The single market is often perceived as the panacea for Europe's economic troubles. It is believed that completing the … single market would boost welfare, stimulate growth and increase European competitiveness. However, identifying and … quantifying the channels through which market integration is expected to engender growth is methodologically complex. Although the …

Investment (CAI). The text awaiting ratification aims to give foreign investors greater market access, enforceable via state … new market access in China, and that this small economic gain for the EU comes at the price of breaking ranks with its … true the CAI provides only modest new market access in China, but this is because China has already made progress in recent …

incompatible with Europe’s social market economy. convergence in the eu and in the euro area is a necessity: the European growth … long-term growth and productivity weakness. Finally, the EU, especially the euro area, suffers from a lack of convergence … single market, a key asset to promote growth and economic well-being, does not undermine the ability of countries to raise …

result from the working of the single market, which like international trade is also an exclusive competence of the EU. …