⁉️How strategic is EU climate aid? New paper by our Co-Speaker Gabriele Spilker @uni-konstanz.de and @alexboegner.bsky.social (@unibas.ch). They investigate whether the European Union’s climate-related development aid is influenced by trade interests. ➡️ t1p.de/13v0t
Alexandra Bögner
@alexboegner.bsky.social
Postdoc @unibas.ch researching trade, climate & sustainable supply chains Previously @unisalzburg.bsky.social @sceus.bsky.social 🇪🇺
Guest Lecture: Dr. Alexandra Bögner (Basel University) on impact from political pressure on EU supply chain regulations. Free Admission! * Tues May 19 - 12–1 PM. * Food & drinks provided. * Register: www.shorturl.at/99KAX #SupplyChain #EUPolicy #Sustainability #UVic #AcademicMastodon #Kula
🌊 Join us at a beautiful lakeside retreat with @apbtutzing.bsky.social! Exchange about current IR debates. Connect with fellow #EarlyCareerResearchers and explore exciting new research. 📢 #CfP open — submit your abstracts now! 🗓 Deadline: 30.09.2025 #InternationalRelations #PoliticalScience
📣 #CfP The 18th Early Career Conference on International Relations (25–27 Feb 2026) once again invites PhD candidates & postdocs to present and discuss their research in beautiful Tutzing! Abstracts can be submitted until 30 Sept 2025. Further details can be found in the attached call.
“No longer seen as an end in itself, #trade is being weaponised to achieve non-economic goals.” – Joost Pauwelyn, Professor of International Law Read more in: The New Trade of Trade Diplomacy: What Role for Trade Negotiators in a Trade World on Fire? 🌍 shorturl.at/aDCTj
Global Challenges - Diplomacy Today
The New Trade of Trade Diplomacy: What Role for Trade Negotiators in a Trade World on Fire? by
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15% tariffs, breaches of WTO rules, more tech dependency – the US deal is a far cry from what the EU wanted. This was not a one-off accident, but exposes longstanding structural weaknesses in EU trade policy that will affect any future negotiation. My analysis🧵 bst-europe.eu/economy-secu...
No Accident: Four Structural Reasons Why the EU Did Not Get a Better Trade Deal
As details on Sunday’s EU-US trade deal emerge, Europeans are split in two camps. Some believe the 15 percent tariff ceiling on most products is the best the EU could get from President Donald Trump’s...
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Dutch socialist MEP Lara Wolters has urged green(er) companies to oppose Brussels’ deregulation push, calling the Commission’s Omnibus package “cynical and disappointing."
US-style green 'culture war' waging in Brussels, MEP warns
Dutch socialist MEP Lara Wolters has urged green(er) companies to oppose Brussels’ deregulation push, calling the Commission’s Omnibus package “cynical and disappointing."
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The vast majority of businesses in the European Union would no longer have to disclose their impact on the environment or exposure to the risks of climate change under a proposed bill that significantly winds back the scope of key EU green laws.
Brussels confirms dramatic U-turn on corporate green rules
4 of 5 companies would be exempt from EU corporate sustainability reporting as part of Brussels’ anti-red tape drive.
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Very excited that my first PhD article on the promotion of climate objectives at trade committees is now out in @ripejournal.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trading off climate: how conventional trade interests shape climate discussions at PTA committees
Debates over the role of trade policy in addressing climate change have gained steam in recent years. One proposed mechanism that might lead to improved climate outcomes runs through preferential t...
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This week, SCEUS hosts a two-day Young Scholars' Workshop for doctoral candidates and postdocs in law and political science to share research on the past, present, and future of the EU. Attend as a visitor by registering at eulaw@plus.ac.at. More details: bit.ly/3v9fk61
Joint bodies in action. Some interest groups wait anxiously for these meetings to fix the worst effects on EU-UK trade post-Brexit (those that can be fixed within the current trade framework). @andduer.bsky.social have written on this in @jeppjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Spinning a global web of EU external relations: how the EU establishes stronger joint bodies where t...
Many international agreements of the European Union establish what we call joint bodies (JBs). Examples of such bodies include joint committees, joint sub-committees, and association and cooperatio...
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Brexit law: agenda of the EU/UK trade committee meeting tomorrow
The SCEUS organises a Young Scholars Workshop on 14-15 March 2024 where PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers in law and political science can present papers related to European Union Studies. Application deadline is 31 October. Visit the link: buff.ly/48DIFEB