David KleimannDavid Kleimann is a Doctoral Researcher at the Law Department of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and a Research Fellow at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) in Brussels. Within the area of internationa trade law and policy, his main expertise and research interest is the substantive coverage of the most recent generation of preferential trade agreements (PTA), as well as the institutional innovations that these treaties feature. Moreover, he has a keen interest in the policy implications of European Parliament's empowerment on trade policy matters following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. Read More Read Less