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Online Platforms, Economic Integration and Europe’s Rent-Seeking Society: Why Online Platforms Deliver on What EU Governments Fail to Achieve
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Matthias BauerOnline platforms create “more perfect” markets. Online platforms are a market-driven cure to the imperfections of the EU’s incomplete Single...
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5G and National Security: After Australia’s Telecom Sector Security Review
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIn August 2018, the government of Australia concluded its review of the national security risks of the telecom sector with the new 5G networks. The...
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Cooperation in Europe’s Digital Economy: How do Countries Position Themselves?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyMembers of the European Union have different positions on matters of digital openness, and those differences typically reflect how the digital sector...
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The Next Steps for the Digital Single Market: From Where do We Start?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Five Freedoms ProjectDigitization has been a boon to the European economy. However, the Digital Single Market remains an aspiration rather than a reality, and European...
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Do Data Policy Restrictions Inhibit Trade in Services?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis paper examines whether restrictive data policies impact trade in services over the internet. We have collected comparable information on a...
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Do Data Policy Restrictions Impact the Productivity Performance of Firms and Industries?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThis paper examines how policies regulating the cross-border movement and domestic use of electronic data on the internet impact the productivity of...
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The Swiss Cheese of Trade Policy: The Case Against Product Exclusions in Trade Agreements
By: Fredrik ErixonThere have been calls to exclude certain products from trade agreements because they cause damages to public health or the environment. Lately,...
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In Search of an Effective Trade Policy for the Film Industry: Lessons from Korea
This article explores which trade-related policies are effective – that is both economically and culturally sound – to promote the film...
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The UK’s First International Trade Negotiation – Agriculture at the WTO
By: David HenigThere are few issues that cause more controversy in international trade policy than agriculture. The EU’s overall agriculture policy, including...
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Five Questions about the Digital Services Tax to Pierre Moscovici
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Matthias BauerThe European Commission has recently proposed to upend decades of international tax cooperation and introduce a new three percent tax on corporate...
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Evaluating the Effects of Protectionism on the Film Industry: A Case Study Analysis of Korea
Research Areas: Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea Project Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Jimmyn ParcThis chapter assesses whether Korean film policies have been instrumental for the success of the Korean film industry . The major finding of this...
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Europe and South-East Asia: An Exercise in Diplomatic Patience
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe EU is hoping to revive the negotiations for a region-to-region agreement with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), but few...