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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...
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....
The Eurozone’s Arrested Adolescence: Sketching a Way Out of the Crisis
The Eurozone crisis has been reinforced and prolonged by leaders’ inability to agree on robust and credible crisis responses. Individual...
High Noon in Europe’s Financial Regulatory Agenda
“Is the chicken now coming home to rooster?”, asked a senior bank executive at a recent conference on European bank regulations. After four years...
Russia in the WTO: Unriddling the Mystery of Russia’s Trade Policy
After almost two decades of accession negotiations, Russia was invited in mid-December last year to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This was...
Please Make Spain Austere, But Not Just Yet!
Spain is on the brink of another wave of profound market distrust. It is about to enter a depressionary cycle while serious doubts remain about it...
Who should Lead the World Bank?
Who is the best candidate to lead the World Bank? I don’t know. What I do know, however, is that the process for selecting a new World Bank chief...
The Rising Trend of Green Protectionism: Biofuels and the European Union
This paper surveys and discusses the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) in the European Union and its compatibility with EU obligations in the World...