This contribution looks into the relationship between national parliaments and the EU’s trade policy since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. The October 2016 saga of a sub-State parliament in the Belgian region of Wallonia rejecting to authorize the signature of the Comprehensive...

The conclusion of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) constitutes a priority and key component of the external trade policy of the European Union (EU). It is also an immediate follow-up to several years of regulatory cooperation between the two global trade powers. In an...

This article analyses Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations in order to assess how the move towards tighter economic integration within the EU-US strategic partnership impacts legislative-executive relations in EU trade policy. The analysis examines the...

"Is the EU a force of convergence in the world? Standardizing the World offers a comprehensive assessment of the EU's efforts to standardize a wide array of economic, political, and social aspects of life through its trade agreements across the globe. A group of leading experts offers analyses...

Rather than covering the entire universe of EU trade policy actions, the focus of this report is the work on the Trade for All commitments since October 2015. It complements other reporting such as the first annual report on implementation of free trade agreements, published later in this...

Rather than covering the entire universe of EU trade policy actions, the focus of this report is the work on the Trade for All commitments since October 2015. It complements other reporting such as the first annual report on implementation of free trade agreements, published later in this...