Tag: Trade

• The Price of Plenty: Industrial Overcapacities, China and European Defence

  Sep 30

  Despite the European Union’s (EU) steps in recent months to boost defence investment, the sector faces structural challenges, not least due to global industrial overcapacities. Large financial investments are being… more ›

• How Europe is preparing for Trump II

  Mar 26

  The US Presidential elections has cast a shadow over Europe. Although still more than half a year away and with an uncertain outcome, the potential return of Donald Trump to… more ›

• Sovereignty over Supply? The EU’s Ability to Manage Critical Dependences while Engaging with the World

  Dec 17

  Abstract Fears about the EU’s trade, resource and technology dependences have only grown since the outbreak of the pandemic, even though US-China trade disputes and the rolling out of 5G… more ›

• The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Defence, Industry and Strategy

  Oct 24

  The Trans-Pacific Partnership, if ratified by all parties, is likely to have ramifications for the global defence market and the US’ economic and political strategy towards the Asia-Pacific region. Although… more ›

• Supporting European Security and Defence with Existing EU Measures and Procedures

  Oct 27

  Focusing on the support of non-CSDP policies for CSDP measures, both in the field of crisis management and defence, this study submits that CSDP cannot effectively contribute to EU external… more ›

• No TTIP-ing Point for European Defence?

  Mar 21

  Abstract The EU-US Summit on 26 March will mark eight months since the partners decided to formally launch negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The aim of… more ›

• The ‘TTIP-ing Point’: How the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Could Impact European Defence

  Oct 1

  The European Union and the United States are on the verge of agreeing to a transatlantic free trade agreement. The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is aimed at boosting… more ›