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Community-driven innovation required to solve fashion industry’s waste problem

10. Mai 202318. März 2023 von Nico Otten

The fashion industry keeps on reinventing itself. Not only now during fashion week season with all the shows and collections but in a broader sense. It remains to be seen how digitization will influence fashion. The Polis180 article: Digital Fashion Week – an opportunity or in emergency only? touches on some of these topics. However, … Weiterlesen …

MERCOSUR faces crossroads amid Uruguay-China FTA negotiations

11. Februar 202315. Juli 2022 von Polis180

Uruguay and China seek to focus on bilateral trade relations outside of MERCOSUR. Montevideo’s push exposes tensions over the trading bloc’s future and could eventually even precipitate its end. Here is why.

A comment by Amadeus Marzai

An ever greener Union: The EU, carbon pricing and India

6. Dezember 2021 von Polis180

As a paradigm shift of EU policy-making, the European Green Deal entails considerable policy ramifications in terms of external action – particularly through the EU’s economy’s green transformation and thus, changing trade regulations, production and consumption patterns. Polarised reactions to the proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) raise the question of how global sustainability can be ensured, in terms of environmental, economic and foreign policy-making.

A comment by Anna-Loreen Mondorf

RCEP – Trade for all? Vier Erkenntnisse zu Handel und Entwicklung in Asien

6. Juli 2021 von Polis180

Mit der Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) soll in Asien die größte Freihandelszone der Welt entstehen. Sie umfasst nicht nur 30 Prozent der weltweiten Produktionsleistung, sondern auch so unterschiedliche Länder wie China, Singapur, Australien und Laos. Das Abkommen ist mit großen Hoffnungen verbunden: Regionale Wertschöpfungsketten sollen breiten gesellschaftlichen Wohlstand ermöglichen.

Ein Beitrag von Etienne Höra

Ghosn, the Taylors and the Japanese criminal justice system

14. Mai 2021 von Polis180

In addition to the politics of alliances of industrial „national champions“, the case of Carlos Ghosn has again shed light on the Japanese criminal justice system. So much so, that the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued a report in which it condemns the legal and executive practices used by prosecutors in the Ghosn-case. The fact that the UN is weighing in also stresses the high-profile nature of the case itself and its international relevance.

A Comment by Lars Feyen and Paul Guthmann

Spirited away? Carlos Ghosn, the Japanese legal system and the hunt for universal rule of law

6. Mai 2021 von Polis180

The arrest of ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn in 2018 and his subsequent escape from Japan by private plane have made for one of the most spectacular criminal cases in recent times. While the affair kept international observers and UN panels occupied, Ghosn actually accused the Japanese state and his former employer of nothing less than violations of human rights and a vast conspiracy against his person.

A Comment by Lars Feyen and Paul Guthmann

Central bank digital currencies: The state of play in China and Asia-Pacific

10. Dezember 2020 von Polis180

Central banks across Asia-Pacific are in the process of building the world’s first central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and – with China at the helm of this monetary revolution – the future of money may soon become re-defined. This article will analyse the fast paced CBDC developments in the most dynamic region on earth.

A Comment by Thaddeus Jahn and Peter Müller

Eine Aufsicht gegen die “Schlupflöcher” des Binnenmarkts? Wie Europa gegen Geldwäsche vorgehen will

26. November 2020 von Polis180

Ob Panama oder Paradise Papers, Lux oder Swiss Leaks, Russian oder Azerbaijani Laundromat und zu guter Letzt “Golden Visa” und “FinCEN Files”: Die letzten Jahre haben nicht wenige Skandale zu globaler Geldwäsche unter Beteiligung von Europas Banken und Jurisdiktionen ans Licht gebracht. Kann Deutschlands Vorsitz im Rat der EU die Bekämpfung von Geldwäsche auf EU-Ebene vorantreiben?

Ein Beitrag von Peter Müller

Reine (Re)Form-Sache? Die Nachhaltigkeit der GAP in der Kritik

13. November 2020 von Polis180

Vom 20. bis zum 23. Oktober hat der seit Juli unter deutschem Vorsitz stehende Rat der Europäischen Union über eine umfassende Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) abgestimmt. Die dieses Jahr anstehende strukturelle Überarbeitung hatte allerdings nicht nur den wie alle sieben Jahre “klassischen” Reformbedarf, sondern musste vielmehr Bezug auf die durch die Covid-19-Krise befeuerten Krisensymptome nehmen.

Ein Beitrag von Lukas Seelig

May a hard Brexit clear the air after all?

6. November 2020 von Anne-Kathrin Glück

Since the United Kingdom in 2016 voted not to remain in the European Union, Britain and the rest of Europe seem to move further apart, especially with a no-deal Brexit. Though we may learn more about each other during the transition period. I spoke to our sister-think tank in the UK about topics that are crucial in the eyes of young foreign policy experts.

An Interview with AK Glück and Agora