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The Reform of Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO
On October 7, ECIPE hosted a discussion on the reform of Special and Differential Treatment (STD) in the WTO. The event started with a presentation of a forthcoming paper by Ms. Inu Manak and Mr....
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The future EU trade policy – what have we learned from the European Parliament hearings?
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...
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Episode 8: The past and future of EU trade policy with Christofer Fjellner
Fredrik Erixon talks to Christofer Fjellner, an MEP from Sweden who sits on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade. They talk about how EU trade policy has evolved throughout the...
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Risks to the EU from a US-China Trade Agreement
After the United States imposed $250billion of tariffs on Chinese goods based on its determination, under U.S. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, that China had violated trade agreements with the...
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‘This is not a Love Song’
By Bernard Kuiten, Head of External Relations at the World Trade Organization Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols's former frontman sang this in 1983. It's a spot-on description of the mood between...
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From the General Agreement to the World Trade Organisation
This blog is about the gap between the old GATT mansion (Villa Bocage) and the modern WTO edifice (Centre William Rappard) – or to explain that more clearly it explores the grey area between the...
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IN MEMORIAM – PETER SUTHERLAND
Peter died last Sunday in a hospital in Dublin, his home city and home country. He was aged 71. He had suffered a heart attack in September 2016, which proved ultimately to be fatal, and had been in...
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Brexit – The Trade Agenda Moves One Step Further
In a previous blog I described the UK trade agenda, the four principal areas where the UK will be losing trade access or trade rights and privileges as a result of Brexit. I presume that the...
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The WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi – What are the Results?
The 10th Ministerial Conference of the WTO finished on Saturday night in Nairobi with a package of agreements the WTO itself calls “historic”. Considering that some believed that the WTO was...
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China – Regionalism and Multilateralism
The history of international economic cooperation teaches us one important lesson: every form of cooperation will die – essentially if not formally – if it does not adapt to new conditions for...