As reported by our friends at the FT, President Obama paid a visit to the Pacific Rim (Portland, Oregon to be precise) to campaign for the TPP agreement. The Democrats are deeply...

In Germany, a few anti-TTIP groups are waging a resolute battle against TTIP in online media. Compared to both German industry associations and labour unions, which are the traditional bodies...

Is 2015 realistic for conclusion of the deal? This interview in POLITICO with Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and MEP Marietje Schaake, published in POLITICO is available for the subscribers of Politico Pro. It...

President Obama’s recent executive order on immigration has triggered a big debate not only in the U.S. but also in Europe. The president did not propose an outright amnesty for illegal...

There'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 victory at the next week's APEC summit – and...

Do you sometimes wonder about the world trade statistics, published by the WTO? Behind the headline numbers, there is a lot to explore … Until 1995, when the GATS was added to the corpus of...

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP) has been a focal point of much discussion in recent months. Of course, much of this debate centers on the economic and political pros and cons...

The 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 what in today’s language is called the fast...

(A shorter version was published on the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal on July 5th, 2013) Kissinger famously asked, “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” – well, if the...

Last week European leaders endorsed the launch of negotiations between the EU and the US over a bilateral trade agreement. Leaders said that they reiterated ”support for a comprehensive...