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Friday, August 6, 2021

Transatlantic Trade Video: Interview with Professor Fabry on the negotiating and trade strategy of the European Union

On June 4th, Elvire Fabry, a Senior Research Fellow with the Jacques Delors Institute cooperating with the Network through the University of Antwerp, sat down for a video interview to discuss the strategy used by European Union negotiator Michel Barnier to maintain bloc unity during the Brexit talks, and how this could be applied... More

Friday, August 6, 2021

Transatlantic Trade Video: Interview with Professor Viju-Miljusevic on international trade deals, food standards, and food security

On June 4th, Crina Viju-Miljusevic, of Carleton University, sat down for a video interview to discuss the impact of international trade deals on food (in)security, as well as how the European Union's food standards affect, and are affected by, its trading partners. Professor Viju-Miljusevic is one of the scholars associated with the Jean Monnet... More

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Gabriel Siles-Brügge publishes article on the impacts of Brexit on public health policy

Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge is one of the co-authors (with May van Schalkwyk, Pepita Barlow, Holly Jarman, Tamara Hervey, and Martin McKee) of a new article on 'Brexit and trade policy: an analysis of the governance of UK trade policy and what it means for health and social justice’, published... More

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Gabriel Siles-Brügge appointed Specialist Advisor to UK House of Commons International Trade Committee

Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge has been appointed as a Specialist Adviser to the UK House of Commons International Trade Committee, which scrutinises the UK Government in exercising its new trade policy competence. Between 2017-19 he had previously also advised the Committee as a Parliamentary Academic Fellow. Gabriel Siles-Brügge, of the University of... More

Monday, May 17, 2021

Francesco Duina publishes article on the politics of food quality standards in the European Union

Francesco Duina, a scholar associated with the Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics, published an article in Territories, Politics, Governance in May 2021. Co-authored with Xiaoqing Zhou and titled Europeanization from the periphery: the case of 'second-class' food in Central and Eastern Europe, the article discusses the role of... More

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Francesco Duina to speak at Virginia Tech/European Parliament Panel on Digital Trade

On Thursday, April 22nd, 2021, 11:00-12:30 EST, Virginia Tech will be hosting an event by the name of Developing Transatlantic Digital Trade: What are the obstacles? The panel discussion will bring together researchers from academia - including Professor Duina - and think tanks, politicians, and high-ranking civil servants. The event will be... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Call for papers: Network workshops on “Reacting to the Contestation of Trade Policy in the Transatlantic Area”

The Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics invites proposals for contributions to two scholarly workshops on the topic of "Reacting to the Contestation of Trade Policy in the Transatlantic Area". The workshops, which are coordinated by Network scholars Dirk De Bièvre and Andreas Dür, examine how actors such as governments,... More

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Dirk De Bièvre speaks in conference panel on the domestic forces affecting international trade

Dirk De Bièvre spoke, on March 29th, 2021, at a French-language webconference titled 'Transatlantic cooperation beyond CETA' (La coopération transatlantique au-delà du CETA). Professor De Bièvre spoke specifically to the paradox of strength and weakness in the European Union's trade policy, as part of a group discussion titled 'The rise of... More

Monday, March 15, 2021

Elvire Fabry publishes blog post on how the EU can re-use its Brexit negotiation strategy on China

Elvire Fabry, of the Jacques Delors Institute, recently published an article laying out the method used during the Brexit negotiations to build a strong European cohesion and ensure from the outset that the negotiations are backed with strong political support from the Member States. She then explains how this ‘Barnier Method’ could be used... More

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Transatlantic Trade Video: Interview with Professor Spilker on international trade and changes in public opinion

Gabriele Spilker, of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, is one of the professors associated with the Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics. Her scholarly work focuses on the areas of international political economy, international cooperation, globalization and environmental politics. She sat down for a video interview with... More

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Transatlantic Trade Video: Interview with Professor Dür on the politicization of trade deals by interest groups

Andreas Dür, of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, is one of the professors associated with the Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics. His scholarly work focuses on trade policy, interest group politics, and European integration On February 8th, 2021, he sat down for a video interview with Sarah Mansour to discuss the... More

Monday, February 8, 2021

Ece Özlem Atikcan co-edits textbook on research methods

Ece Özlem Atikcan, of the University of Warwick, is one of the professors associated with the Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics. Her research combines a theoretical focus on political campaigns, issue framing, politicisation of trade agreements, transnational social movements, and diffusion with a regional focus on the European... More

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