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Data Localisation Requirement in Russia: A Self-imposed Sanction
In recent years, data localisation requirements have become one of the main threats to the open trading system. As cross-border data flows are integral to a modern economy, restricting the movement...
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Did Western Civilisation Never Really Catch On?
Over the last seven days, as the FIFA story has unfolded, the famous dictum: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” has been in my mind. That story has developed from...
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Are Europeans Ready to Embrace the Digital Society?
By Alastair Reed, Renaud Thillaye, Policy Network The European Commission has just set out bold ambitions for a digital single market but achieving the buy-in of member states for pan-European...
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Corporation Tax and the Digital Single Market
By Diego Zuluaga, Institute of Economic Affairs & EPICENTER Tax policy has featured prominently in discussions of the EU’s digital economy for some time. Unfortunately, much of the...
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Net Freedom Instead of Net Neutrality For a Successful Digital Market
By Cécile Philippe, Director, Institut économique Molinari The Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy for Europe includes several initiatives to be delivered by the end of 2016. Among them, an...
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Europe and the Digital Economy: How can it Expand Faster?
Europe, it is said, is a digital laggard. In some ways, it is obvious. Access to superfast mobile or broadband access, for instance, is poor in many parts of Europe, including regions that consider...
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Migration Seen From Brussels
Much talk and attention in recent weeks to the streams of migrants heading across the Mediterranean to Italy and Malta, and to the large numbers of them that have drowned (over 1800 this year). Seen...
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Who in Europe is Successful in Exporting in Digital Sectors?
Earlier this month the European Commission presented its new strategy of the Single Digital Market. Several of DG Connect’s most important goals are to give everyone a fast connection to an open...
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Capaldo Fails to Convince
In October 2014, Jeronim Capaldo published a paper (hereafter Capaldo 2014) suggesting TTIP to cause severe negative economic implications for Europe. In a recent paper, we point to the fundamental...
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TPP Giving Mad Men a Run for Their Money
As reported by our friends at the FT, President Obama paid a visit to the Pacific Rim (Portland, Oregon to be precise) to campaign for the TPP agreement. The Democrats are deeply...