Purpose – This study conducts an analysis on the strengthening of the EU’s capacity as a normative power, and the direction of global standardization of these norms. Specifically, this study examines how trade and sustainable development provisions are applied in FTAs with Asian countries....

We investigate the use of financial information in the determination of budget cuts under unprecedented fiscal pressure caused by COVID-19. Especially, we concentrate on financial information such as budget execution rates, the ratio of a project’s cumulative annual executed budget (i.e.,...