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Catching up with interesting recent papers from @ecipe colleagues, first of all from @leemakiyama and @HannaDeringer on tensions between sustainability and trade objectives in the case of EU-Asean relations... ecipe.org/publications/e…
It would be fair to say that EU-ASEAN relations haven't progressed as well as hoped in terms of trade talks with the likes of Malaysia and Indonesia, with the palm oil issue a substantial impediment. The UK hasn't notably been involved in the discussion thestar.com.my/business/busin…
Then from @FredrikErixon and @osguinea a paper on the growth of market concentration in the EU (also noted in other markets) linked to the growth in regulation with potential negative effects for consumers and productivity ecipe.org/publications/s…
There is a growing move towards the ideas of promoting 'European champions' to compete against Chinese and other companies, but the risks of this not least in terms of political rent-seeking have to be seriously considered
These are bigger issues that the UK also needs to be considering, though as they don't fall neatly on the Brexit-Remain spectrum (or even Labour-Conservative) I suspect we won't - but there are opportunities for us in or out of the EU. /end
