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- Entering a new phase
David Henig writes about the UK-EU Summit reset relations with modest gains on trade, energy, and mobility via UK Trade & Business Commission. - Brussels Blueprint, Turkish Overreach? The Risks of Copying the EU’s Digital Competition Law
Matthias Bauer and Dyuti Pandya writes about Turkey’s proposed digital competition rules mimicking the EU’s DMA, risking overregulation, stifled innovation, and deterred foreign investment via Turkish Law Blog. - Perspectives: EU needs new partnerships to complement FTAs
David Henig writes his column for Borderlex on the EU having to modernise trade policy by integrating FTAs with regulatory initiatives, fostering partnerships, prioritising economic security, and creating frameworks for long-term cooperation and global leadership. - Attractivité française : des atouts et des soucis
[French] Elena Sisto is interviewed by the Newsletter BLOCS on French attractiveness remaining strong in sectors like quantum technologies, but facing macroeconomic challenges and competition from US industrial policies. - Trump’s tariff war has a digital second act
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama writes for Business Day on how SA’s digital regulation could deepen the US tariff dispute. - Lo que usted siente se llama obsesión
[Spanish and Behind Paywall] Oscar Guinea writes his column for El País on tariffs, Trump, and his obsession with manufacturing to Make America Great Again. - Borrowed Blueprints, Unintended Consequences: South Africa and the EU’s Digital Markets Act
Matthias Bauer and Dyuti Pandya write for African Antitrust & Competition Law on how South Africa’s digital regulatory moves echo EU strategies but risk stifling innovation and investment. - Perspectives – De minimis: European politicians forget consumers, SMEs
David Henig writes his “Perspectives” column for Borderlex about how de minimis reforms risk harming SMEs, consumers, favoring large EU businesses. - Vägen till ett förlorat ekonomiskt imperium
[Swedish] Fredrik Erixon writes about how Trump’s tariffs signal economic retreat, ending Pax Americana’s global dominance, for Dagens Industri. - Progress made ahead of UK-EU Summit
David Henig writes for the UK Trade & Business Commission on how UK-EU relations are progressing ahead of the May summit. - What’s next for the quantum technology race?
Andrea Dugo and Dyuti Pandya write a piece for Encompass on the future of quantum technology. - Tulliasiantuntija: Trump on valmis äärimmäisiin painostuskeinoihin
[Finnish and Behind Paywall] Hosuk Lee-Makiyama is interviewed by Helsingin Sanomat on how tariffs are part of Trump administration’s plan to reshape trade rules. - Que la Justicia no sea un negocio
[Spanish and Behind Paywall] Oscar Guinea writes an op-ed for El País on the costs of mass litigation. - Europas passivitet har ett historiskt mönster
[Swedish] Fredrik Erixon writes for AXESS on how Trump’s presidency has reshaped US-Europe ties, exposing Europe’s security policy inertia. - Perspectives: Brussels needs to convene a Conversation of the Willing
David Henig writes his Perspectives column for Borderlex on how Trump’s trade pause demands EU leadership to restore global trade rules.
- Starmer Picks Up Trump’s Papers, and 2 Small Political Wins
David Henig commends Keir Starmer’s surprising success in managing relations with Donald Trump via The New York Times. - Turkish Multidimensional Strategy; Israel/Palestine in Specific
Dyuti Pandya’s blog “IMEC: The Road That Should Not Be Taken,” cited in a research report by the Vienna International Institute for Middle East Studies. - The critical role of US cloud services providers in the EU
ECIPE study “Boosting Efficiency and Quality in EU Public Services: The Need for a European Multi-Cloud-First Strategy” referenced in an AmCham Briefing. - Class action lawsuits could cost UK economy up to £18bn
[Behind Paywall] The paper “The Impact of Increased Mass Litigation in the UK” by Oscar Guinea, Dyuti Pandya, Vanika Sharma, and Renata Zilli is referenced in The Times. - How Quantum Computing will affect Global Security
ECIPE Study, “Benchmarking Quantum Technology Performance: Governments, Industry, Academia and their Role in Shaping our Technological Future” quoted on a Digital Peace piece. - EU’s zero-for-zero tariff bid stalls amid US pushback
David Henig observes for POLITICO Europe that the U.S. has long resisted zero tariffs on industrial goods, showing consistent disinterest in such proposals over multiple administrations. - European travel to the US slowed down this year — but travel companies say a summer rebound is already underway
[Behind Paywall] Hosuk Lee-Makiyama suggests to Business Insider that political rejection and concerns about entry issues influence reduced US travel bookings via Klamm. - A big, beautiful EU trade deal with Trump? Dream on!
David Henig believes the current U.S. administration lacks clear trade goals and expertise via POLITICO Europe. - Trump tariff ruling risks slowing down delivery of UK trade deal
[Behind Paywall] David Henig expresses concerns that Trump’s legal defeat would amplify chaos and confusion in US trade policy via the Financial Times. - Court throws out Trump’s tariffs
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama comments for POLITICO Europe on António Costa’s visit as a reassurance of the EU’s readiness to conclude the Mercosur trade deal. - U.S. court’s tariff ruling stirs questions about U.K.’s trade deal with Trump
David Henig highlighted for The Globe and Mail that uncertainty caused by Trump’s unpredictable tariff policies complicates business planning. - EU and UK aim to end Brexit era in London summit
David Henig via Euractiv believes UK-EU summit outcomes were predictable since February, with last-minute haggling for balance. - The UK and the EU hail a new chapter as they sign fresh deals 5 years after Brexit
David Henig suggests via Associated Press that following EU rules is necessary for the UK, as 50% of trade is with the EU. - Is Britain really inching back towards the EU?
David Henig views the UK-EU summit as a modest step, not transformative, via the BBC. - Is Britain really inching back towards the EU?
David Henig believes the UK-EU summit is a step forward, enhancing trade ties rather than making drastic changes, via BBC.
- New Policy Brief: Strengthening the Supply-Side Innovation in EU Telecommunications
- New Occasional Paper: The Impact of Increased Mass Litigation in the UK
- New Policy Brief: Collective Action in the Netherlands: Why It Matters for the Transposition of the Product Liability Directive
- New Policy Brief: Navigating Geopolitical Realities: The EU’s Strategic Positioning in the South Caucasus and Central Asia
- New Occasional Paper: Models of Industrial Policy: Driving Innovation and Economic Growth
- New Policy Brief: Trade in the Great Sea: The Future of EU-Southern Neighbourhood Trade Relations
- New Policy Brief: EU Export of Regulatory Overreach: The Case of the Digital Markets Act (DMA)
- New Policy Brief: India and the World Economy – Policy Options at a Time of Geopolitical Drama, Technological Shifts, and Rising Protectionism
- New Occasional Paper: The Impact of Increased Mass Litigation in Europe
- New Policy Brief: Benchmarking Quantum Technology Performance – Governments, Industry, Academia and their Role in Shaping our Technological Future
- New Occasional Paper: Boosting Efficiency and Quality in EU Public Services – The Need for a European Multi-Cloud-First Strategy
- New Occasional Paper: The 8 Percent Approach – A Big Bang in Resources and Capacity for Europe’s Economy and Defence
- New Occasional Paper: Competitive Harmonisation – A Collaborative Framework for Intra-EU Reform and Competitiveness
- New Policy Brief: The Participation of Foreign Bidders in EU Public Procurement – Too Much or Too Little?
- New Policy Brief: Cybersecurity at Risk – How the EU’s Digital Markets Act Could Undermine Security across Mobile Operating Systems