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Decision-Time – The 2025 UK Trade Policy Stocktake
Delivering an EU reset amid the tumult likely to follow the re-election of President Trump makes 2025 a year when the UK government must make trade policy decisions. For business confidence that will...
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5G Toolbox in 2025: A Question of Trust
State of the EU 5G Security Toolbox In October 2019, we published a short illustrated comment explaining how Europe's approach to 5G security increasingly became distinct from technical security,...
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Webinar Summary: Cloud Cybersecurity, Sovereignty, and EU Competitiveness
The rapid evolution of cloud computing presents Europe with a unique opportunity to strengthen its digital landscape. However, balancing cybersecurity, sovereignty, and competitiveness remains a...
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Webinar Summary: National Security, Innovation and Telecoms – A New Era
Our webinar, hosted on December 4, titled "National Security, Innovation and Telecoms – A New Era," brought together experts to discuss the intersection of innovation policy, intellectual property...
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France and Germany: Transforming Challenges into Leadership Opportunities
France and Germany are Europe’s largest economies. Their collaboration has historically been a catalyst for change, often establishing benchmarks for economic and political integration. Today, in...
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Action and Reaction in International Trade
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 24th of November 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found here. Following Donald Trump’s victory...
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Sweden vs Switzerland: A Heavyweight Champions Fight on Innovation
Much like with other headline-making international rankings, the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently drawn media attention with the release of the 2024 edition of its...
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Should Germany Abolish the Corporate Income Tax?
The stark disparity between the relatively low government revenue derived from corporate taxes and the substantial contributions from labour and consumption taxes in Germany underscores the need for...
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Europe’s Misguided Obsession with Bureaucracy
Brussels is mired in debates that miss the mark. While the EU and Member States tinker with regulatory details and symbolic gestures, Europe’s economy suffocates under unchecked bureaucracy and a...
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Europe and the Second Trump Administration: Uncertainties, Risks and Frictions in Trade and Technology
As Europe now ponders the next four years with Donald Trump in the White House, the dominant thought seems to be that he's yet again got his eyes on Europe. Last week, both Emmanuel Macron and Mario...