Projects
The Role of Free Trade Agreements in building a Resilient Normative Framework for International Technology Transfer KU Leuven
In order to enable citizens to benefit from technological advances and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, it is essential to overcome the technological divide between countries. Technology transfer (TT) is the cornerstone of this project and is a standard component in trade and environmental agreements. Yet, no consensus exists as to how TT should be defined, which obligations are comprised in TT and what the role of intellectual ...
The new generation of EU free trade agreements: a comparative legal analysis Ghent University
This postdoctoral research project aims to develop a comparative legal analysis of the EU’s new generation of free trade agreements concluded with key trade partners such as Korea, Canada, Singapore, Vietnam, the USA and Japan.
The impact of European preferential trade agreements on Flemish firms. KU Leuven
Embedding free trade. The regulation of international trade in Belgium (1860-1865): commercial treaties, professionalization and power Ghent University
The project seeks to fill the gap in the literature on Belgian trade policy (1860-1865). In complete disproportion to its political, demographic and military weight, Belgium was one of the driving forces behind the creation of a European-wide network of free trade agreements. These commercial agreements moreover comprised clauses with considerable importance for the world today. Nevertheless, so far legal historians have not studied the ...
The Ongoing Search for Balance between Free Trade and Cultural Diversity in International Trade Law: A Comparative Analysis of EU, US and Chinese Practices in the Digital Age KU Leuven
International trade law consists of multilateral trade agreements and bilateral and regional trade agreements. The World Trade Organization (WTO) offers a set of rules for regulating global trade. Cultural goods and services fall within the scope of WTO law, meaning that measures of WTO Members affecting trade in such goods and services are subject to their WTO obligations. However, cultural goods and services carry both economic and cultural ...
Modelling a new economic, environmental and political connectivity: the dynamics of Japan - EU trade KU Leuven
The landscape of international trade has undergone substantial changes in the past 20 years. Due to a standstill of the WTO Doha Round negotiations, the number of preferential trade agreements has surged. Furthermore, global value chains have grown increasingly complex, leading to new interdependencies between countries and regions. There are also new norms for trade, exemplified by growing expectations that trade policy contributes to ...
The Contribution of 'regional' multistakeholder mechanisms in improving global Governance (GREMLIN: Global and REgional MuLtistakeholder INstitutions) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Articulation between WTO Disciplines on Subsidies and EU State Aid Law: From Cross-Fertilization to Hybrid Alternatives KU Leuven
WTO disciplines on subsidies and EU State aid law represent different approaches to regulating subsidies, and their operation creates risks of a double standard of analysis, leading to compliance issues for governments and firms and to an unlevel playing field. What is missing from the current literature is an in-depth analysis of the articulation between WTO disciplines on subsidies and EU State aid that goes beyond the mere comparison of ...
Globalization revistied the relationship between global commodity chains and urban networks Ghent University
The project aims to theoretically and empirically relate the two main globalization literatures on global commodity chains and world city networks. Specific analyses will focus on the servicing of the integration of post-communist countries as new EU member states and the expansion of European trade through new free trade agreements with Chile, Mexico and Central America.