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Cloud Services and Export Performance: Evidence and Implications for EU Policy
Hannes Berggren, Trade Policy Advisor, The National Board of Trade The use of cloud services is reshaping how companies can operate and expand to new markets, making cloud access important for EU...
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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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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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WTO Abu Dhabi Conference: Stalemate or Stepping Stone
It’s only 20 months since the WTO last had a ministerial conference. Usually, it’s at least two years between meetings but the previous conference was delayed by COVID, so there’s an element...
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The critical importance of the Single Market for Europe’s global trade performance
The Single Market just turned 30. It is one of the EU’s greatest achievements and the success of the Single Market is built on the fundamental economic logic that binds EU Member States together....
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Intellectual Property in Services Sectors
By Pascal Kerneis, European Services Forum It remains difficult for many reasons to identify the importance of intellectual property in services sectors, and whether this lack of knowledge might...
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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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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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‘Urgent Need to Review the Mobility Package 1 proposals’ says EU transport sector
The European Parliament Transport Committee continues working on the Mobility Package 1 despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis that led to confinement measures introduced by many European...
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Globalisation after COVID-19
It is certain that the world will overcome the COVID-19 crisis, as much as it is certain that in the aftermath the world will look different with regards to global trade. International trade patterns...