http://www.ecipe.org daily 1 2007-03-23T17:40:56Z http://www.ecipe.org/seminar-invitation-launch-of-the-report-of-the-transatlantic-taskforce-on-trade-and-investment In a new report, the Transatlantic Task Force on Trade and Investment presents new and ambitious initiatives for transatlantic leadership in global economic and trade policy. No publisher karl 2012-01-31T08:46:30Z Event http://www.ecipe.org/ecipe-seminar-new-ethical-responsibilities-of-internet-service-providers The exceptional development of internet in recent years has brought many benefits and new opportunities for an increasing number of people. Yet, it has also raised unprecedented moral and legal questions for both users and web sites – and the internet service providers (ISP) that connects them. Meanwhile, new threats from cyber crime have put the questions around privacy, security and monitoring at the centre stage of a lively debate. No publisher karl 2012-02-08T08:18:00Z Event http://www.ecipe.org/ecipe-lunch-seminar-the-rise-of-global-value-chains-implications-for-trade-and-competition-policy The expansion of global value chains has a major impact on international trade. New trade patterns are not so much about trade in goods as trade in tasks. Trade in intermediate inputs accounts for a considerable part of total trade, and that share has been growing at a remarkable speed in the past decade. What are the sources of this increase – and to what extent are new global value chains global or regional in nature? And what does the rise of global value chains means for competition? No publisher karl 2012-01-31T09:42:55Z Event