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Is E-commerce Really the Threat to European Way of Life – or did Domestic Populism Trump the Single Market?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalLast week, France introduced a controversial law specifically designed to cripple Amazon to support physical bookstores. Italy is about to force...
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Why Are Services Commitments in RTAs Stronger than in the GATS? Trade Policy Implications for TTIP
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityRecent studies demonstrate a clear pattern in services commitments. They show that commitments in most services RTAs around the world are stronger...
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The Case for an EU-China Investment Agreement
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTrade and investment volumes between the EU and China will continue to grow – but they will also be a source of friction and disputes. Are there...
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Argentina, the Expropriation of Repsol YPF, and the Case for Improved Investment Protection Accords
By: Fredrik ErixonArgentina’s expropriation of Repsol’s shares in the Argentinean energy company YPF sent chock waves through the international investment...
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Who’s Afraid of China’s High-Tech Challenge?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityOver the last 30 years, the speed and scale of China’s economic rise have stunned the world. Now its government has mapped out bold plans for the...
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Biofuels Reform in the European Union: Why New ILUC Rules will Reinforce the WTO Inconsistency of EU Biofuels Policy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonThis paper takes stock of the proposals by the European Commission and members of the European Parliament to amend the Renewable Energy Directive...
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Solar Panels, Telecommunication Equipment – and the “Modernisation” of EU Trade Defence Policy
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonCan trade defence instruments like anti-dumping and anti-subsidy/countervailing duties be smartly used to counter government subsidies distorting the...
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Who’s Afraid of China’s High-tech Challenge?
Over the last 30 years, the speed and scale of China’s economic rise have stunned the world. Now its government has mapped out bold plans for the...
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CHINA’S RISE: Perceptions and Misperceptions
In a new paper – presented at an ECIPE Conference – Krishnan Srinivasan, former Foreign Secretary of India, analysed the political direction of...
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SERIOUS CHINA: The Rise of China and EU Implications
In a new paper – based on a talk at an ECIPE conference – Ambassador Frank Lavin, former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce, argues that China now...
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Can Europe Overcome its Conservatism? – Future of Europe from a Japanese Perspective
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceThe agenda of the recent European Summit shows that the discussion is no longer dedicated entirely to the Euro crisis, and the efforts to stabilise...
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EU Policies on Online Entrepreneurship: Conversations with U.S. Venture Capitalists
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North AmericaBy: Fredrik ErixonThis paper examines the role of policy for creating an attractive atmosphere for venture capital investments in online start-ups and...