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Prosperity and Resilience: Diverse Production and Comparative Advantage in Modern Economies
A common version of trade theory suggests that countries will specialise in a limited number of products. Using the example of David Ricardo from...
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The Benefits of Intellectual Property Rights in EU Free Trade Agreements
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade and IP Project Trade, Globalisation and SecurityKey Takeaway 1: What are Intellectual Property Rights and why do they matter? Intellectual Property gives the creator (e.g. an artist, a company...
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The Future of EU Leadership in the Car Industry: Still Global
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityAutomotive is Europe’s key export industry, an important contributor to the EU economy, from balance of payments to employment, and a...
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EU and Mercosur in the Twenty-First Century: Taking Stock of the Economic and Cultural Ties
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Latin America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis policy brief examines the latest developments in the EU-Mercosur economic relationship and outlines the existing non-economic relationship in...
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Business integration and its impact on film industry: The case of Korean film policies from the 1960s until the present
By: Jimmyn ParcWith increasing business integration in cultural industries around the world, it has often been debated whether this process is helpful or harmful....
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Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Time to Go Back to the Drawing Board
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonThis Policy Brief takes stock of the global and European trade and carbon-emission effects from CBAM. It argues that the current design of the CBAM...
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What does Emily in Paris say about the “Netflix quota” and the “Netflix tax”?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyWhen the Netflix series Emily in Paris was released in October 2020, it was widely watched among audiences around the world. In its first week, it...
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The Untold Story of the Korean Film Industry. A Global Business and Economic Perspective
This book analyses the Korean film industry emergence and development in a global business and economic perspective. This is one of the first...
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From SMEs to Unicorns: What Role for Trade, Standards and New Tech?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Lucian CernatThe global economy has been shaped by important, disruptive technological changes in recent years. Many of these technologies have been instrumental...
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China’s Public Procurement Protectionism and Europe’s Response: The Case of Medical Technology
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis paper concerns China’s market for medical technologies and how the Chinese state is assisting its own companies to gain greater sales at the...
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Services Trade Needs to be Taken as Seriously as Goods Trade
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityServices constitute at least a quarter of total trade. Between 2009 and 2019 global services trade increased by nearly 50%, compared to 18% for goods...
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Taxing Digital Services – Compensating for the Loss of Competitiveness
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecuritySeveral countries around the world have implemented a tax on digital services, commonly called Digital Services Tax (DST). This policy brief takes a...