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La menace du protectionnisme rampant
Fredrik Erixon and Razeen Sally in L’Echo (in French)
Fertile Ground for Farm-Subsidy Reform
Valentin Zahrnt on the future direction of European agricultural policy in the WSJ
Improving the rules of the gas game
Iana Dreyer and Fredrik Erixon on energy nationalism in European Voice
Fighting the Urge for Protectionism
Razeen Sally and Fredrik Erixon warns against rising protectionism in the Far Eastern Economic Review
The Benefits of Trade Liberalisation and WTO Members’Negotiating Positions:Are Imports Really Bad?
(Aussenwirtschaft 63 (2): 143–166)
Domestic Constituents and the Formulation of WTO Negotiating Positions: What the Delegates Say
World Trade Review 7 (2): 1-29
Gain Claiming and Inefficiency in WTO Negotiations
International Negotiation 12 (3):363-388.
Be afraid of a replay of ’70s-style protectionism
Fredrik Erixon and Razeen Sally on protectionism in a syndicated article
EU-Central Asia – Priorities for a Vital Relationship
Iana Dreyer on EU-Central Asia Relations in Europe's World
America’s 1970s-style policies threaten a trade war
Fredrik Erixon on protectionism in the Daily Telegraph
La France, l'Europe et la PAC
Valentin Zahrnt on food security in Europe and the world in TELOS (in French
EU, China and the Rising Tide of Protectionism
Fredrik Erixon and Andreas Freytag on EU-China trade relations in the FNS magazine
The Health of Nations. Changing Approaches to Trade in Health Care
Lucy Davis and Fredrik Erixon on the gains from trade in health care in the Fraser Forum
South Africa’s Current Account Deficit: Are Proposed Cures Worse than the Disease?
Article by Peter Draper and Andreas Freytag in the AllAfrica.com
After Doha: Protectionism Creep
Razeen Sally on the future for the WTO in the Far Eastern Economic Review
The WTO: what next after Doha?
Razeen Sally, blogs on The East Asia Forum
Bitte keine Welthandelsrunden mehr!
Razeen Sally in Die Zeit
Le temps de la libéralisation unilatérale des échanges
Valentin Zahrnt in Les Echos
Doha deal would aid many European farmers
Patrick Messerlin writes about the Doha meeting in Financial Times
Health Tourism can be Healthy
Lucy Davis and Fredrik Erixon on trade in healthcare in the South China Morning Post
Tougher Action Needed in the China Shop
Fredrik Erixon on EU-China relations in the European Voice
L’or noir des Kazakhs
Brian Hindley and Iana Dreyer discuss EU trade strategy towards Kazakhstan in Telos
Out-of-the-box-thinking on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture
Valentin Zahrnt on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture in the VoxEU
Protectionism is on the rise
Fredrik Erixon and Razeen Sally on rising protectionism in the VoxEU
Europe should not resist free trade in healthcare
Fredrik Erixon writes about the importance of opening the health care sector for cross-border exchange in the Financial Times
EU und China schlittern in den Protektionismus
Fredrik Erixon and Andreas Freytag on EU-China relations in Handelsblatt (in German)
Redesigning the EU strategy towards China
Patrick Messerlin and Jinghui Wang write about EU policy towards China in the Vox
EU-China trade relation
Andreas Freytag writes about EU’s soaring trade deficit with China in Vox
Membership Has Its Privileges
Brian Hindley and Fredrik Erixon on Kazakhstan's and Russia's renewing efforts to join the WTO, in the Wall Street Journal
Liberalisation fatigue’ and the dangers it holds for SA
Razeen Sally and Peter Draper on the need for policy reforms in the Business Day
Containing Sino-European Protectionsim
Fredrik Erixon and Patrick Messerlin on EU-China commercial relations in the Journal of Economic Affairs
What Future for Monetary Policy in Zimbabwe?
Peter Draper and Andreas Freytag on Zimbabwe currency reforms in Vox EU
Protectionism creeps onward
Lucy Davis on anti-dumping in European Voice
Dumping on Global Trade
Lucy Davis on Europe's creeping protectionism in Wall Street Journal
Capitalists Capitulate
Razeen Sally on capitalism in Standpoint Magazine
Medicine without borders
Lucy Davis on NHS in guardian.co.uk
The Quest for a Global Solution is Misguided
Razeen Sally on the G20 and global governance in the FT
Demystifying the Hype
Razeen Sally reviews Arvind Panagariya's new book India: The Emerging Giant in the IMF's Finance and Development
Should Environmentalists Adopt a Principled Position on CAP Reform or Compromise?
Valentin Zahrnton CAP in the CAP2020
Eine Prise Reformeifer für die WTO
Valentin Zahrnt on WTO in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
Preparing for the Next Stage of Growth
Iana Dreyer's case for further opening India's economy in the India Economy Review.
Trade in Information Technology: Is the ITA Still Relevant?
Iana Dreyer and Brian Hindley discuss information technology trade in Bridges.
Liberalisation in Emerging Markets
Andreas Freytag and Sebastian Voll about emerging market liberalisation in the Vox
Agrarsubventionen nur für öffentliche Güter
Valentin Zahrnt on agriculture in the FAZ
The disappointing picture of EU trade
Valentin Zahrnt on the WTO's trade policy review in the European Voice
G20, where is the trade?
Lucy Davis advises the G20 on trade in European Voice.
Light on a dark art
Lucy Davis on EU anti-dumping in European Voice
Congress deserves to lose India’s elections
Razeen Sally on India’s reform gaps and decaying institutions in the Financial Times
Trade Protectionism
Fredrik Erixon and Razeen Sally in Insight about emerging protectionism
Don't believe the India Hype
Razeen Sally writes on the Indian economy and the general election in the Far Eastern Economic Review
Russia Rules and Divides Europe
Fredrik Erixon outlines a new EU approach towards Russia in the WSJ
Trade is the Second Casualty
Razeen Sally speaks about protectionism
Mending EU-China Trade Ties
Iana Dreyer on the High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue Mechanism in the Wall Street Journal
The Economic Key to Sri Lankan Peace
Razeen Sally writes on the Sri Lankan economy in the Wall Street Journal Asia
The Eastern European interest in EU agricultural subsidy reform
Valentin Zahrnt on the CAP in The Baltic Times
Have tractor, will plough a policy rut
Valentin Zahrnt on the future of the CAP in the European Voice
EU should use international law to tackle Russian energy relations
Iana Dreyer on EU-Russian energy relations in Business New Europe
G20 : y a-t-il un risque protectionniste ?
Valentin Zahrnt discusses how transparency can avert a slide into protectionism in Telos. In French
Top-Down Support for Bottom-Up Trade Liberalisation
Valentin Zahrnt discusses how the WTO could support domestic reform in the IEA journal
Leading with Services: The Dynamics of Transatlantic Negotiations in Services
Erik van der Marel and Patrick A. Messerlin in the VOX
Winners and Losers of the Next CAP Reform
Valentin Zahrnt on the 2013 Common Agricultural Policy reform in the VoxEU
Is Aid the Best Way for Rich Countries to Help the Developing World?
Fredrik Erixon devates foreign aid in the Independent
Sri Lanka at The Crossroads
Razeen Sally on Sri Lanka at the crossroads in the Far Eastern Economic Review
Keynes at Home, Smith Abroad
Fredrik Erixon and Razeen Sally about emerging protectionism in the Wall Street Journal
The Asean Charter and Regional Economic Integration: A Watershed?
Razeen Sally writes on the limits of ASEAN in Singapore's Business Times
The Problem with Pittsburgh
Fredrik Erixon on the G20 summit in Esharp
Policy Transparency and Evaluation for Economic Growth in India
Article by Valentin Zahrnt
Can and should the US fast-track Russia into the WTO?
Iana Dreyer comments on the US agreement to support Russian accession to the WTO in Business New Europe.
There Will Be Gas
Iana Dreyer discusses what current EU gas market developments mean for the Middle East in Al Majalla
The Truth About Asian Integration
Razeen Sally casts a sceptical eye on Asian regional integration initiatives in the Wall Street Journal.
Regional integration is a pipe dream
Razeen Sally writes on APEC and Asian regional integration in Singapore's Business Times
Defensiveness and Fragmentation in Trade Policy
Paper published in The EU in A World in Transition: Fit for what Purpose?, Policy Network, November 2009
A CAP that better serves the public and the environment
Article by Alan Swinbank and Valentin Zahrnt in European Voice
Green Protectionism in the EU
Fredrik Erixon on biofuels in the TNI
Preventing Deglobalisation
Fredrik Erixon on globalisation in E!sharp.
A Sorry Tale of Protectionism
Fredrik Erixon in the European Voice about trade and environment
Una PAC para los bienes públicos europeos
Article by Valentin Zahrnt in CincoDias.com
Online Censorship Equals Protectionism
Fredrik Erixon and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama on online protectionism in the WSJ
Myths about ‘banana wars'
Roderick Abbott in EuropeanVoice.com
Much Ado About Little
The low commercial value of multilateral trade negotiations in agriculture.
Dream of the mundane, not pipes
Iana Dreyer writes in the European Voice - energy market reform should go before pipeline projects.
Investing in Foreign Land
A food-security calculus or sound commercial logic
A Shallow Argument in Favour of Trade Limits
Fredrik Erixon debates carbon tariffs in the European Voice
Global economic prospects in 2010
Razeen Sally writes on the global economic outlook in Sri Lanka's Daily FT
Applying Effective Competition Rules in the EU’ Gas Markets to Regulate Energy Relations with Russia
Iana Dreyer writes on taming Russian gas supply cuts with effective competition policies.
International Trade and Emerging Protectionism since the Crisis (ARI)
Razeen Sally writes on emerging protectionism for Spain's Real Instituto El Cano
Protecting the climate without farm subsidies
Valentin Zahrnt in EurActiv
The competition case against Gazprom
Iana Dreyer writes on the case for stepping up EU competition rules against Gazprom in the European Energy Review
Why I have never been an Obama groupie
Razeen Sally on President Obama's first year in office in Sri Lanka's Daily FT
Co-Financing of Public Goods
Valentin Zahrnt in CAP2020.
The BirdLife-ELO escapade
Valentin Zahrnt in CAPReform.eu
Problems with Carbon Tariffs
Fredrik Erixon debates carbon tariffs in the European Voice
Taking on the gas Goliath
Iana Dreyer on tackling Gazprom’s market dominance in Central and Eastern Europe in ESharp
The EU needs to act at home to counter Gazprom's power
Iana Dreyer says EU must act at home to counter Gazprom’s sway over Europe in Business New Europe.
A preference for preferences
Roderick Abbott on EuropeanVoice.com
Farm MEPs for farm subsidies
Article in EuropeanVoice.com
Europe’s New Mercantilists
Fredrik Erixon about EU’s 2020 strategy in the WSJ
Is Germany too Dependent on Export?
Andreas Freytag debates German export orientation in the Economist
Heading towards a battle of the BITs
Iana Dreyer reports on Europe’s investment treaties in FDI Magazine
A vicious gas cycle
Iana Dreyer responds to Gazprom in the European Voice
The Battle of the BITs
Iana Dreyer writes on the stakes at hand for Europe's BITs in Al Majalla
Transatlantic Trade: Now is the Time for Audacity
Iana Dreyer comments on current US and EU trade policies in European Affairs
Testimony by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama in the European Parliament
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama on trade and human rights in the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights in public hearing, June 2th, 2010
Google and Goliath
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama writes in The Majalla on free speech online and WTO
Wanted: A New Model for Multilateralism
Guy de Jonquières writes in the Bridges about multilateral reform
Zu viele Wohltaten des Staates
Article by Valentin Zahrnt in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on the EU 2020 Strategie.
A Shining City upon the Hill?
The EU does not quite match the American sense of mission. Even when the European heads of state give their history-laden speeches, they do not cast Brussels as the shining city upon the hill. Article by Valentin Zahrnt in The Majalla.
Liberal policies for a social Europe
To enhance its social dimension, the EU does to improve its existing policies, rather than to roll out new initiatives. Article by Valentin Zahrnt in EuropeanVoice.com
Save Money as you Save the Planet
Valentin Zahrnt in The Majallah
Protecting producers in the name of consumers
Valentin Zahrnt comments in EUobserver.
Greening the CAP, and pruning it too
It will soon be crunch-time for Europe's controversially expensive CAP. Valentin Zahrnt puts forward ideas for slimming the EU’s €50bn a year farm budget while making it environmentally attractive. Published in Europe's World.
In Defence of Germany
Fredrik Erixon writes in Esharp to the defence of Bundesbank mentality
The public goods paradigm and the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
Article by Valentin Zahrnt on the Global Subsidies Initiative web site.
Will reform bring a bumper harvest?
Valentin Zarhnt in European Voice.
Biofuel Dispute May Burn EU
Fredrik Erixon in the Jakarta Globe about EU biofuels policy
Deutschlands vernachlässigtes Freihandelsinteresse
Article by Andreas Freytag and Valentin Zahrnt in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
CAPsoc, or daring to believe in CAP reform
Valentin Zahrnt in European Voice (reposted with permission on reformthecap.eu)
Britain’s European Moment
Fredrik Erixon and Razeen Sally in the WSJ on UK policy towards Europe
Reglobalizing Taiwan
Razeen Sally and Iana Dreyer on “re-globalizing” Taiwan in the Wall Street Journal
Taiwan needs a place in the EU's Asia trade strategy
Razeen Sally makes the case for Brussels to fill a key a gap in its plans for liberalising trade with east Asia. Published on esharp.eu.
The Good German
Fredrik Erixon in Majalla on the economics of austerity
Can the EU rely on world food markets?
Valentin Zahrnt comments on EU agricultural policy in EUobserver
Podcast: Dr Razeen Sally on global trade policy after the crisis
Razeen Sally's podcast on global trade policy after the crisis at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.
Provoking a Clash between Trade Climate Change
Fredrik Erixon debunks climate protectionism in Telos
Enter the Slavic Tiger?
Fredrik Erixon about Ukraine policy in Esharp
Misadventures of the Most Favored Nations by P. Blustein
Book review in the WORLD TRADE REVIEW by Rodderick Abbott
Ukraine's Economic Revolution
Fredrik Erixon writes in the WSJ about Ukrainian economic policy
EU-Agrarpolitik im Rückwärtsgang
Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel, Stefan Tangermann, and Valentin Zahrnt criticize the EU Commission's lack of reform ambition for the post-2013 CAP.
Ireland and the Euro Crisis
Fredrik Erixon discusses the Euro Crisis in Russia Today
The High Politics of Biofuels
Fredrik Erixon on trade and climate change in International Politik
Should the UK squeeze the EU budget or lead Europe
Article by Valentin Zahrnt in European Voice.
Risks and rewards of Russia in the WTO
Fredrik Erixon in the FT about Russia and the WTO
Ukraine, a star liberaliser?
Ukraine is taking a more pragmatic attitude towards Europe – and plans reforms that Brussels has long called for.
In Need of an Economic Miracle
Fredrik Erixon in the European Voice about the case for EU economic reform
Don’t Bank on German Savers
Fredrik Erixon in E!sharp about the German trade surplus
From bilateral trade liberalisation to FTA mercantilism
Article on the EU/US-Korea FTA negotiations in The East Asia Forum Quarterly by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama
EU Food Security, the Rhetoric and Reality
Article in European Voice by Valentin Zahrnt
Why the siren calls of protectionism fall on deaf ears
Roderick Abbott comments on the calls for protectionism in European Voice
For a sustainable liberalism
Valentin Zahrnt in ZEIT (in German)
China’s Trade-off
Razeen Sally in the WSJ on China’s trade policy
The Measure of Things
Andreas Freytag in the European on measuring growth and well-being
Europe’s Biofuels Policy is Protectionist and Wrong-headed
Fredrik Erixon in Europe’s World about biofuels protectionism
The Shift to the East and Implications for the West
Razeen Sally on Asia's post-crisis acceleration and what it means for the West in European View
What prospects for a renaissance of economic liberalism?
Razeen Sally on Keynes, Hayek and the post-crisis global economy in Sri Lanka's Daily FT
World Trade at the Turn of the Decade
Razeen Sally takes stock of crisis policy and globalisation (published in the online editions of the Mail & Guardian, The Australian, and the Business Times)
China tests its leadership in the Big Three
Razeen Sally on China in the Big Three in East Asia Forum.
Restore economic liberalism - fast
Razeen Sally on twenty-first century illiberalism in Singapore's Business Times.
Rebalancing the Economy: Trade and Investment
Razeen Sally gives evidence to a UK Parliament Committee on the UK Government's Trade and Investment White Paper
An Open Letter to President Obama
Open letter by fifty economists and former ministers to President Obama on the Doha round
Food security - not an EU problem
Supranational policies are hampering the fight against world hunger, argues Valentin Zahrnt in Public Service Europe.
Insight Interview
Razeen Sally interviewed on India's TV programme Insight
Value for Money
Fredrik Erixon in KnowIP about EU trade and IPR policy
Transparency of complex regulation: how should WTO trade policy reviews deal with sanitary and phytosanitary policies?
Article by Valentin Zahrnt published in World Trade Review.
Handelspolitik im Griff der Interessen
Andreas Freytag and Razeen Sally on the trade and the world economy in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
The good ship Doha: Salvage or repair?
Stuart Harbinson outlines in VoxEU the choices for the Doha Round
Countering China's digital authoritarianism
Comment by Fredrik Erixon & Hosuk Lee-Makiyama in Public Service Europe
L’Autoritarisme Numérique
Fredrik Erixon & Hosuk Lee-Makiyama in Foreign Policy (Edition Francophone)
European twilight, Asian sunrise
Razeen Sally compares Europe with Asia in India's Business Standard
Unease with Modernity
Fredrik Erixon in New York Times on political fallout from Norwegian killings
Greece Loan can Progress Without Collateral
Fredrik erixon interviewed by Bloomberg TV
Doha Rounds Needs a Reboot
Fredrik Erixon and Lisa Brandt in PS Europé
The Karlsruhe Ruling on the EFSF
Fredrik Erixon interviewed by Swiss TV
Do We Need a EU-US Free Trade Agreement
Fredrik Erixon discuss an EU-US FTA at Debating Europe
Seehandel macht frei - der Aufstieg Asiens
Razeen Sally writes on trading entrepots and the rise of Asia, historically and today, in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
Is There a Pilot in the Euro Plane?
Fredrik Erixon on eurozone crisis management
The Doha Round: Where we go from here
Roderick Abbott comments on Doha Round in Europe's World
Seven Days – A Week in the Life of Fredrik Erixon
Fredrik Erixon keeps a diary for a week
ECB Interest Rate Cut
Fredrik Erixon interviewed by Swiss TV channel on euro crisis and ECB