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The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence has sparked fierce debate about the regulation of supply chains. The directive's objectives are aligned with European values. However, it raises concerns that the compliance costs of social and environmental regulations may be privatised in...
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inadequate incomes. A large proportion of farms are threatened on both sides of the Atlantic, in the EC no less than in the USA … steeply both in the EC and in the USA. The question arises how much of this farm spending benefits farmers. …
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. The ultimate success of the negotiations largely depends on the attitudes of the USA, the EC and Japan. What are the main …
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of the EC, the USA and Japan in international trade? How dependent are these three economic powers on the world market …The growing importance of Japan on the world market has brought with it changes in the international division of labour … and a shift in the focus of the expansion in world trade away from the EC and the USA. What factors determine the shares …
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Brexit is not only a historical chapter of the British — EU relationship, but it also carries immense challenges for fi nancial market stability in the short and medium run for the 28 member states of the European Union. The scale of these challenges depends heavily on the outcome of EU-UK...
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will reduce tariffs and lower regulatory hurdles that currently impair trade between the EU and the US. However, TTIP has been controversial from the outset. Non-governmental organisations are concerned about lowered health and environmental...
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. The policy pursued hitherto in Germany and the EC and lessons from the USA do not nurture hopes that the liberalisation of …
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Negotiations on agriculture have for a long time been the centre piece and the stumbling block of the Uruguay Round. While the EC has had to bear the brunt of public criticism, the US has clearly contributed its fair share to bringing about the present unsatisfactory state of affairs. This...
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