News 2018

• Summary of the analysis of CETA

  Published: 01 Aug 2017

  The analysis covers certain parts of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada. The analysis covers the provisions on investment protection including the ICS (Investment Court System), public procurement, environmental and health related issues, trade in services and...

• In Quest of Compliance – Promoting effective enforcement of the EU Single Market

  Published: 01 Dec 2016

  The EU Member States do not fully comply with the Single market’s rules and principles and this undermines the credibility and effectiveness of the EU. This creates significant problems for citizens and companies and prevents the Single Market from fully delivering projected benefits.

• The Servicification of EU Manufacturing

  Published: 02 Oct 2016

  Servicification means that manufacturing activities and competitiveness increasingly depend on services. Yet, there are still many remaining barriers to the free movement of services within and outside the EU. Is the manufacturing industry’s increasing use of services a possibility to build competitiveness in the EU...

• Protectionism in the 21th century

  Published: 01 May 2016

  The purpose of this report is to synthesize efforts to monitor protectionism in the 21st century.

• Moving to Sweden – obstacles to the Free Movement of EU Citizens

  Published: 01 Apr 2014

  This report focuses on the situation of EU citizens who want to move and work in Sweden. While in many ways, it is easy to live in Sweden as an EU citizen, obstacles still remain that need to be overcome.