The European agricultural sectors and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) face the triple challenge of productivity increase to meet increasing demands for food, fibre and energy, pressing public policy issues regarding public health and nutrition and the public good components of agricultural...

Supply of energy in a more sustainable and yet secure, affordable, and clean way is one of the major global challenges. The decline of fossil fuels, climate change, the energy "hunger" of an increasing population and a likewise improving economy in less advantaged regions in the world makes this...

Pharmaceutical Companies are highly globalized. This widening of drug markets leads to an erosion of the national government's legislative powers. With trials and marketing of compounds and pharmaceuticals carried out in different countries, ensuring safety and effectiveness of drugs becomes...

Compliance with private standards is rapidly becoming the decisive factor distinguishing inclusion and exclusion from the market for agricultural producers. If Africa would manage to increase its total exports by just 1%, this would make an impact surpassing the entire western development aid....

EU law establishes an internal market. To achieve that goal, it acts to a large extent as a regulator, setting standards. These standards are often legally binding inside of the jurisdiction of the European Union, but increasingly travel beyond the borders of the European Union on the back of...