the Expropriation of Repsol YPF, and the Case for Improved Investment Protection Accords
By: Fredrik ErixonArgentina’s expropriation of Repsol’s shares in the Argentinean energy company YPF sent chock waves through the international investment...
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Biofuels Reform in the European Union: Why New ILUC Rules will Reinforce the WTO Inconsistency of EU Biofuels Policy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonThis paper takes stock of the proposals by the European Commission and members of the European Parliament to amend the Renewable Energy Directive...
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Solar Panels, Telecommunication Equipment – and the “Modernisation” of EU Trade Defence Policy
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonCan trade defence instruments like anti-dumping and anti-subsidy/countervailing duties be smartly used to counter government subsidies distorting the...
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EU Policies on Online Entrepreneurship: Conversations with U.S. Venture Capitalists
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North AmericaBy: Fredrik ErixonThis paper examines the role of policy for creating an attractive atmosphere for venture capital investments in online start-ups and...
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Money Mischief in the Eurozone: Reforming the European Monetary Union
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Fredrik ErixonThe European Central Bank has been a source of monetary disorder in the Eurozone. It was complicit in creating a huge asset bubble and growing...
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One Year After the Foul Expropriation of YPF: Argentina’s Road to Ruin
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Latin AmericaBy: Fredrik ErixonIt is one year ago since the Argentinian President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, introduced the bill that allowed the government to expropriate...