Insights (Filter: China)
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Strategic Challenge or Economic Benefit? Interpreting China’s FDI Flows
By: Stephen RangerForeign Direct Investment (FDI) and national security are often adversarial to one another. This is particularly the case with outward FDI from China...
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Can Europe Shape the Peaceful Rise of China? Working through the AIIB
By: Stephen RangerThe old adage was that the future of Asia would be Europe’s past, yet Europe’s role in the region’s future has often been given little...
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China – Regionalism and Multilateralism
By: Fredrik ErixonThe history of international economic cooperation teaches us one important lesson: every form of cooperation will die – essentially if not...
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Why Europe Needs to Take TPP Seriously
Tags: APEC Australia Canada China EU GATT Japan Malaysia Mexico New Zealand RCEP Singapore TPP TTIP US Vietnam WTOThere's no point any longer in pretending: The geo-economic race over the Asia-Pacific is now on - and in the open. Will the TPP coalition declare...
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#ECIPEdebates: ISDS in TTIP – Should it Stay or Should it Go?
In his reply to our latest #ECIPEdebate, Simon Lester - trade policy analyst at Cato Institute - expresses the feeling that many of...
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Behind Global Trade Statistics
By: Roderick AbbottDo you sometimes wonder about the world trade statistics, published by the WTO? Behind the headline numbers, there is a lot to explore … Until...
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The Costs of Data Localisation: Country Reports
Last month, we published a paper that aimed to quantify the losses that result from data localisation requirements and stringent data privacy and...
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The Costs of Data Localization
In the aftermath of recent revelations on mass-scale electronic surveillance, there has been a widespread proliferation of internet restrictions. One...
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The World Economy – Running on One or Two Engines?
By: Fredrik ErixonThe image of the world economy in the past years has been one of a slowing tanker, running only on one engine. The developing part of the world, or...
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The Health and Future of China-EU Trade Relations
Tags: ChinaBy: Fredrik ErixonI 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...
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Desert Island FTAs: How the CJK Agreement and the Territorial Dispute Actually Co-exist
If you believe the Western press, we are approaching a major conflict over the Senkaku islands or Diaoyus, depending on who you side with. There...
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Rethinking Taiwan: How the EU Should Follow China Into a Trade Agreement
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...