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European strategic autonomy – What role for Europe’s fragmented single market?
30 years after the establishment of the European Single Market, regulatory convergence reversed or came to a halt in the EU. This lack of integration is the expression of a “Single Market...
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Sender-Pays: Rethinking incentives for infrastructure investments
By Robin Baker and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama Summary As the Sending Party Network Pays debate resurfaces, the question of whether users and senders should contribute network fees is somewhat secondary....
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The costs of the EU’s strategic autonomy agenda – Why member states should stop ignoring them
The EU is pushing a controversial policy paradigm: strategic autonomy. The term is increasingly institutionalised. It is commonly referred to in speeches by high-level officials. New EU laws are...
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Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment moves to trilogue: potential impact on trade and WTO compatibility still unclear
Introduction On June 22nd, the European Parliament and Council of the EU submitted amendments to the European Commission’s proposal for an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The final...
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The L’Oréal principle: How the EU leverages its single market for its trade policy objectives
Products of the skincare company L’Oréal have been marketed over the years using the self-reassuring tag line “because you’re worth it”. The EU has recently launched a new line of trade...
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The hidden complexities of the UK Government Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
The publication of the UK government’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill appears to have brought UK-EU relations to a new low ebb, with trade war an increasing concern to businesses. Below the...
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The Relevance of Intellectual Property for Pharmaceutical Innovation
By Mr Maarten Meulenbelt, Sidley Austin LLP* In the pharmaceutical industry, the role of Intellectual Property (IP) as an incentive for product development is particularly important: each investor...
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Check Mate to the Rules of the Game
This piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto, a journalist and communicator in financing for development. “The king is an attacking piece, use it!” said the Austrian chess...
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Intellectual Property in Services Sectors
By Pascal Kerneis, European Services Forum It remains difficult for many reasons to identify the importance of intellectual property in services sectors, and whether this lack of knowledge might...
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TTC and pre-empting the next transatlantic tech war
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Robin Baker Admittedly, the trading relationship between the EU and the U.S. has never been an easy one. Since the late 1960s, commercial disputes and conflicting agendas...