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...

A couple of days before Brussels shut down for winter holidays, I was reached by an email that my op-ed on internet taxation in France and Italy is one of the most popular articles on European...

After twelve years of tedious negotiations, only a fraction of the original Doha mandate remains. One is filled with certain surprise and relief, as the news of the Bali agreement reach us 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...

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of Argentina, was on fire that day, almost exactly a year ago, when she introduced the bill that would enable the government to grab the...

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...

By Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) The European Commission is not burying its head in the sand when it comes to promoting sustainable energy. Not even accusations of ‘unfairly’...

Imagine that a troika of enlightened creatures from Mars, Venus and Pluto would set their feet in Europe to pass a judgment on the eurozone crisis. What would they say? Free from future ambition,...