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Five Challenges for Five Decisive Years in Europe
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 9th of June 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found here. For years, European citizens in general, and...
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Event Summary: Trading Up: How EU Trade Policy Can Lead to Better Market Access and More Resilient Sourcing
On May 14, 2024, together with Europe Unlocked, we organised a conference titled "Trading Up: How EU Trade Policy Can Lead to Better Market Access and More Resilient Sourcing." The event, held in...
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Trade in the Great Sea: Revisiting EU-Southern Mediterranean trade relations
Image: Romeyn de Hooghe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Mediterranean region may currently not be a central geography for EU trade policy. As the EU’s attention lies on issues such as...
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On the importance of trade openness
*Disclaimer: the views expressed herein are those of the author and do not represent an official position by the European Commission. Competitiveness concerns are back to the fore. The FT has...
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Grumbling in the Fields: EU Agriculture and Trade
*The views expressed herein are individual to the author and do not represent any official position European farmers have taken their tractors to the streets. Their list of complaints can be...
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L’accord CETA et les PME : une évaluation commerciale au niveau microéconomique
* Avertissement : les opinions exprimées ici sont celles de l'auteur et ne représentent pas une position officielle de la Commission européenne. CETA : des attentes à la réalité L’ALE...
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IMEC: The Road That Should Not Be Taken
In the Greek Mythology, a Sisyphean task refers to a seemingly endless and futile endeavour, almost impossible to complete. The inception of the India-Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)...
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The resilience of liberalism: two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
"The battles for decency and truth are among the most important political battles of our time, and the adjective liberal is our most important weapon." Michael Walzer, 2023 February 24th, 2024,...
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WTO Dispute Settlement Reform Hinges on Washington
There are few issues today on which trade lawyers in Washington, DC, will agree. But virtually all US trade lawyers – Democrats, Republicans, administration, Congress or private sector – agree...
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WTO Abu Dhabi Conference: Stalemate or Stepping Stone
It’s only 20 months since the WTO last had a ministerial conference. Usually, it’s at least two years between meetings but the previous conference was delayed by COVID, so there’s an element...