Jun 2, 2021 | Business & Economics
By Stefano Riela The Commission is expected to unveil its proposal in a few weeks’ time, but some exporting countries of carbon-intensive products have already expressed their disappointment at a new form of European protectionism. In hands off sovereignty, each...
Mar 30, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Murat Üngör and Samuel Verevis New Zealand was the first developed country to commence FTA negotiations with China. In November 2004, New Zealand and China launched FTA negotiations and in April 2008, New Zealand became the first OECD country to successfully...
Oct 5, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Amanda M. Countryman Amanda M. Countryman explains how the “new” NAFTA is different from the old one. On Sept. 30, the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached a deal to scrap NAFTA and replace it with a new trade accord, narrowly meeting a self-imposed deadline...
Aug 15, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Jeffrey Kucik Jeffrey Kucik looks into how Trump’s trade war could affect working-class Americans. President Donald Trump justifies tariffs on imports by arguing that “unfair trade policies” have harmed American workers. This has led to a trade war in which...
Aug 23, 2017 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
Stephen Hoadley presents material from his recent book, “New Zealand Trade Negotiations,” touching on past trade access breakthroughs, current geopolitical uncertainties, and future hopes with regard to free trade agreements between the EU and the UK...
Jul 30, 2017 | Business & Economics
By Stephen Hoadley Given the number of free trade agreements that New Zealand has concluded during the past decade, from China to Taiwan to the Pacific Islands to the Middle East, one might suppose negotiating new ones will get easier. Not so, as Steve Hoadley...