The media narratives with respect to EU external policies and their effects on developing countries generally paint a picture of unequal power dynamics and negative externalities, particularly with respect to international trade and land grabbing. In this paper, I use trade data to argue that...

We analyze the role of fiscal policy and intra-European trade in business cycle synchronization in the EU for the period 1995-2008. There is a broad consensus that the relationship between fiscal policy and business cycle comovements and between trade integration and cyclical synchronization are...

Die GATT-Vereinbarungen treten in einem Übergangszeitraum von 1995-2000 in Kraft und beinhalten eine Umwandlung der variablen Abschöpfungen in Zolltarife (Basis: 1986-1988), die in diesem Übergangszeitraum für die Milchprodukte um 36 % gesenkt werden (Ausnahme Magermilchpulver: 20 %). Die...

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.