Press

ECIPE is a pro-trade policy research think tank based in Brussels.

Media coverage

[Selection of ECIPE presence in media]

• 2009-01-08
  Yushchenko May Use Gas War to Push Ukraine Westward
  Fredrik Erixon on the gas dispute in Bloomberg
• 2009-01-08
  Russia, Ukraine Resume Talks to Resolve Gas Dispute
  Fredrik Erixon on gas dispute in Bloomberg
• 2009-01-07
  Russian Gas Shipments to Europe Halt as Freeze Drives Up Prices
  Fredrik Erixon comments the gas crisis in Bloomberg
• 2009-01-07
  Intervention Threatened if Russian Gas not Restored
  Fredrik Erixon comments the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute in the Leaderpost
• 2009-01-06
  Wer sich öffnet, gewinnt
  Razeen Sally in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• 2009-01-06
  Europe’s Lack of Clout Highlighted in Gas Conflict
  Fredrik Erixon comments gas dispute in Bloomberg
• 2009-01-02
  Will Europe Cede its Climate Crown?
  Razeen Sally quoted in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of E-Sharp, p. 21
• 2009-01-01
  Big stimulus packages wrong treatment
  Razeen Sally about fiscal crisis policy in the South China Morning Post.
• 2008-12-29
  Suspend Doha talks for a year
  Razeen Sally's new book mentioned in the FT
• 2008-12-26
  On the Threshold – of What?
  Robert Skidelsky reviews Razeen Sally’s new book in the TLS
• 2008-12-23
  Obama has to lead the way on trade
  Razeen Sally’s new book reviewed in the FT
• 2008-12-12
  WTO Drops Plan to Hold Ministerial Meeting This Year
  Fredrik Erixon comments the failed effort to finish the Doha round
• 2008-12-11
  Debt Relief and Financial Crisis
  Andreas Freytag and Gernot Pehnelt about financial crisis and debt relief in VoxEU
• 2008-11-28
  Uncertainties bedevil plans to keep world trade flowing
  Fredrik Erixon comments on protectionism in Canberra Times
• 2008-11-19
  Obama not likely to renegotiate Nafta
  Fredrik Erixon on Obama and Nafta for Canwest
• 2008-11-18
  Russia to raise import duties
  Fredrik Erixon comments Russia’s tariff increases in the FT
• 2008-11-14
  Russia expects 'strenuous' talks with EU over pact
  Fredrik Erixon comments EU-Russia relations in the FT
• 2008-11-07
  Is Obama a protectionist?
  Fredrik Erixon comments Obama’s views on trade
• 2008-10-23
  La France, l'Europe et la PAC
  Valentin Zahrnt on food security in Europe and the world in TELOS (in French
• 2008-10-14
  Europe’s Bank Rescue Signals End of Era
  Fredrik Erixon comments the European bailout package
• 2008-10-12
  Quasi-fatal blow to Doha deal
  Razeen Sally on the current financial crisis and trade liberalisation in The Dawn
• 2008-10-07
  Little Scope For Europe-Asia FTAs
  Razeen Sally on the launch of free trade negotiations between the EU and Asia in the IPS
• 2008-10-05
  No Shortage of Barriers to Canada-EU Free Trade
  Fredrik Erixon comments the Canada-EU trade relations
• 2008-09-30
  Fertile Ground for Farm-Subsidy Reform
  Valentin Zahrnt on the future direction of European agricultural policy in the WSJ
• 2008-09-28
  Financial Crisis Boosts Trade Reform Calls
  Fredrik Erixon comments the financial crisis in Forbes
• 2008-09-28
  Will trade be affected by financial crisis?
  Fredrik Erixon comments trade and finance in the IHT
• 2008-09-23
  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
• 2008-09-23
  EU, China and the Rising Tide of Protectionism
  Fredrik Erixon and Andreas Freytag on EU-China trade relations in the FNS magazine
• 2008-09-21
  Trade at the centre of EU-Canada summit
  Fredrik Erixon comments EU-Canada trade deal in Canwest
• 2008-09-17
  South Africa’s Current Account Deficit: Are Proposed Cures Worse than the Disease?
  Article by Peter Draper and Andreas Freytag in the AllAfrica.com
• 2008-09-11
  After Doha: Protectionism Creep
  Razeen Sally on the future for the WTO in the Far Eastern Economic Review
• 2008-09-08
  Mandelson legacy after Doha collapse
  Fredrik Erixon comments Mandelson’s legacy in the IHT
• 2008-09-02
  The WTO: what next after Doha?
  Razeen Sally, blogs on The East Asia Forum
• 2008-09-01
  EU shies away from Russia sanctions
  Fredrik Erixon comments EU-Russia relations in Canwest News Service
• 2008-09-01
  EU-Russia affairs
  Fredrik Erixon comments EU-Russia trade ties in Bloomberg
• 2008-08-28
  Stuck in Neutral
  Gernot Pehnelt and Luca Bolognini on new internet regulations in Brussels in the Wall Street Journal
• 2008-08-07
  Bitte keine Welthandelsrunden mehr!
  Razeen Sally in Die Zeit
• 2008-08-05
  Le temps de la libéralisation unilatérale des échanges
  Valentin Zahrnt in Les Echos
• 2008-07-21
  WTO Negotiators Demand New Concessions to Save Talks (Update2)
  Razeen Sally on the Doha negotations in Bloomberg
• 2008-07-20
  Doha deal would aid many European farmers
  Patrick Messerlin writes about the Doha meeting in Financial Times
• 2008-07-03
  Mandelson gets EU backing in Sarkozy trade fight
  Fredrik Erixon comments the the Mandelson-Sarkozy row in the IHT
• 2008-06-27
  Ein Plädoyer für den Freihandel
  Review of Razeen Sallys book "Trade Policy, New Century: The WTO, FTAs and Asia Risinging" in NZZ: Dossier Sachbuch
• 2008-06-23
  Sarkozy anti-WTO remarks seen as contradictory
  Razeen Sally quoted in Reuters
• 2008-06-23
  Health Tourism can be Healthy
  Lucy Davis and Fredrik Erixon on trade in healthcare in the South China Morning Post
• 2008-06-23
  Declaraciones de Sarkozy sobre OMC son contradictorias: expertos
  Razeen Sally quoted in Invertia
• 2008-06-23
  Bilateral trade pacts called stumbling block for wider liberalization
  Razeen Sally quoted in the International Herald Tribune
• 2008-06-16
  Tougher Action Needed in the China Shop
  Fredrik Erixon on EU-China relations in the European Voice
• 2008-06-15
  Crisis trade talks in Paris as protectionism looms
  Razeen Sally quoted in the Telegraph
• 2008-06-15
  L’or noir des Kazakhs
  Brian Hindley and Iana Dreyer discuss EU trade strategy towards Kazakhstan in Telos
• 2008-06-13
  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
• 2008-06-12
  EU und China schlittern in den Protektionismus
  Fredrik Erixon and Andreas Freytag on EU-China relations in Handelsblatt (in German)
• 2008-05-25
  Redesigning the EU strategy towards China
  Patrick Messerlin and Jinghui Wang write about EU policy towards China in the Vox
• 2008-05-19
  EU-China trade relation
  Andreas Freytag writes about EU’s soaring trade deficit with China in Vox
• 2008-04-27
  New parliament power may complicate EU trade policy
  Fredrik Erixon comments EU trade policy in the IHT
• 2008-04-21
  EU, China Trade Talks Need New Framework
  Fredrik Erixon and Iana Dreyer comment EU-China trade politics in Dow Jones
• 2008-04-17
  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
• 2008-04-02
  EU zaprijetio SAD-u dodatnim carinama
  Fredrik Erixon in Deutsche Welle
• 2008-04-02
  EU droht USA mit Klima-Strafzoll
  Fredrik Erixon on trade problems in Die Presse
• 2008-04-01
  Finland Says It Will Back Russia’s WTO Bid
  Fredrik Erixon comments Russian timber tariffs in Bloomberg
• 2008-03-31
  Europe's outrage falls short of boycott
  Fredrik Erixon comments EU-China trade relations in the New Zealand Herald
• 2008-03-27
  Liberalisation fatigue’ and the dangers it holds for SA
  Razeen Sally and Peter Draper on the need for policy reforms in the Business Day
• 2008-03-12
  EU Investment Policy
  Fredrik Erixon comments European investment policy in the Financial Times
• 2008-03-10
  New ideas, renewed impetus
  Razeen Sally on haltering economic liberalization in The Mint
• 2008-03-07
  Globalisierung und Weltwirtschaft
  Fredrik Erixon on "The Quest for Economic Growth" in Internationale Politik
• 2008-03-07
  Rudd may be pinning his hopes on trade policy
  Razeen Sally cited in The Australian on Australia’s position on Doha and the WTO.
• 2008-02-03
  China beats West in Africa
  Fredrik Erixon comments EU-Africa-China trade, aid and investment relations
• 2008-01-21
  Unfettering People and Markets
  Razeen Sally on Trade negotiations in the 21st century in The Mint
• 2008-01-13
  India, EU to make Trade Pact Offers in February
  Fredrik Erixon comments the EU-India free trade negotiations in The Business Standard
• 2008-01-11
  EU Keen to have Free Trade Agreement with India
  Razeen Sally and Fredrik Erixon comment FTA negotiations between EU and India
• 2007-12-17
  Newest EU Economies Overheated
  Fredrik Erixon interviewed in the Washington Times
• 2007-12-14
  Why it is dangerous for Europe to bash China
  Patrick Messerlin and Razeen Sally on commercial relations between the EU and China in Financial Times
• 2007-12-10
  Mugabe at the EU-ACP Summit
  Fredrik Erixon comments Robert Mugabe’s participation in the EU-ACP summit
• 2007-12-09
  EU-Africa Trade and the Rise of Asia
  Fredrik Erixon comments EU-ACP trade negotiations in Bloomberg
• 2007-11-29
  Mandelson Shifts Tone on China
  Fredrik Erixon comments EU-China commercial relations
• 2007-11-29
  EU Gets Tougher in Dealings with China
  Patrick Messerlin comments the EU-China summit on trade
• 2007-11-15
  Brussels Looks East
  Razeen Sally in the Wall Street Journal on EU policy towards Asia
• 2007-11-07
  China’s Forthcoming Crisis
  Fredrik Erixon reviews books on China in the Internationale Politik (English version).
• 2007-11-01
  Antidumping is back in fashion
  Brian Hindley and Fredrik Erixon on dumping protectionism in Wall Street Journal
• 2007-09-07
  Malaysia-US free trade deal 'unlikely to happen'
  Razeen Sally interviewed in the The Business Times Malaysia
• 2007-09-07
  EU-Asean FTA Negotiations
  Razeen Sally interviewed in the The Bernama.com
• 2007-09-03
  Trade Policy Developments in Thailand
  Razeen Sally analyses Thai trade policy in the World Economy.
• 2007-08-12
  Europe, Africa and partnership agreements: in search of a developmental agenda
  Peter Draper on EU-Africa trade negotiations in the Vox
• 2007-08-06
  Trade agenda for Africa relies on governance ability
  Peter Draper in FDI Magazine on EPAs
• 2007-07-16
  EU-Korea FTA
  Fredrik Erixon on the EU-Korea FTA negotiations
• 2007-07-10
  Trade, Globalisation and the Lisbon Agenda
  Fredrik Erixon on the faltering Lisbon Agenda in view of increased globalisation
• 2007-06-26
  Change happens from the bottom up
  Razeen Sally in The Banker
• 2007-06-24
  Modest WTO free trade deal seen better than nothing
  Razeen Sally quoted in Reuters
• 2007-06-22
  A Doha deal highly unlikely
  Razeen Sally comments the breakdown of G4 negotiations
• 2007-06-05
  Freihandel für Fortgeschrittene
  Fredrik Erixon and Andreas Freytag in Internationale Politik
• 2007-06-04
  Economy: EU needs careful nurturing to flourish
  Razeen Sally in the Financial Times
• 2007-05-25
  The G-8 Summit and the world economy
  Fredrik Erixon and Andreas Freytag about the G-8 summit and its "leitmotif" in the Frankfurter Allgemein Zeitung
• 2007-05-02
  Efficiency smothered by a preferential patchwork
  The Financial Times writes about Messerlin's essay for ECIPE
• 2007-04-27
  Bilaterals: Bad for Business
  Wall Street Journal comments Patrick Messerlin's essay for ECIPE
• 2007-04-24
  EU agrees Asian free trade strategy
  Razeen Sally interviewed in the Financial Times
• 2007-04-17
  Missing pieces in falling shares of labour income
  Fredrik Erixon writes in the Financial Times.
• 2007-04-09
  EU tops league of anti-dumping actions
  Fredrik Erixon interviewed in the Financial Times.
• 2007-03-26
  EU: Trade and Aid
  Razeen Sally interviewed in the Financial Times.
• 2007-03-14
  Towards Improved Negotiating Modalities in Services Trade
  Pierre Sauvé writes in Bridges.
• 2007-02-02
  EU-India free trade talks
  ECIPE Director Razeen Sally qouted in Europolitics.
• 2007-02-01
  An EU-like pact for Asean: A distant dream?
  ECIPE Director Razeen Sally qouted in International Herald Tribune
• 2007-02-01
  The New Asian Drama: Globalisation and Trade Policy in Asia
  Article by Razeen Sally in Opinion Asia.
• 2007-01-25
  Developing countries and dispute settlement
  Roderick Abbott writes in Bridges about his ECIPE research on developing-country participation in the WTO dispute settlement mechanism.
• 2007-01-24
  Financial Times: Riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma
  ECIPE Director Razeen Sally comments the revival of interest in the Doha round.
• 2007-01-18
  Developing countries and dispute settlement
  The European Voice writes about Roderick Abbott's recent ECIPE paper on the WTO dispute-settlement mechanism.
• 2007-01-18
  Business drops the Doha ball
  ECIPE scholars Fredrik Erixon and Andreas Freytag discuss the role of business in the Doha round
• 2006-11-29
  L'express; Négociations commerciales, pour ne pas être hors-jeu
  ECIPE Director Razeen Sally quoted in article on trade policy in Mauritius.
• 2006-11-23
  East-Asian countries and India must team up to carry forward trade liberalisation
  ECIPE Director Razeen Sally presents in The Times of India strategies for Asian countries to advance trade liberalisation
• 2006-11-13
  E Asia exposes limits of regional trade deals
  ECIPE Director Razeen Sally comments on Asian FTAs in the Financial Times,
• 2006-10-31
  A Balkan free trade deal?
  ECIPE Director Fredrik Erixon is interviewed by the Balkan Insight about the prospects of CEFTA
• 2006-10-26
  China-bashing no basis for policy
  ECIPE Fellow Peter Draper writes in Business Day about China and taking advantage of the opportunities the Chinese manufacturing industry presents.
• 2006-10-17
  EU-Africa partnership
  ECIPE Fellow Peter Draper is interviewed in the European Voice about the EPA negoatiations
• 2006-10-09
  Fredrik Erixon comments environmental assessements
  ECIPE Director Fredrik Erixon comments a new report on ecological footprints in the BBC
• 2006-10-09
  Airbus and the "picking winners" strategy
  Sir Geoffrey Owen, ECIPE Advisory Board member, writes about Airbus's business model and "strategic trade policy" in the Financial Times.
• 2006-10-06
  Razeen Sally comments FTAs
  ECIPE Director Razeen Sally comments FTAs in the Financial Times (NB: Sally is not a free trade sceptic but an FTA sceptic).
• 2006-09-08
  Fredrik Erixon on the G-20 meeting
  ECIPE Director Fredrik Erixon comments the prospect for revived WTO negotiations in Bloomberg
• 2006-09-05
  Razeen Sally on the Doha Round
  Writing in Opinion Asia, ECIPE Director Razeen Sally analyses the problems of the Doha round and the reasons behind its recent collapse.
• 2006-08-30
  Fredrik Erixon on foreign aid and development
  In the summer issue of Europe's World, ECIPE Director Fredrik Erixon discusses aid and development in view of OECD countries pledges to increase foreign aid spending.