The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP) has been a focal point of much discussion in recent months. Of course, much of this debate centers on the economic and political pros and cons...

Attempts to raise the public support for trade agreements (even for some of the best ones) sometimes takes surreal forms. Here's one...

No rest for the wicked – after declaring war on books and taxis, it took the Hollande government less than a week to come back with a new tax on something digital. This time, the crosshair is on...

I was asked by a big Chinese news agency to provide a short comment on the health of China-EU trade relations. Here it is: Trade growth between China and the European Union in the past ten years has...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the twelve-country trade initiative, is often billed by United States to be a “gold standard” trade agreement for the 21st Century. It should usher trade...

Last week European leaders endorsed the launch of negotiations between the EU and the US over a bilateral trade agreement. Leaders said that they reiterated ”support for a comprehensive...

The following article was also published as an op-ed in the December 6th issue of the European Voice under the title ’Open trade is a two-way street’ The decision by the EU trade ministers to...

A year ago, deepening trade relations between Taiwan and the EU was seen as a far-fetched goal for the EU. It was formally never considered for a FTA with Europe, despite being one of the wealthiest...

What will happen to trade relations between China and the European Union (EU) in the next few years? China’s rise to preeminence in world trade has been a source of economic growth for...

By Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) Europe should increase its presence in the Asia-Pacific and become more actively engaged. This was the main the message from some of Europe’s most...