TTIP and Jobs: Does the Emperor Have Clothes?
Johannes Schwarzer | 21 August 2014
Trade,
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Employment,
Services Trade,
TTIP
With negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in full swing, policymakers across the Atlantic are reiterating calls for more support of an agreement. In the wake of increasing public criticism of the plans for a deal, notably in Europe, policymakers are under
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At Whose Service? Employment Effects of Services Trade Reform in the MENA Region and Sub-Saharan Africa
2 October 2014
Trade,
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Employment,
Services Trade
Trade in services is the new frontier in international trade theory and practice. Modern trade agreements go beyond the removal of traditional barriers to goods trade, such as tariffs, and increasingly deal with issues previously thought to be of strictly domestic concern, notably in the
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Bali Boost: WTO Lives, Snatched for Now From Jaws of Defeat
Jean-Pierre Lehmann | 23 December 2013
Trade,
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WTO
It would be churlish not to congratulate the WTO and especially Roberto Azevêdo, its dynamic director-general, for successfully passing a “Bali package” at the Indonesian resort well past the 11th hour on 7 December. The WTO Doha Round, launched in the Qatari capital in 2001,
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Africa Could Become the World’s Next Powerhouse
Gilles Carbonnier | 26 September 2013
Fiscal,
Trade,
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Africa,
Commodities,
Taxes
“A winning Africa!” “Thousands of Portuguese workers emigrate to the former colony of Angola in search of work.” Headlines such as these are a perfect illustration of the Afro-optimism that has gripped the media these last few years. In an Africa courted by foreign investors,
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China-EU solar panel trade dispute: Rhetoric versus reality
Simon Evenett | 7 June 2013
Trade,
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Antidumping,
Energy,
Renewables,
Subsidies
This article was first published on VoxEU.org and is republished with permission. Following a complaint lodged on 25 July 2012 by EU Pro Sun, an association representing around 20 EU-based producers of solar panels and components, the European Commission initiated an investigation into potential Chinese
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