Insights (Filter: services)
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Why It’s Time to Mind Europe’s Services Gap
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, President Trump told Europe it was “not heading in the right direction”. The line was...
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Spain, at Your Service
By: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 5th of October 2025. The original article can be found here. In her latest State...
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Germany’s Industry Isn’t in Decline, It’s Changing
Germany's industry is in turmoil. Last year’s headlines about mass layoffs by German industrial giants like Volkswagen, Thyssenkrupp, BASF, and...
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WTO Abu Dhabi Conference: Stalemate or Stepping Stone
Tags: agriculture China digital digital economy e-commerce EU Japan Plurilaterals services US WTO WTO Dispute Settlement System WTO Ministerial ConferenceBy: Stuart HarbinsonIt’s only 20 months since the WTO last had a ministerial conference. Usually, it’s at least two years between meetings but the previous...
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The Importance of Digital Standards for Services Trade
Digital services trade is a fundamental and growing element of our shared economic future. But policy makers are disrupting cross-border ecosystems...
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The Critical Importance of the Single Market for Europe’s Global Trade Performance
By: Lucian CernatThe 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...
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Intellectual Property in Services Sectors
By: Guest AuthorBy Pascal Kerneis, European Services Forum It remains difficult for many reasons to identify the importance of intellectual property in services...
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‘Urgent Need to Review the Mobility Package 1 Proposals’ Says EU Transport Sector
By: Natalia MacyraThe European Parliament Transport Committee continues working on the Mobility Package 1 despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis that led to...
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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...
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A European Industrial Policy for Services: The Single Market
Industrial policy is back on the European agenda. Inside the European Commission headquarters, policy makers are fiercely discussing the instruments,...
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Market Structures in Services
Services have long been thought to suffer from a productivity problem. In fact, there is a long-standing concern that services add little to the...
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Lessons from Uber for the Taxi Industry
By: Jimmyn ParcOnce again taxi drivers have blocked the streets in a major European city as part of a protest against the ride-sharing service Uber. The latest...