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Time to Resist Dovish Temptations?
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates for the first time in nine years (figure 1). However, this decision is still surrounded by uncertainty. On one hand, the US economy has...
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What Types of Protectionist Non-tariff Measures do States Use Most?
Different countries have different strategies to protect their markets. This bar chart shows the top 10 export- and import-restricting non-tariff measures currently applied by India, the USA, Brazil,...
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The Japan EU Regulatory Cooperation A Key Agenda for a “Living Partnership”
The last Japan-EU Summit achieved a little noticed but crucial progress. It made a clear call for “further progress in regulatory cooperation” between Japan and the EU—a theme non-existent two...
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The European Market is a Common Market
By Serena Sileoni, Deputy Director, Instituto Bruno Leoni The EU originated and developed in order to secure for consumers and producers the benefits of a single space for transactions...
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Unleash Entrepreneurial Discovery for Development of Real Digital Economy
By Meelis Kitsing, a lecturer at the Estonian Business School, Director of the Centre for Free Economic Thought The European Union has adopted smart specialization strategy in its innovation...
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Manufacturing the Future: Industry 4.0
A new wave of technological changes is reshaping the manufacturing sector in its entirety. Autonomous robotics, additive manufacturing, cloud computing and sensor technology are only few of the new...
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The Case for a European Data Policy
By Richard Robert, Executive Director, ParisTech Review The digital single market is a fact. Neither a project, nor an ambition, just a fact. Only thing is, it is in no way limited to European...
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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...