Development

Reduced import tariffs for developing countries (GSP)

How can international trade help development? Under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) of the World Trade...

Human rights and social and environmental standards in international trade agreements

Trade agreements between nations do not merely stipulate the levels of tariffs to be applied. They can also contain...

Fighting tax-avoidance in developing countries

The economic crisis has made most developed countries cut their development aid.

Trade liberalisation has lead to...

European international investment policy

Investment policy became a European competence when the latest version of the European treaties, the Lisbon Treaty, was...

An effective raw materials strategy for Europe

Mobile phones, computers and solar panels have in common that they cannot be produced without rare earths.

European...

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Every year more than nine million tons of electronic equipment are sold in the EU. With strong market growth and innovation...

Universal energy access by 2030

Universal energy access is a pre-requisite to achieve the eight Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).

However, energy...

A European financial transaction tax

Levying a taxing on financial transactions is a good way of curbing some forms of financial speculation.

It also...

Development policy and patents on genetic resources

Many multinationals active in the agricultural, pharmaceutical and chemical sectors are seeking genetic resources they can...

Trade Agreement between the EU and Eastern and Southern African States

Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are free-trade agreements between the EU and several regions in Africa, the Caribbean...