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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Has the Fairest Clauses of Us All? Stress-testing the Application of Mirror Clauses to Pesticides
In less than six months, ‘mirror clauses’ have taken EU trade policy by storm. To inject ‘reciprocity’ in trading terms, the French...
The EU Digital Markets Act: Assessing the Quality of Regulation
The proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA) is an opportunity to prevent and remedy anti-competitive conduct by large digital platforms. If the Act is...
Strategic Autonomy and Long-term Innovation Competitiveness: On the Importance of Intellectual Property Rights for the Production of High-Value Medicines in the EU
Europe’s political leaders have in recent months called for “European industrial autonomy”. Notions of dependency, sovereignty and resilience...
The Future of EU Leadership in the Car Industry: Still Global
Automotive is Europe’s key export industry, an important contributor to the EU economy, from balance of payments to employment, and a...
Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Time to Go Back to the Drawing Board
This 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...
From SMEs to Unicorns: What Role for Trade, Standards and New Tech?
The global economy has been shaped by important, disruptive technological changes in recent years. Many of these technologies have been instrumental...
China’s Public Procurement Protectionism and Europe’s Response: The Case of Medical Technology
This paper concerns China’s market for medical technologies and how the Chinese state is assisting its own companies to gain greater sales at the...
Taxing Digital Services – Compensating for the Loss of Competitiveness
Several countries around the world have implemented a tax on digital services, commonly called Digital Services Tax (DST). This policy brief takes a...
We Need to Talk Trade and Technology!
“It’s May 3, 2021. Don’t forget to upgrade the embedded software in your shoes before you go for a run!” This may sound like a commercial...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Taking Stock of Europe’s New Trade Policy Strategy
This Policy Brief takes stock of the EU Trade Policy Review – the Commission’s proposed strategy for trade. Despite appearances, the Review...