Oscar du Roy
Email: oscar.duroy@ecipe.org
Office: +32 (0)2 289 1350
Areas of Expertise: European Union Services Digital Economy
Oscar is a Junior Economist at ECIPE and is from Belgium. He holds a MSc in economics from Barcelona School of Economics (2022) and a MSc in economic analysis and European policy from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (2020) with honours. Between the two masters he was an assistant in the macroeconomic forecasting unit at the Belgian Federal Planning Bureau and subsequently held a position of research assistant for Dr. Mirabelle Muuls at Imperial College London. His research interests lie in digital trade, energy economics, and competition policy.
ECIPE Policy Briefs
Openness as Strength: The Win-Win in EU-US Digital Services Trade
The discourse surrounding the EU’s supposed over-reliance on digital services imports from non-EU countries, particularly the US, has been a recurrent topic among some political circles. However, this viewpoint tends to oversimplify and misrepresent the nuanced and complex reality of the EU’s status within the global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector and digitally enabled trade. A thorough analysis of trade data and trends clearly...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
Calling on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council: How to Deliver for the Planet and the Economy
This Policy Brief proposes the establishment of an agreement on conformity assessment between the EU and the US that covers machinery and electrical equipment. The initiative aims to increase the number of European and US conformity assessment bodies authorized to test and certify EU and US machinery and electrical equipment for exports into each other’s markets, without recognizing the equivalency or otherwise altering the product requirements in regulation,...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
Regulating the Working Conditions of Platform Work: What Can We Learn from EU Member States?
Policymakers in Estonia, France, Greece, and Spain share the common objective of enhancing the working conditions of platform workers. However, variations in their labour markets, legal frameworks, and political landscapes have led to four distinct approaches in achieving this goal. Predominantly, the Spanish regulation has been geared towards attempting to reclassify platform workers from self-employed to employees. In contrast, the regulatory strategies in France...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
A Forward-Thinking Approach to Open Strategic Autonomy: Navigating EU Trade Dependencies and Risk Mitigation
For the EU, fostering economic interdependence is a more proactive and forward-thinking approach than resorting to defensive measures like eliminating alleged economic dependencies through restrictive regulations, as such actions would negatively impact Member States’ economies. The European Commission and some Member State governments keep pushing for “EU Open Strategic Autonomy”. Several EU laws have already been infused with the concept, resulting in a...
Media Mention
China world leader in 37 of 44 critical technologies, EU missing
The paper "If the EU was a State in the United States: Comparing Economic Growth between EU and US States" written by Fredrik Erixon, Oscar Guinea...
Media Mention
Andy Sloan: U turn if you want to
The policy brief "If the EU was a State in the United States: Comparing Economic Growth between EU and US States" by Fredrik Erixon, Oscar Guinea...
Media Mention
European Council Think Tank Review – February 2024
The study "Regulating the Working Conditions of Platform Work: What Can We Learn from EU Member States?" by Oscar Guinea, Elena Sisto and Oscar du...
Media Mention
EU fails to pass rules on gig workers amid industry opposition
Luxembourg Times references the study "Regulating the Working Conditions of Platform Work: What Can We Learn from EU Member States?" by Oscar...
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Book or Paper
Beyond Barriers: Rethinking CAP to Enable Agricultural Export Diversity in the EU Neighbourhood
Third paper crafted in collaboration with Bertelsmann Stiftung under the "Sovereign Europe: Strategic Management of Global Interdependence" project...
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