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The urban legend of the EU’s digital economy: Where do we go from here?
It is not strange to think that the digital economy is made by and for American companies. Google is the window to the Internet, we buy through Amazon, and send messages via WhatsApp. According to...
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Digital globalization, digital trade policy, and the role of developing countries
Digital trade has grown very fast in recent years, not least because of Covid-19 and its push to do online business. The pandemic, according to one news story, “has accelerated digitalization and...
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European strategic autonomy – What role for Europe’s fragmented single market?
30 years after the establishment of the European Single Market, regulatory convergence reversed or came to a halt in the EU. This lack of integration is the expression of a “Single Market...
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Sender-Pays: Rethinking incentives for infrastructure investments
By Robin Baker and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama Summary As the Sending Party Network Pays debate resurfaces, the question of whether users and senders should contribute network fees is somewhat secondary....
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TTC and pre-empting the next transatlantic tech war
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Robin Baker Admittedly, the trading relationship between the EU and the U.S. has never been an easy one. Since the late 1960s, commercial disputes and conflicting agendas...
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The Data Act Proposal: Assessing the EU’s Latest Digital Policy Experiment
ECIPE just launched a new research program on the economic impacts of the EU’s Data Act proposal. We hereby invite interested stakeholders to support our research by providing information on...
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Digital Sovereignty Revisited
In a recent LinkedIn post, my colleague Hosuk Lee-Makiyama asked why so many policymakers in Europe are concerned with digital sovereignty when the vast majority of value added in digital services is...
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New Report Questioning Political Logic and Economic Assessment Behind EU DMA Proposal
Last week, the US government distributed an eight-point policy paper calling on the EU to reconsider its proposed Digital Market Act (DMA). The message was clear: "We think it is important that...
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China’s Participation in O-RAN
In recent months, it has become evident how the US sanctions against Chinese technology suppliers seem inconsistent, especially when it comes to the critical 5G infrastructure and participation in...
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The Peculiar Case of DiDi: What Brussels Learns from China’s Crackdown on Ride-hailing Apps
Introduction On December 3rd, DiDi, the world’s largest ride-hailing app, announced it would delist from New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and move its listing to Hong Kong, heeding the calls from the...