Blog post
20 September 2016
What does China’s ‘belt and road initiative’ mean for EU trade?
Much has been written about the Belt and Road initiative since Xi Jinping made it Beijing’s flagship initiative in September 2013. There are many inte
Trade policy
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Working paper
05 September 2016
China’s Belt and Road initiative: can Europe expect trade gains?
The Belt and Road aims to ease bottlenecks for cross-border trade in Asia, Europe and Africa. This paper measures empirically whether the reduction i
Blog post
01 August 2016
Should the UK pull out of the EU customs union?
The UK Government appears divided on whether the United Kingdom should seek to remain within the European Union’s customs union after Brexit. The Unit
Blog post
27 July 2016
Will TTIP survive Brexit?
There are concerns that the UK’s decision to leave the EU may jeopardise future TTIP negotiations. Some fear Brexit could make the EU a less attractiv
Blog post
15 July 2016
Iran: from isolation to economic cooperation
With some sanctions temporarily lifted, now is the chance for Iran to reintegrate into the global economy and political system. But comprehensive econ
Working paper
14 July 2016
The China-Russia trade relationship and its impact on Europe
This paper analyses empirically how increasingly close trade relations between China and Russia might affect the European Union.
Event
30 June 2016
The role of market definition in a globalised economy
Have competition authorities kept up with globalisation? Geographic market definition is one of the most pressing issues.
Blog post
29 June 2016
Brexit: who trades what with the UK?
The result of the UK referendum to leave the European union will likely impact the UK’s trade with other countries. Our database shows what products E
Blog post
27 June 2016
Can the EU-India Free Trade Agreement be revived?
India and the EU must adopt a flexible approach, and iron out differences on crucial issues, to ensure that the India-EU FTA becomes a reality.
Blog post
01 June 2016
India must push forward with RCEP trade deal
Negotiations on a trade agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their free trade partners could have major implicatio
Blog post
23 May 2016
The benefits and drawbacks of TTIP
What’s at stake: Since the recent leak of documents on TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) negotiations, there has been renewed inte
Blog post
09 May 2016
The rebellion of globalisation’s losers
What’s at stake: The prevailing narrative for the rise of anti-establishment politicians is that advocates of integration vastly underestimated the pl
Event
29 April 2016
Will China's slowdown bring headwinds or opportunities for Europe and Central Asia?
After years of rapid growth, China's GDP is expanding more slowly.
Blog post
04 April 2016
Trade deficits and jobs at the ZLB
What’s at stake: In the populist narrative against globalization, trade deficits are seen as costing jobs. While this mercantilist view of the world i
Blog post
21 March 2016
The trade-backlash explanation of Trump & Sanders
What’s at stake: The success of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders has had bloggers wondered whether the backlash against globali
Opinion piece
17 March 2016
The UK’s sovereignty myth
Those who argue that Brexit would let the UK “take back sovereignty” overlook the impact of trade on domestic law-making.