Marketplace. Last year the wall street journal called the decline of europe as a force in World Affairs the mostn consequential shift of the last 100 years but there is some truth in that, since world war ii the military influence of europe has certainly declined. It is also true that europeans, growth has not compared favorably with that of the United States or for example, with china or india. Of course, efforts to maintain an Economic Union within europe have been more, gated lately but professor bradford sees things divinely and in her new bookro e brussels effect the European Union rules the world is here and back there and you must have a copy. Professor bradford argues that the eu remains a critically important economic superpower. She makes the case very persuasively. He continues to wield a unilateral power in regulating their market and that is a phenomenon that they call the brussels effect. What does it mean . Many, many examples, eu shapes policies in areas for data privac
Of the Richmond Center, i also served as the dean of Columbia Law School from 20042014 which i mention for a very particular reason. I was the dean when professor anu bradford joined our faculty, and its one of my very proud moments is when we persuaded her to do that. So im honored to kick off what i know is going to be a fascinating discussion about the influence of europe on the global marketplace. Last year the wall street journal called the decline of europe as a force in World Affairs the most consequential shift of the last hundred years. And there is some truth in that. Since world war ii the military influence of europe has certainly declined, and its also true that europes Economic Growth has not compared favorably with that of the United States or, for example, with china or india. And, of course, efforts to maintain an Economic Union within europe have been more complicated lately with brexit, as we all know. But still i think professor bradford sees things a little bit dif
Weather into Northern Ireland and the south west. But large parts of the south west. But large parts of the uk will have a drier day on monday and there will be some sunshine at times. Those temperatures into the low to mid 20s. To look further afield we need to look at the jet stream. This is a fast moving ribbon of air and it is ina more fast moving ribbon of air and it is in a more southerly position than we would hope for at this time of year. There is a stronger arm of the jetstrea m there is a stronger arm of the jetstream from newfoundland. It picks up areas of low pressure, of course. The next one coming in on the back end of next week looks unusually deep and unusually far south across the uk for this time of year. Essentially it will keep the u nsettled tea m year. Essentially it will keep the unsettled team going well into next week. Nothing particularly extreme but a little unusual for august. Urban canoeing the most effective way to get across town. Hello. This is bbc news
More than a decade after ba naz mahmods death in a so called honour killing, her sister speaks out for the first time. The moment you choose to ignore actually what happened and not talk about it, you will never get past it. And 13 years on, we still havent had that conversation. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Riot police have used pepper spray and batons during clashes with protesters in hong kong overnight, on the 22nd anniversary of its handover from british to chinese rule. The protests are the latest against a law that would allow suspected criminals to be sent to Mainland China to facejustice. Lets have a look at the live pictures from the streets of hong kong. You can see the numbers are building, there is always a dispute on at that between the protesters and the police. This is the third enormous demonstration weve seen in hong kong in the past month. The organisers typically say the figures are aroundi organisers typically say the figures are around 1 million. Th
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