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Episode 12: How impactful can Blockchain be for International Trade? With Hanna Norberg
Fredrik Erixon talks to Hanna Norberg, the founder of Trade Economista and co-founder of digitaltradepolicy.org. They discuss the potential of Blockchain for international trade. What is Blockchain...
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Isolation or Integration: Why the EU Free Trade Agreement the Brexiters want is not deliverable
In the race to be the next UK Prime Minister there is a strong narrative that the country’s future economic relationship with the EU can be simply solved. The EU backtracks on including the Irish...
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How to make trade policy cool (again) on social media?
Lucian Cernat*, Chief Trade Economist, European Commission A recent LSE blog points out that economists, unlike other social scientists, are bad communicators. That's probably true. Although,...
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How to prepare for the next anti-free trade campaign?
The recent anti-free trade campaigns are one example of a changing political environment. By trying to block the CETA and TTIP negotiations, NGOs and citizens’ initiatives have now become part of...
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Trade is here to stay.
In a time of rising protectionism and emerging trade wars, it is crucial that supporters of free trade raise their voices. We need to create a new narrative that addresses concerns and makes our case...
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The Tools of the Free Trade
Recent years have shown that trade policy is no longer an issue discussed behind closed doors. Grassroots movement’s campaigns have brought the topic to the streets. More and more people...