[sh_light_text ]Officials in Washington and Brussels have struggled to flesh out a negotiating methodology to handle the complex and ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. Their approach is starting to become clearer, however. Two major issues risk being neglected: accommodating outsiders, and freeing up the mobility of skilled …
EU trade policies
EU’s backing for China to join TiSA talks ups ante at next week’s negotiating round
[sh_light_text ]The European Union’s support for China to join negotiations on a Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) intensifies pressure on the US, which has opposed letting Beijing to participate in the plurilateral talks to liberalise the services trade. China’s involvement, along with initial market-access offers from TiSA participants, will be …
Editor’s Column – Global value chains: Is Europe’s trade policy fit for purpose?
[sh_light_text]Is European Union (EU) trade policy fit for the 21st century global value-chain world? The way we view international trade is changing. Today’s most competitive businesses are those which are plugged into transnational production networks. Trade policy thus increasingly needs to focus on reducing the costs of doing business internationally …
