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From Digital Taxation to CORE: Europe’s Obsession with Turnover Taxes
Europe's flirtation with digital services taxes (DSTs) appears to be cooling. In July 2025, the European Commission dropped its proposed digital levy from EU budget plans, largely in response to US...
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EU-Indonesia CEPA: Maybe Signed, but Not Yet Sealed
Background The political agreement on the EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in July was rushed by political optics, including Trump-era tariffs and pressure to compete...
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A Slow Journey – UK Trade Policy Stocktake September 2025
Publication of a first UK government trade strategy since Brexit was an important step in finally setting out a realistic view of the global economy and the UK's place within that. Positive momentum...
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Von der Leyen Future Economic Legacy
In her State of the Union address, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen touched on nearly every aspect of European life, including the economy. She spoke about housing shortages, energy bills,...
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The EU Should Sign New Trade Agreements to Revive Long-term Economic Growth
Fortunately, recent times have seen senior European leaders giving more support to new trade agreements than we have been used to in the past decade. The ratification process of the EU-Mercosur...
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Adapting Under Pressure: The Global South’s Quantum Journey
by Francisco Jure, Research Assistant, ECIPE I have had an Argentine submarine livestream running in the background for days. Thousands of people watched as a pale-pink Dumbo octopus, one among...
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EuroStack’s Hypocrisy: A European Vision Built on American Cloud Solutions?
The EuroStack campaign, primarily led by small and mid-sized European cloud providers, open-source firms, and cybersecurity specialists, argues for "Aggressive Buy European" procurement rules to...
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Brussels Can’t Save Europe’s Car Industry – But It Can Stop Making It Worse
The European Union on 30 January launched its Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry, an initiative aimed at safeguarding a sector under growing pressure. With EU...
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Webinar Summary: The Health of the Economy – Inflation, Regulation, and How to Fix Europe’s Underperforming Economic Growth
In a recent webinar hosted by ECIPE, John Cochrane, a leading economist and the Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, discussed pressing economic...
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Event Summary: The Crucial Role of Cloud and AI Leadership to Drive Competitiveness in Europe
The panel discussion "The Crucial Role of Cloud and AI Leadership to Drive Competitiveness in Europe," hosted in our office, provided a platform for experts to examine the vital role of cloud...