The Holy Grail of EU-US free trade will remain just that
Like the Holy Grail and the Elixir of Life, a Free Trade Agreement between the USA and the EU sounds almost too good to be true. And like each of them, that hyperbolic promise is just enough to lead...
View ArticleThe EU’s transatlantic trade deal loses its teeth
You wouldn’t think it to hear the ecstatic, almost utopian announcements arising from the Northern Ireland G8 summit, but the much-vaunted ‘Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership’ (TTIP) has...
View ArticleChinese solar panels win – everyone else loses
Over the weekend, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht capitulated in the trade war with China over the pricing of solar panels. The ‘war’ began when European solar panel manufacturers (mostly Germans)...
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