Kaubanduse sooduskord on Euroopa Liidu kaubanduspoliitika oluline instrument. Kaubandus toob majanduskasu nii ELile kui selle partnerriikidele, edendades jätkusuutlikku arengut ja aidates kaasa vaesuse likvideerimisele arengumaades. Aruandes hinnati seda, kas komisjon ja liikmesriigid haldavad k...
The foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks of EU entities in the US and of US entities in the EU both amount to over €1.6 trillion. Investment access and protection is therefore critical to EU-US economic relations. On both sides of the Atlantic, criticism has been growing regarding the interpre...
The thesis focuses on the liberalization of services in the context of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). The first part develops an interpretation of Article V of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) that regulates the conclusion of the so-called economic integration agreements ...
EFTA states have built up a network of 26 preferential trade agreements (PTAs) with 37 partners, compared to more than 120 trade agreements concluded by the EU with more than 45 partners. There are substantial differences between EU and EFTA PTAs in terms of scope and ambition. EFTA agreements s...
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clauses in international investment agreements have traditionally been based on an approach which may be termed ‘light touch regulation’ of investment protection. The avenue taken by the recently negotiated EU draft agreements, the Comprehensive Economic ...
Cette évaluation analyse l'impact des accords et des arrangements commerciaux préférentiels (ACPr) de l'UE sur le développement du commerce agricole dans les pays ACP pour la période 1990-2012. L'étude examine l'évolution historique des arrangements préférentiels de l'UE avec les pays ACP, y com...
This paper assesses the substance of EU preferential trade agreements compared to those of the United States, EFTA and Japan. The topic is important because of the growth of PTAs but also because PTAs are destined to remain at centre stage. The debate on PTAs is not therefore about whether and h...
Historical and cultural outline of relations between the European Community and the Mediterranean countries. Likely changes in political and economic relations following the accession of Spain and Portugal....
