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Europe Against the Machine
This piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. “Never send a human to do a machine's job” said Agent Smith in The Matrix as he fought to defend their technological dominance...
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Competitive and innovative: the winning Europe that we need
This piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto, a journalist and communicator in financing for development. The competitiveness of a region is manifested in the commercial success or...
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2023 will be a defining year for Brexit and trade
Notwithstanding endless discussions and early data, Brexit cannot yet be definitively declared a success or failure. Those who would point to trade deals and independent regulatory policy as signs of...
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The Tech and Trade Council: An accident report
Co-authored with Robin Baker Introduction As we approach the third ministerial meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC), transatlantic relations have never been as fundamental to both...
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Webinar Summary: Measuring the Economic Impacts of the EU’s Approach to Strategic Autonomy
On November 29, ECIPE hosted an expert discussion around the study’s launch by Frontier Economics, “Measuring the Impacts of the EU’s Approach on Open Strategic Autonomy”. Amar Breckenridge,...
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The EU stuck between trade openness and strategic autonomy
The European Union’s new trade policy motto of Open Strategic Autonomy is defined as ‘EU’s ability to make its own choices and shape the world around it through leadership and...
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European strategic autonomy – Aim or bane for our generation?
In September 2020, European Council President Charles Michel delivered a long speech on Europe’s “strategic autonomy, sovereignty, and power”. He concluded that “whichever word you use”, it...
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Could friend-shoring stop protectionism undermining trade and climate change measures?
When considering trade rules and climate change, current developments point towards more protectionism, with the WTO’s role devalued, and progress in reducing emissions at the mercy of government...
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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....