Out of 148 countries surveyed in 2013 by the WEF (World Economic Forum), in terms of burden of government regulation, many EU countries are near the bottom: Here below is the ranking:

The Coalition for Canada-Europe Trade is an organization of associations and individuals who support trade and investment liberalization between Canada and the European Union. It includes

"Economic competitiveness is the sole way of preserving and further improving the European model. The public sector will not create growth and employment. It is an illusion. The politicians' job is to create the appropriate economic environment. It is only companies that can make the European economy grow again. Not states. And not the European Union. (Alexander Stubb, Prime Minister of Finland)"

Germany's leading economic institutes (Munich-based Ifo, the DIW in Berlin, the RWI in Essen as well as Halle's IHW)  have cut their growth forecast amid a slump in European demand and a series of global crises. They slashed their 2014 growth estimate for Germany down to 1.3 percent and predicted the German gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015 would reach 1.2 percent, which is also significantly lower than their previous estimate of 2 percent.

Corporate government relations is viewed by many schools as a subject someone else should teach. Schools and colleges for the most part don’t teach government relations . Some may offer a course on public policy but it is usually filled with theories and philosophy, and it really doesn’t address the nuts and bolts of what the GR function entails.

Government Relations work entails handling various policy dialogues with a government and related institutions, and  it requires significant experience of working either within or with government, politics or a regulatory agency, as well as an ability to grasp and communicate complex technical and policy issues to a wide range of stakeholders.

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If Parliament was able to choose the Commission’s President, it can also dismiss Commissioners that are not to its liking, a contradiction that weighs on the relations between institutions.

The EU offers three major grant programs in the United States: the EU Centers of Excellence, Transatlantic Research and Debates Program, and Getting to Know Europe grants.

1. EU Centers of Excellence

EU Centers of Excellence advance the study of the EU, the understanding of its institutions and policies and EU-US relations through teaching programs, scholarly research and outreach activities extended by the Centers to their local and regional communities.

Australia

• ANU Centre for European Studies/The Australian National University, Canberra
• RMIT University, Melbourne
• Monash European and EU Centre/Monash University, Melbourne

Canada

In most Asian-markets there is no such things as lobbying as it is understood in Western countries. Or, it might mean different things in different markets that are often not favourable. Lobbying can come across as ‘influence peddling’ or imply inappropriate methods of government manipulation. In different Asian markets, governments have varying attitudes towards lobbying. Asian markets range from one-party states to parliamentary monarchies to so-called ‘Managed Democracies”. Most have an authoritarian bent amplified and enabled by traditional hierarchical approaches.