International trade
Biden, the EU and arms exports
Friday 26 March 2021 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
With Biden’s arrival in the White House, many pieces are moving on the international chessboard, including relations between Western democracies and the Middle East, and the delicate issue of arms exports.
EU-UK: a special relationship, even after the divorce
Monday 30 November 2020 |
Gérard Vindt | Alternatives Economiques
In 2019-20, the EU remained by far the largest economic partner of the United Kingdom by all definitions: exports, imports, goods and services.
Brexit: Can supply disruptions be avoided?
Wednesday 23 December 2020 |
Aude Martin | Alternatives Economiques
Who exports and who imports? A German economics think tank, the Ifo institute, has looked at the interdependencies between the European Union and the United Kingdom.
Brexit: The dream of British Conservatives is in trouble
Friday 27 November 2020 |
Aude Martin | Alternatives Economiques
The handful of trade deals that the British government has so far concluded with non-EU countries will not fully compensate for the loss of the European market.
How the pandemic is transforming the illegal drug market
Tuesday 21 July 2020 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
The economic impact of Covid-19 has been immense, influencing all our lives. So far, however, the illegal drug market has not suffered unduly, and in some countries it is booming due to the capacity of criminals to adapt.
Europe’s dependence on medicine imports
Wednesday 18 March 2020 |
Florence Schulz | Euractiv
Most of the drugs sold worldwide come from India and China, where production is cheapest. As a result, Europe’s supply of medicines is in the hands of a few companies.
International trade (UNCTAD)
Monday 16 December 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques UNCTAD presents a database of more than 150 international trade data series, covering topics from economic trends to trasport and investments.
The Irish Sea, a new frontier
in depth
Friday 15 November 2019 |
Aude Martin | Alternatives Economiques
The introduction of customs and regulatory controls in the Irish Sea, provided for in the latest UK withdrawal agreement, would make Northern Ireland a very special economic area.
Arms in South-Eastern and Eastern Europe (SEESAC)
Saturday 02 February 2019 |
OBC Transeuropa The SEESAC organization publishes data on the proliferation of light weapons, on armed violence, as well as on regional arms exports.
The EU has signed a free trade agreement with Japan
Wednesday 16 January 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
In December the European Parliament approved a trade agreement with Japan. But, as the tweets of various MEPs show, criticism is hardly lacking.
