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Global trade policy is in poor health. The relevance and integrity of the WTO have been eroded. Trade wars and commercial frictions have replaced the past spirit of gradually expanding the scope for...

The Covid-19 crisis has shed new light on state failures in the West. Good government is a vital source of global competitive advantage - and, lately, countries like Singapore and South Korea have...

Fredrik Erixon talks to Matt Ridley - a journalist, thinker, author and businessman - about his new book, How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom. In their conversation, Matt and...

Fredrik Erixon talks to Dan Ikenson, the director of the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies. They start their discussion by talking about how free trade is seen in...

In this episode, Fredrik Erixon talks to Michelle Egan, Professor and Jean Monnet Chair ad personam of the School of International Service at the American University and author of the...

Small and Medium Entreprises (SMEs) represent two-thirds of total employment in Europe. Over the years, their role in economic growth and business activity has been expanding. In this episode,...

The pandemic has put great challenges to firms and the leadership of organisations. In this episode, Fredrik Erixon talks to Darci Vetter, a senior executive at Edelman and former lead trade...

In the outbreak of COVID-19, the EU international freight traffic was close to collapsing with the obstruction of trucks from delivering goods to supermarkets in dire need of replenishing their...

Fredrik Erixon talks to Anna Stellinger, the Deputy Director General at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise responsible for International and EU Affairs. They discuss trade and border issues...

In this episode, Fredrik Erixon talks to Johan Norberg, a leading advocate of globalisation and author of Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future. His latest book, which has only...