The ‘Geopolitical Commission’: 40 Years in the Making?
Abstract In 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised MEPs she would deliver a ‘Geopolitical Commission’ during the five years of her term in office, unbeknown that the COVID‐19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine were around the corner.
Robert Kissack
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Unreachable, Inescapable: Sustainable Development as Normative Camouflage in EU–MERCOSUR Trade
Abstract This article examines how sustainable development functions as a mechanism of stabilising asymmetry in North–South trade governance, using the European Union (EU)–Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) agreement as a case study. Whilst sustainability is often framed as a normative good or institutional advance, the article shows instead how it ...
Asha Herten‐Crabb
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From proposal to compromise: the TRIPS waiver debate and the crisis of WTO decision-making. [PDF]
Syam N, Abbas MZ.
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The Return of Industrial Policy in the EU: A Chance for Central and Eastern Europe?
Abstract This contribution explores the Visegrad four's (V4) responses to the revival of industrial policy in the European Union (EU). To a region so highly industrialised, and so dependent on foreign firms, this revival brings mixed blessings. Industrial policy focused on ‘European champions’ is driving investment towards core regions and firms ...
Vera Šćepanović, Imre G. Szabó
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TRIPS flexibilities help change policy and practice to increase access to medicines: evidence from 2001 to 2024. [PDF]
Dunn M +4 more
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Abstract In the context of the European Union's (EU's) geoeconomic shift, the governance of Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) has become a central yet contested pillar of its external trade policy. Accusations of green colonialism highlight the stakes around how partner countries interpret the EU's normative agenda.
Camille Nessel, Zhihang Wu
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Monitoring the impacts of international trade and investment agreements on food environments: a Canadian case study. [PDF]
Schram A +3 more
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More Competition, Better Products: Evidence From Tariff Cuts
ABSTRACT This article examines how increased competition affects product and process innovation. I combine plausibly exogenous variation in foreign competition induced by large tariff cuts with a difference‐in‐differences strategy and find that firms increase their product patenting in response to increased foreign competition, but, on average, foreign
Colin Davison
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Policy analysis and expert consultation on cross-border telehealth services. [PDF]
Perrin Franck C +5 more
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The Generics Revolution and the New Economic Geography of the Global Pesticide Industry
ABSTRACT The global pesticide industry transformed from one dominated by patented products and legacy multinationals with strong manufacturing bases in the United States and EU to one dominated by generic products produced in India and China. We use proprietary market research data, data from regulatory filings, industry press and bilateral trade data ...
Christian Berndt +4 more
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