Publications
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ACTA – The Ethical Analysis of a Failure, and its Lessons
ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) was originally meant to enforce and harmonise IPR provisions in existing trade agreements within a...
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Mercantilist Misconceptions: A Détente Strategy for EU-China Relations
By: Fredrik ErixonEU-China relations look set to grow increasingly charged in the next few years. Both sides will go through political transitions. We are on the...
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After Cross-Strait Rapprochement: A Conceptual Analysis of Potential Gains to Europe from China-Taiwan Economic Cooperation
Tags: China EU Information and Communications Technology investment Taiwan trade agreements trade policyIs it time for the European Union to revisit its trade policy strategy towards Taiwan? This paper takes a closer look at the potential effects on EU...
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Trade Costs and Productivity in Services Sectors
For goods sectors, there is extensive empirical evidence that lower trade costs are associated with higher productivity at the firm- and...
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Did Euro Leaders Say Goodbye to the IMF?
By: Fredrik ErixonThis policy brief takes stock of the agreement by Eurozone countries in late June at the European summit. If this agreement survives (which is by no...
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Immigration: An Opportunity for the European Union
By: Natalia MacyraThe debate in Europe on migration, and its impact on employment, is lively but often painfully misguided. Increasing unemployment and the euro crisis...
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Beyond Dutch Disease: When Deteriorating Rule of Law affects Russian Trade in High-Tech Goods and Services with Advanced Economies
Tags: economy Information and Communications Technology Russia services technology trade in goods WTOHow does Russia’s deterioration of its rule of law in recent years affect its ability to move away from an export pattern dominated by natural...
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The Meaning of the Unsaid: The New Eurozone Deal in Perspective
By: Fredrik ErixonExpectations were low as European leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday last week for yet another summit to deal with an escalation of the crisis....
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The Eurozone’s Arrested Adolescence: Sketching a Way Out of the Crisis
By: Fredrik ErixonThe Eurozone crisis has been reinforced and prolonged by leaders’ inability to agree on robust and credible crisis responses. Individual...