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Hosuk Lee-Makiyama
Areas of expertise
- Trade and technology
- WTO
- Intellectual property
- Trade in services
- Far-East
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama is co-Director of the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE). He has published several papers and articles for ECIPE since 2010 on EU-Far East relations, World Trade Organization, China, technology trade and freedom of expression. Other on-going research areas include the future of the WTO, trade in services, digital economy, intellectual property and EU foreign policy.
Prior to joining ECIPE, he was the Senior Advisor on WTO issues to the EU Presidency of Sweden, serving in Geneva as EU chairperson on trade in services, intellectual property, customs-technical issues and their related UN/WTO-bodies. He represented the EU in World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and served also on the executive committee of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). He also worked in the private sector as a strategy consultant advising Fortune 500 companies and served on the board of US advertising firm Leo Burnett in Scandinavia. Hosuk Lee-Makiyama was educated at London School of Economics, University of Stockholm Law School, Stockholm School of Economics and Harvard Kennedy School.
ECIPE Publications
- FUTURE-PROOFING WORLD TRADE IN TECHNOLOGY: Turning the WTO IT Agreement (ITA) into the International Digital Economy Agreement (IDEA) (ECIPE Working Paper No. 04/2011)
- Chasing Paper Tigers – Need for caution and priorities in EU countervailing duties (CVDs) (ECIPE Policy Brief No. 01/2011 )
- Digital Authoritarianism: Human Rights, Geopolitics and Commerce (ECIPE Occasional Paper No. 5/2011)
- Securing Korea's Prosperity in the Next Century: An analysis of the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement (ECIPE Occasional Paper No. 4/2010)
- Stepping into Asia's Growth Markets: Dispelling Myths about the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement (ECIPE Policy Brief No. 03/2010)
- Beyond Geopolitics - The Case for a Free Trade Accord between Europe and Taiwan (ECIPE Occasional Paper No. 03/2010)
- Protectionism Online: Internet Censorship and International Trade Law (ECIPE Working Paper No. 12/2009)
Speeches and Presentations
- Multilateralism or bilateralism - Which Path for Europe? (Presentation by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama at the ceremony of the Danish Presidency of the EU, Dec. 8, 2011)
- The digital economy after Doha? (Hosuk Lee-Makiyama speaking at ECIPE on Nov 15th, 2011)
- Europe and Sanctions: Perspectives on Trade & Power (Speech by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama at the Progress Foundation in Zurich, Oct 20th 2011)
- A New Trade Barrier: Blocking the Free Flow of Information (Hosuk Lee-Makiyama at the WTO Public Forum )
- Evropa může v obchodě uspět díky otevřenosti trhů (Hosuk Lee-Makiyama presentation at the EU Delegation to the Czech Republic & CEBRE)
- Remodelling the ITA for the digital economy (Presentation by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama in Brussels June 27, 2011)
- Assessing The Trade Consequences Of A Failed EU-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (Presentation for Eurochambres by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Lisa Brandt)
- 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)
Articles, Opinion and Commentary
- FTAを含め、経済関係強化のための選択肢を検討−EU・米国首脳会議− (A FTA is an option for strengthening EU-US economic relations) (Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) interviews Hosuk Lee-Makiyama on the prospects of EU-US FTA after the EU-US summit. )
- Opening up the digital economy: it is '15 years overdue' (Op-ed by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama on trade and digital economy in Public Service Europe)
- Do EU sanctions against the likes of Syria achieve anything? (Op-ed by Natalia Macyra and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama in Public Service Europe on EU sanctions)
- Trade rules suited to VHS tapes in the era of cloud computing (Hosuk Lee-Makiyama provides independent comments on the Microsoft Digital Policy Blog)
- Les sanctions de l’Union européenne sont vouées à l’échec (Hosuk Lee-Makiyama explains why economic sanctions fail in Le Temps)
Media Coverage
- Zahlt die Welt bald in chinesischen Yuan?: "Zwei Babyschritte auf eitner hundert Meilen langen Straße" (Hosuk Lee-Makiyama on RMB internationalisation and China-Japan currency pact in Deutsche Welle: "Two baby steps on a 100 mile long road")
- Miserly progress made on Doha trade talks (FT quotes Hosuk Lee-Makiyama on the WTO ministerial conference)
- Russia to cut tariffs ahead of WTO entry (FT interviews Hosuk Lee-Makiyama on Russia's accession to the WTO)
- European Union: Stalled Doha round spawns rush of bilateral deals (Hosuk Lee-Makiyama comments on EU trade talks with Asia in the FT)
- Les sanctions de l’Union européenne sont vouées à l’échec (Hosuk Lee-Makiyama explains why economic sanctions fail in Le Temps)