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• The Best System Money Can Buy: Corruption in the European Union

," by Carolyn M. Warner, is reviewed.

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 2, Juin 2008

• The Social Construction of Free Trade - the European Union, Nafta, and Mercosur

, by Francesco Duina, is reviewed.

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 62 Num. 1, Mars 2007

• Residence and Taxation of Foreign Individuals in Switzerland

European Union & International Law

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Switzerland Law Articles in English

• Biofuels and Wto Disciplines

Given the sharp rise in crude oil prices and growing awareness of climate change, the potential of biofuels, particularly of bioethanol, has become an ubiquitous topic of public debate and has induced ambitious policy initiatives. The latter are mostly paired with protectionist measures as the examples of the European Union and the United States show, where domestic producers of energy crops are put at an advantage thanks to subsidisation, direct payments and/or favourable tax schemes. Moreover, the EU is working out a mandatory certification scheme for ethanol imports, imposing social and environmental standards which constitute another hurdle for more efficiently produced ethanol originating in the Southern hemisphere. A similar path is taken by Switzerland's revised mineral oil tax l...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 1, Mars 2008

• Beihilfenkontrolle Und Europäische Verfassung Am Beispiel Der Daseinsvorsorge

European aid control in the European Union is featured.

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 60 Num. 4, Décembre 2005

• Message concernant l'arrêté fédéral sur la participation de la Suisse à la Force multinationale de maintien de la paix European Union Force (EUFOR), en Bosnie-Herzégovine

• Feuille Fédérale num. 26, 6 juillet 2004
• Seccion Unica

• A love-hate relationship: Switzerland's relationship with the European Union (EU) could be described as mutually beneficial at best, but downright difficult at worst. Both accept the necessity of one another, but once in a while tensions bubble to the surface. We provide a closer look at some of the dynamics.

One way to learn about the relationship between the EU and Switzerland is to embark on a short journey to Canton Schwyz. Once there, continue to the f...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

• Die Schweizerische Aussenhandelspolitik Im Windschatten Der Europäischen Union

In this article the thesis will be that Switzerland has hardly used the clearance for its own foreign trade policy in the past 30 years, in order to operate a substantially more liberal foreign trade policy than the European Union. Only in Switzerland are tariffs somewhat deeper than in the European Union.

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 61 Num. 2, Mars 2006

• Botschaft zum Bundesbeschluss über die Schweizer Beteiligung an der multinationalen European Union Force (EUFOR) in Bosnien-Herzegowina

• Bundesblatt num. 26, 6 juillet 2004
• Seccion Unica

• Parallelimporte Patentgeschützter Güter: Eine Option Für Die Schweiz?

This paper attempts to address the issue of whether or not it would be in the long-term interests of Switzerland to allow parallel imports, particularly medicines, from European Union member countries. The market for pharmaceuticals is state-regulated and new drugs have to be regulated by individual countries through negotiation in order to establish price levels.

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 2, Juin 2008