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FTAs and the Crisis in the European Car Industry
The crisis-struck EU finds it increasingly difficult to engage in trade negotiations with large-sized economies that would have a meaningful impact...
The EU-India FTA Negotiations: Leading to an Agreement or Disagreement?
After a brief discussion on the uneasy relationship between Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO, the implications of the “deep” integration...
China’s Challenge
The global economic crisis has changed the perception that many Western countries shared on China. It is no longer viewed as an unruly and...
Standards, Reputation and Trade: Evidence from US Horticultural Import Refusals
By disentangling productivity from quality sorting in horticultural exports, this paper investigates the impact of food safety standards and...
Reputation Matters: Spillover Effects in the Enforcement of US SPS Measures
This paper uses a novel dataset on US food import refusals to show that reputation is an important factor in the enforcement of sanitary and...
The Elusive Quest for Supply Response to Cash-crop Market Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Cotton
Little cross-cutting conclusions emerge from comparative studies on the impact of structural adjustment on Sub-Saharan African agricultural...
African Cotton Markets at Crossroads: Will the Price Spike Turn into a New Kick-Start?
After years of diplomatic efforts and legal procedures to obtain the elimination of rich countries’ cotton subsidies, policy prospects for African...
Ideas for New Transatlantic Initiatives on Trade
The US and the EU have the capacity to play a leading role together in promoting international trade liberalisation. They remain the economic giants...