Archives: Policy Briefs

Friday, May 1, 2009

Le retour de la France dans l鈥橭TAN: quelle strat茅gie pour les Europ茅ens?

Document d鈥檌nformation.聽Gr茅goire Mallard (Northwestern University) et Fr茅d茅ric M茅rand (Universit茅 de Montr茅al) Le sommet de Strasbourg-Kehl des 3-4 avril a soulign茅 le soixanti猫me anniversaire de l鈥橭TAN. La rencontre a surtout c茅l茅br茅 le retour de la France dans le commandement int茅gr茅 de l鈥橝lliance. Ce geste hautement... More

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Policy Brief: “The EU-Canada Air Services Agreement: a plea for rapid implementation” by Mark Glynn / Document d鈥檌nformation : L鈥橝ccord eurocanadien sur les services a茅riens: plaidoyer pour une mise en oeuvre rapide par Mark Glynn

Policy Brief (April 2009) by聽Mark Glynn, PhD candidate, under the direction of Professor Armand de Mestral, McGill University On December 8, 2008 representatives from Canada and the European Union (EU) concluded a new agreement on air services (hereafter: 鈥渢he EU-Canada Air Services Agreement鈥�) However, it is important to note that, three... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Policy Brief: “An EU 鈥� Canada Economic Partnership: What Role for the Provinces?” by Robin Hansen

Policy Brief (March 2009) by聽Robin F. Hansen (LL.M. candidate, McGill University) under the direction of Professor Armand de Mestral, McGill Canada and the EU are reportedly set to begin negotiations for an EU 鈥� Canada Economic Partnership as early as May, during the Canada 鈥� EU summit in Prague. This brief note surveys the... More

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Policy Brief: “Prospects for a Deep Canada-EU Economic Agreement: A Closer Look at Foreign Investment” by Armand de Mestral with Daniel Suss

Policy Brief (March 2009) by聽Armand de Mestral, McGill University with the assistance of Daniel Suss (BCL/LLB, McGill) Canada and the European Union are embarking on what has the potential to become a very comprehensive bilateral economic agreement. The latest announcement delivered on March 5, 2009 in the Joint Report on the EU-Canada Scoping... More

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Policy Brief: “Quebec鈥檚 Social Model: A Case of Europeanization Outside Europe?” by Denis Saint-Martin / Document d鈥檌nformation : Le mod猫le social du Qu茅bec: un cas d鈥檈urop茅anisation en dehors de l鈥橢urope? par Denis Saint-Martin

Policy Brief (March 2009) by聽Denis Saint-Martin, Director of the European Union Centre of Excellence, Universit茅 de Montr茅al/McGill University French... More

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Policy brief: “An EU 鈥� Canada Economic Partnership: Legal Considerations and Possible Treaty Scope” by Robin Hansen

Policy Brief (December 2008) by聽Robin F. Hansen, LL.M. Candidate at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, under the direction of Professor Armand de Mestral. On October 17, 2008, Canada and the EU announced their intention to begin negotiating an EU-Canada Economic Partnership as early as possible in 2009. 聽The precise contents of such an... More

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Policy brief: “Policy considerations in the negotiation of a new air services agreement between Canada and the European Union” by Mark Glynn

Policy Brief December 2008 by聽Mark Glynn, PhD candidate, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, under the direction of Professor Armand de Mestral. Canada and the European Union are in the process of negotiating a new air services agreement. This represents the first time in history that Canada has exited the post-Chicago Convention... More

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Policy brief: “The EU as a Maker of Investment Agreements: the Potential Impact on Canada and the Broader World System of Bilateral Investment Treaties” by Armand de Mestral

Policy Brief (December 2008) by聽Armand de Mestral, McGill University In 2005, Canada-EU negotiations began again for a comprehensive bilateral Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement (TIEA) which eventually led to a joint study on the benefits of an even more ambitious economic partnership released at their 2008 Summit in Quebec City. 聽Based... More

Monday, November 24, 2008

Policy Brief: “The economic partnership agreement between Canada and the EU is still on track” by Patrick Leblond / Document d’information : L’accord de partenariat 茅conomique entre le Canada et l’UE est toujours sur les rails par Patrick Leblond

Policy Brief (November 2008) by Patrick Leblond, University of Ottawa. On October 17, at the time of the Canada-EU Summit in Quebec, the two parties released a joint study which outlined the economic consequences of a possible economic partnership agreement between Canada and the EU. 聽This study represents just one more step in a... More

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