Trade policy

Prospects for regulatory convergence under TTIP

This Policy Contribution was prepared for the European Union Committee's inquiry into the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Regulatory h

EU trade with Myanmar and the grasshopper problem

The European Union’s decision to reinstate Burmese access to the generalised scheme of tariff preferences (GSP) was the right move, bec

Backloading – An ineffective economic measure for a good political reason?

Wednesday afternoon will see the fourth vote in the European Parliament (this time again in the environment committee) on a scheme to temporarily

Restoring faith in the ETS

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Initiative: Hope or Hype?

The decision to launch negotiations on a bilateral free trade area between the EU and the US, called the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnershi

Wetten Sie nicht gegen das ETSETT

Fragen und Antworten von Bruegel-Forscher Georg Zachmann zur Krise des Europäischen Emissionshandelssystems.

You'd better bet on the ETS

The issue: The European Union's emissions trading system (ETS), introduced in 2005, is the centerpiece of EU decarbonisation efforts and the biggest e

Real exchange rate adjustments around the globe

Real effective exchange rate adjustment trends in the aftermath of the global financial and economic crisis were generally not out of line with histor

Assessing the impact of the EU ETS using firm level data

The G-20 and the currency war