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Turning the Single Digital Market into a House of Cards? The European Local Content Quota on Netflix
On May 25, 2016, the Commission proposed to amend two dozen articles of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (hereafter the “Directive”). One...
Xi Jinping’s Long Road to Somewhere? China’s OBOR Initiative and how Europe Should Respond
The true nature and purpose of China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative are subject to much speculation. The one certainty is that OBOR commands...
Addressing the Regulatory Divergences in the Medical Devices Sector
Medical devices are not just simple commodities. They are the result of decades of research and development and scientific advancement, and...
The Secret to the Success of K-pop: The Benefits of Well-Balanced Copyrights
Today’s mantra in many political and business circles is that stringent copyrights are needed for fostering cultural creativity and that...
The EU’s Trade with Emerging Markets: Climbing the Value-added Chain and Growing IP Intensity?
International trade is a powerful force of societal transformation. Trade agreements not only stimulated trade; they have improved the quality and...
Assessing the Solar Energy Dispute between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China
Sylvain Plasschaert is Honorary Professor at the University of Antwerp and at the Catholic University of...
The Beauty of Public Procurement in TTIP
The TTIP negotiation is taking another leap of faith as it delves into the question of public procurement this week. The topic is inarguably a...
The French Audiovisual Policy: An evaluation
The two last years have witnessed a hot debate in France on whether the current French audiovisual policy has had a positive or a negative...
La politique audiovisuelle française : A bout de souffle
Ces deux dernières années, la France a connu un vif débat sur l’impact de la politique audiovisuelle actuelle sur le rayonnement de la...
The EU and China: Redressing: An Unbalanced Relationship
This paper is based on a presentation to a conference organised by the Hong Kong Baptist University and the European Union Academic...