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EU-Vietnam: Council adopts decisions to sign trade and investment agreements

June 26, 2019 by European Union Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On 25 June, the Council adopted decisions on the signature of two agreements between the EU and Vietnam: a free trade agreement (FTA) and an investment protection agreement (IPA). Text of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement Text of EU- Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement Both […]

Trump’s self-centered politics unravels

March 4, 2019 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

Trump’s idea of governance unravels as the American President crossed the half term of his tenure. What happened last week in Hanoi, Vietnam was a characteristic catastrophe and the exposure of badly conceived and executed Trumpist politics. His much advertised initiative to win a triumph over North Korea’s Kim Jong Un ended up in total […]

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Human rights breaches in Bangladesh, Cuba and Vietnam

November 19, 2018 by European Union Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs deplore government crackdowns on the media, political opposition and human rights defenders in Bangladesh, Cuba and Vietnam. On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions taking stock of the human rights situation in Bangladesh, Cuba and Vietnam. Bangladesh must end crackdown on the […]

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UNIDO promotes post-harvest excellence for mangoes in the Mekong River Delta of Viet Nam

June 22, 2018 by United Nations Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you in association with UNIDO. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the People’s Committee of the Dong Thap province invited over 120 high-level participants from the public and private sector to discuss opportunities to strengthen the mango value chain, […]

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Who can compel Wallonia to unlock CETA, the EU-Canada free trade pack?

October 24, 2016 by Dennis Kefalakos 1 Comment

No, it wasn’t just the tiny Wallonia region of Belgium and its 3.6 million French speaking inhabitants who blocked CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement). This is an EU-Canada free trade and investment pact that took eight years to the Brussels Commission and the Canadian authorities to draft. It was also the Brexit and the […]

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Are the G20 leaders ready to curb corporate tax-avoidance?

September 8, 2016 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

Last Monday, the G20 meeting in Hangzhou – the capital of China’s eastern Zhejiang province – the first gathering of the 20 world leaders to be held in the vast country, was not marked by the determination to face up to economic misery and the pitiless wars in Syria, Libya, South Soudan, Yemen, Mali and […]

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An expert in the South China Sea issue on an exclusive interview at the European Sting

June 17, 2016 by China-EU relations 3 Comments

Last Wednesday the European Sting took an interview in Brussels from an expert on the South China Sea. Our interviewee this time was Mrs Yan Yan, Deputy Director of the Research Center of Oceans Law and Policy in the National Institute for the South China Sea Studies (NISCSS) and a PhD candidate in the University of Hong Kong on public international law. The stimulating interview is presented below. The Sting’s questions are […]

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Should Europe be afraid of the developing world?

January 4, 2013 by George Pepper Leave a Comment

China and India are undoubtedly the two heavyweights of the developing world. On their foot-steps one can categorise also Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and some more countries of South East Asia. Yes, those are the tigers of growth, based on the iron willingness of their people to secure a more or less comfortable life, after […]