The European Union and the United States are on the verge of agreeing to a transatlantic free trade agreement. The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is aimed at boosting EU and US economic growth, but the negotiating partners have not excluded the defence sector from...

This paper analyses the possible impact of TTIP's Regulatory Cooperation on the implementation of the precautionary principle in the EU. The European Commission argues that regulatory cooperation will not impinge on the application of the precautionary principle because, first, it does not...

WIE SICH PEKING IN UNSERE WIRTSCHAFT EINKAUFT: Pirelli, Volvo, Club Méditerranée, Syngenta oder Spotify: Mit Milliardenbeträgen kaufen sich chinesische Investoren in europäische Unternehmen ein. Besonders beliebt sind deutsche Marken, darunter Daimler, Steigenberger oder BioNTech. Die wilde...

"The Multilevel Politics of Trade presents a timely comparative analysis of eight federations (plus the European Union) to explore why some subfederal actors have become more active in trade politics in recent years. As the contributing authors find, there is considerable variation in the...