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The European productivity slowdown in a global context
The decline in EU competitiveness is certain to be a key issue for European policymakers over the next five years. This concern is well-founded. The EU’s share of global GDP has shrunk from over a...
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Five Challenges for Five Decisive Years in Europe
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 9th of June 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found here. For years, European citizens in general, and...
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Don’t Panic! It’s Just FRAND licensing practices
A breakthrough in calculating a 'fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory' (FRAND) royalty rate for wireless patents came in the year 2198. After centuries of debate and litigation, the supercomputer...
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Event Summary: Trading Up: How EU Trade Policy Can Lead to Better Market Access and More Resilient Sourcing
On May 14, 2024, together with Europe Unlocked, we organised a conference titled "Trading Up: How EU Trade Policy Can Lead to Better Market Access and More Resilient Sourcing." The event, held in...
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The big shift in global trade in services: a tale of five modes of supply
*Disclaimer: the views expressed herein are those of the author and do not represent an official position by the European Commission. Global rules governing services trade rely on a fundamental...
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The next EU parliamentary elections and the future of international trade
"The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to him." Jan Patočka to Václav Havel in Disturbing The...
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Tocqueville, the Revolution and the European Parliament election
In the French city of Tours, in the heart of the Loire Valley, we can find an explanation for Europe's turbulent politics. Geert Wilders has recently won the Dutch election. Putin ally Robert Fico is...
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A July General Election offers a new government time to rethink EU relations
As the speculation built that a UK General Election was to be called, those with one eye on UK-EU relations noted that the soon-to-be-confirmed date of 4 July meant that it would potentially be new...
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Trade in the Great Sea: Revisiting EU-Southern Mediterranean trade relations
Image: Romeyn de Hooghe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Mediterranean region may currently not be a central geography for EU trade policy. As the EU’s attention lies on issues such as...
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The Letta Report – the Good and the Bad!
Yes, it’s the report season again! No, I don’t mean the season of full-year or Q1 reports from Corporate-land but that we have a few months ahead of us with new reports about the EU’s economic...