Freihandelsabkommen erleichtern es den beteiligten Ländern, Waren auszutauschen. In der Regel schaffen solche Abkommen Wirtschaftswachstum und Arbeitsplätze.
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How does the EU Commission’s idea of closer scrutiny of Chinese investments into European companies square with the same Commission’s advocacy in favour of open markets and free movement of capital? It is a delicate balance to strike between intervention and free markets. The EU needs to be careful not to lose credibility and scare away foreign investors which could endanger the many advantages of inflowing foreign direct investment.
Members of the EU Parliament call for tighter social standards in EU free trade agreements underpinned by sanctions in case of violations. The objective of this is to help workers in developing countries – but the opposite could be the case.
At this week’s G20, global trade will come into the spotlight. It will present EU leaders with the daunting task of juggling economic sanity and political reality, write Ilaria Maselli and Jürgen Matthes for Euractiv. Ilaria Maselli is a Senior Economist at The Conference Board. Jürgen Matthes is a Senior Economist at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research. They are the co-authors of the new report, Ensuring Accountability in Modern Trade Policy.
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