Thai Expectations of the EU's Evolving Security Role: Opportunities and Limitations
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyses Thailand's perceptions of the European Union (EU) as an actor in the Indo‐Pacific, based on interviews with 13 government officials and foreign policy influencers conducted under the EU in the Indo‐Pacific (EUIP) Jean Monnet Network. It examines how Thai elites interpret the EU's priorities, geopolitical relevance and the
Natthanan Kunnamas, Heidi Maurer
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Economic Impact of a Potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States [PDF]
We evaluate the effects of potential measures to liberalize trade between the EU and the CIS using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. We look at the CIS as an aggregate and we also present results for individual CIS countries.
Joseph Francois, Miriam Manchin
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Reaching the Summit or a Plateau? The EU–New Zealand Relationship in the Indo‐Pacific
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines New Zealand's perceptions of the European Union's Indo‐Pacific Strategy through interviews with government officials and foreign policy influencers. Despite viewing the EU positively as a like‐minded partner committed to the rule‐based international order, New Zealand respondents demonstrated limited understanding of the ...
Matthew Castle +4 more
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The EU–India Partnership in the Indo‐Pacific: Scope and Prospects
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines Indian perceptions of the EU's Indo‐Pacific Strategy through interviews with government officials and foreign policy influencers. Despite viewing the EU positively as an important economic and normative partner, many Indian respondents were critical regarding how the EU's approach aligns with India's strategic priorities.
Sheetal Sharma, Tobias Theiler
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Navigating the Indo‐Pacific: The EU's 2025 Council Conclusions Amidst Geopolitical Uncertainty
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT More than four years after the EU released its Indo‐Pacific Strategy (in April 2021), the Council of the EU provided fresh ‘Conclusions’ (in October 2025) stating that the EU should ‘further intensify its strategic focus, presence, visibility and actions in the Indo‐Pacific’.
Nicholas Ross Smith +3 more
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The Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Business Activity : A Survey of Firms in the People's Republic of China [PDF]
The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major player in the global economy and considers free trade agreements (FTAs) an important part of its global trading strategy.
Yunling Zhang
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The Continuity and Rupture of the ‘New Washington Consensus’: From Biden to Trump 2.0
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The ‘New Washington Consensus’ (NWC) represents a major intellectual shift in the US approach to global economic governance. However, the NWC has never been subject to systematic academic critique. With Trump's return to the White House ushering in a new era of US trade policy, the NWC is widely considered to be politically irrelevant in the ...
Ming Du
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FTA in international finance : impacts of exchange rates on FTA utilization
, 2015 This paper investigates how exchange rates affect the utilization of a free trade agreement (FTA) scheme in trading. Changes in exchange rates affect FTA utilization by two ways. The first way is by changing the excess profits gained by utilizing the FTA scheme, and the second way is by promoting the compliance of rules of origin.
Hayakawa, Kazunobu +2 more
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Economic Effects of a Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement [PDF]
This study presents an analysis of the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) that is being negotiated between Korea and the United States. The bilateral FTA negotiations were notified to the U.S.
Kozo Kiyota, Robert M. Stern
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