The policy implications of the sharing economy

15 June 2016
The emergence of the sharing economy is rapidly changing the way in which goods and services are provided across the EU. …

TTIP: a pre-mortem

11 May 2016
To say that negotiations for an EU-U.S. trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), have lost momentum since they …

Response: European Commission report on investment protection in TTIP

 
14 January 2015
 
A response to the European Commission’s findings in its 2014 consultation on investment protection and the investor-state dispute settlement …

Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Myths and Reality

20 November 2014
 
With cross-border trade volumes reaching new heights every year, and with governments still prone to arbitrary action, there is a …

The TTIP and the future of EU free trade agreements

Pierre Desrochers, October 2014
 
The free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union has often been described as a template for the potentially …