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The International Services Agreement (ISA) – From the European Vantage Point
Services 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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FTAs and the Crisis in the European Car Industry
The 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?
After a brief discussion on the uneasy relationship between Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO, the implications of the “deep” integration...
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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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Public Support for Trade Policy
Public opinion data suggests that people on both sides of the Atlantic are committed to free trade in principle, but advocate protection...
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A Guide to CAP Reform Politics: Issues, Positions and Dynamics
CAP reform is the major bone of contention in the negotiations of the next long-term EU budget beyond 2013. In a new working paper, Valentin...
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Value For Money: Getting Europe’s Trade and IPR Policy Right
Few issues in trade and international commercial policy have in the past decade provoked as much contention as intellectual property rights...
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Securing Korea’s Prosperity in the Next Century: An analysis of the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement
Korea is a country at cross-roads. As a small but innovative economy, it has always depended on free trade for growth. But as it faces competition...