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What is Wrong with the German Economy? The Case for Openness to Technology and Human Capital
Advanced economies like Germany need to focus more on attracting foreign high-skilled labour and become better at importing foreign technology and...
No, China Does Not Make Everything!
China is now the world’s leading manufacturer, with goods exports rising from $63 billion in 1990 to $2.5 trillion in 2018. The popular assumption...
Digital Futures for Europe
By Meelis Kitsing, Professor and Rector, Estonian Business School. There isn’t one model for success in the digital future; there are...
Covid-19 and the Danger of Self-sufficiency: How Europe’s Pandemic Resilience was Helped by an Open Economy
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Europe has benefitted strongly from being an open economy that can access goods and services from other parts of the...
The EU Green Deal and Its Industrial and Political Significance
The European Green Deal, the flagship initiative of the incumbent European Commission, aims to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 55% by 2030...
Global Trade Today is Global Value Chains
In the last 25 years global value chains have come to dominate global trade in a way surprisingly little discussed or understood. To meet the policy...
Economic Costs of Ex ante Regulations
Regulations are an indispensable part of an economy and are proven to generate a significant impact on the economic, environment and social...
Global Trade Today: Five Basic Facts about Global Trade
There is a paradox in the global debate about trade. It has never been easier to trade internationally, but global trade is poorly understood....
Open RAN: The Technology, its Politics and Europe’s Response
This policy brief explores the implications of Open RAN concept and its technical and political developments in the mobile network industry. Open...
Work for Others, not Yourself: Globalisation, Protectionism and Europe’s Quest for Strategic Autonomy
Protectionism and mercantilism are yet again at the centre of global economic policy. “America First” is the guiding ethos in a good part of US...