Geopolitical and economic developments have raised concerns about the EU’s exposure to hostile countries. Conor McCaffrey and Niclas Poitiers assess the nature of this threat and outline lessons that can be drawn
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Alicia García-Herrero argues the EU should try to attract more business from Taiwan, though Taiwan’s January 2024 election hasn’t made the job easier
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The US has dropped its support for unhindered international digital trade. Patrick Leblond argues that it now makes an e-commerce agreement at the WTO more likely
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Matteo Neri-Lainé, Gianluca Orefice and Michele Ruta discuss the effect of deep trade agreements in integrating developing countries’ economies
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Trade and investment policy is increasingly becoming politicised. Bernard Hoekman, Petros Mavroidis and Douglas Nelson present pragmatic suggestions to sustain multilateral trade cooperation
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Patrick Minford evaluates the progress being made on the Brexit agenda, focussing on trade, regulation and the EU border
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Pascal Lamy argues that the protectionist shift in US policy is not recent, and can be traced back about 15 years
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Preferential agreements can be an alternative to a sclerotic WTO, but, if multilateral rules fail, they also risk conflict between trading blocs. Uri Dadush and Enzo Dominguez Prost discuss
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