The enactment of the Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act ("Bill C-55") caused a furor in the trade relationship between Canada and the United States. Bill C-55 effectively prohibits foreign publishers from selling advertising in Canada. In effect, Bill C-55 is enacted to curtail the...

A wide array of policy instruments can protect domestic firms against foreign competition. Regulatory measures that raise the costs of foreign firms relative to domestic firms are exceptionally wasteful protectionist devices, however, with deadweight costs that can greatly exceed those of...

In sum, both books are excellent and should be made mandatory reading materials for the relevant courses of EU external trade and investment law and policy. But also, relevant policymakers - in the Member States, as well as in the various EU institutions - could learn a lot and draw inspiration...