At a time where digital trade is the fastest growing component of all trade flows, barriers to digital trade are also rising. Fredrik Erixon talks to Erik van der Marel, Senior Economist at ECIPE...

Now that he took office, no shortage of work awaits Mr Hogan, the new EU Trade Commissioner. We review some of his key challenges. ‘I always seem to inherit a job when things are not going too...

All three of the WTO’s functions - administering multilateral trade rules, serving as a forum for trade negotiations, and providing a mechanism to settle trade disputes - are currently under...

On October 2, a Commissioner-Designate for the DG Trade Phil Hogan has presented a list of strategic priorities for the next 5-year term in the office. Accordingly, one of his main focus areas will...

With the elections for the European Parliament, multiple promises are made as politicians compete to gain voters and influence future policies. One might then ask, how will the outcome of these...

By Iain Murray, Competitive Enterprise Institute The global trading system that was set up after World War II and has been so successful in reducing tariffs around the world appears to be on its...

* This blog is written together with Janez Kren, PhD candidate at the University of Leuven, who is a co-author of one of the studies presented below. Policymakers today have the difficult...

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,...

Up until now, the debate about trade has been one-sided: It was mainly one side, which dominated the headlines and captured the hearts and minds of the public and stakeholders. As a result, the...

Commissioner Cecilia Malmström’s Communication on European trade strategy seems to have won praises from Brussels and the capitals, with at least one head of government (PM Cameron) hailing her...