In a nutshell On Tuesday, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued the long-awaited ruling on the case of Max Schrems, which investigated whether his right of privacy on his personal Facebook data...

On Thursday, the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates for the first time in nine years (figure 1). However, this decision is still surrounded by uncertainty. On one hand, the US economy has...

The last Japan-EU Summit achieved a little noticed but crucial progress. It made a clear call for “further progress in regulatory cooperation” between Japan and the EU—a theme non-existent two...

In recent years, data localisation requirements have become one of the main threats to the open trading system. As cross-border data flows are integral to a modern economy, restricting the movement...

In October 2014, Jeronim Capaldo published a paper (hereafter Capaldo 2014) suggesting TTIP to cause severe negative economic implications for Europe. In a recent paper, we point to the fundamental...

As reported by our friends at the FT, President Obama paid a visit to the Pacific Rim (Portland, Oregon to be precise) to campaign for the TPP agreement. The Democrats are deeply...

Well, they say the TPP deal is now ‘practically wrapped up’. The House and Senate Leadership have now tabled the bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill that must now slouch through the...

By Sara Holmberg, Research Assistant at ECIPE Imagine a small village in rural Kenya. Imagine 20 women who make traditional jewellery. Now, imagine the solar panels on their roofs, the laptops and...

In Germany, a few anti-TTIP groups are waging a resolute battle against TTIP in online media. Compared to both German industry associations and labour unions, which are the traditional bodies...

In the small pond of European trade and investment-policy wonks, the European Commission made some waves two weeks ago when it finally reported on the responses to its consultation over...