Recent years have shown that trade policy is no longer an issue discussed behind closed doors. Grassroots movement’s campaigns have brought the topic to the streets. More and more people...

One of the notable aspects of China’s foreign policy in recent years has been the increasing focus on developing soft power. Beijing has arguably invested more in this area than any other country...

So where do matters stand with the UK-EU negotiations for an orderly separation or withdrawal agreement? Three major events – the Lancaster House speech in January, followed by the Article 50...

Trump’s rhetoric on trade during his election campaign set a bad tone for US trade policy in general, but also for EU-US trade relations. However, his views – or at least his rhetoric – on many...

Dr Kenichi Kawasaki, Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo and a leading expert on quantitative modelling of trade liberalisation, revisited ECIPE on March...

Europe in Emerging Asia, Opportunities and Obstacles in Political and Economic Encounters, edited by Fredrik Erixon and Krishnan Srinivasan This collection of ‘essays’, written largely from...

There is a long-standing concern about Europe’s productivity performance, a long-term indicator for sustained economic growth. It is a measure that summarizes how effective we use our economic...

As growth in the EU has remained low and the usual channels for recovery such as greater investment or an increase in the working-age population remains far-fetched, the omen is on creating higher...

In a previous blog I described the UK trade agenda, the four principal areas where the UK will be losing trade access or trade rights and privileges as a result of Brexit.  I presume that the...

This note is written on the basis that exit from the EU entails some automatic loss of privileges, which can then be renegotiated with trade partners, either rapidly or in some cases over time. But...