Oscar Guinea
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Areas of Expertise: European Union EU Single Market Digital Economy Services

Oscar Guinea is a Director at ECIPE.
Oscar is the author of several studies in the fields of international trade, digital markets, industrial policy, civil justice, healthcare, and relationships between the EU and Latin American. He contributes regularly to debates on EU trade and technology policy through newspaper articles and public seminars. Oscar also writes a regular column for El País, where he covers EU trade and economic policy.
Oscar joined ECIPE in 2018, having previously worked as an Economic Adviser to the Scottish Government in the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser. Before that, he served as a national expert on energy policy at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER). He has experience in evaluating regulation both as a government economist and as a private consultant.
He holds an MA in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe and an MSc in Development Economics from the University of Sussex. He earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and studied abroad at the University of Chile and the University of Macedonia.
ECIPE Occasional Papers
Mass Litigation and the Future of Litigation Funding in Ireland and Europe
Across Europe, collective actions are on the rise. Expanding liability regimes and the rapid growth of third-party litigation funding (TPLF) are fuelling a new wave of lawsuits that reach far beyond traditional consumer claims. Ireland has until now been shielded by common law restrictions on TPLF, but that protection is weakening. The transposition of the EU Representative Actions Directive (RAD) opens the door to new collective claims, including those backed by...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
The Proposed EU Regulation for Standard Essential Patents: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
This policy brief critically assesses the European Commission’s withdrawn proposal that would have overhauled the system of licensing and enforcing Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in the EU. It was a proposal that, had it gone ahead, could have seriously undermined innovation in Europe’s digital economy and reduced the powerful role of Europe in developing key telecom standards. It would have caused legal confusion and unpredictability, which is why important...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
Breaking Barriers, Boosting Growth: Unlocking the Power of Digital Technology for Europe’s Competitiveness
Europe’s digital economy faces a twin challenge that strikes at the heart of its competitiveness: the continent still lacks homegrown tech champions on the scale of those in the United States or China, and digital technologies are not being fully embedded across its wider economy. Despite years of political focus on digital transformation, the uptake of essential tools – such as cloud services, enterprise software, digital advertising, and customer relationship...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
Strengthening the Supply-Side Innovation in EU Telecommunications
The telecommunications sector is central to the EU’s competitiveness, not only providing the infrastructure that underpins digital connectivity but also serving as a key driver of innovation. Recent EU reports already highlight the persistent structural challenges faced by the EU telecommunication sector: market fragmentation, low investment levels, divergent spectrum policies, and an urgent need to bolster digital sovereignty. However, a critical dimension in...
Media Mention
Do we want to be the best small country in the world for class action law suits?
The paper "Mass Litigation and the Future of Litigation Funding in Ireland and Europe" by Oscar Guinea, Dyuti Pandya, Vanika Sharma, and Renata Zilli is highlighted in The Irish Times
Media Mention
Allowing third-party legal funding will cost Irish economy up to €3.6 billion – study
The paper "Mass Litigation and the Future of Litigation Funding in Ireland and Europe" by Oscar Guinea, Dyuti Pandya, Vanika Sharma, and Renata Zilli is highlighted in the Business Post.
Media Mention
Why America’s New Ambassador to EU Wants Europe to Succeed
The blog "Rules Without End: EU’s Reluctance to Let Go of Regulation" by Oscar Guinea and Oscar du Roy is referenced by The Epoch Times.
Media Mention
Autonomy (or dependence) of the EU Economy on Critical Services in the Context of the New EU Industrial Policy and Economic Security
ECIPE study, "Securing Europe’s Future: Strengthening ICT Competitiveness for Economic and National Security" cited in KTU Public Policy and Administration Journal (Volume 24 (3))
Article
España, a su servicio
Oscar Guinea writes his op-ed for El País on the services market in the EU.
Article
Europe’s AI Problem Isn’t Inventing It, It’s Using It
Oscar Guinea writes for the weekly newsletter What's Up EU on Europe's competitiveness depending less on inventing new digital technologies, and more on adopting them widely, overcoming complex regulations, and enabling swift, effective digital transformation.
Article
What do Ursula von der Leyen and Nick Clegg agree on?
Oscar Guinea writes in Encompass about Ursula von der Leyen state of the union address and her plans for the EU single market in services
Article
Cómo eliminar una mala idea y difundir las buenas: por una UE más competitiva
Oscar Guinea writes for Agenda Pública about how to improve the quality of EU regulation.
Book or Paper
Book or Paper
The EU’s Productivity Performance: Falling Behind the Curve
Fredrik Erixon, Oscar Guinea and Oscar du Roy write an article for the EconPol Forum 03/2024 Journal from CESifo based on their study "Keeping Up with the US: Why Europe’s Productivity Is Falling Behind".
Book or Paper
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and Its Border Effects: How Can Europe Become a Better Neighbour?
First paper crafted in collaboration with Bertelsmann Stiftung focusing on CBAM.
Book or Paper
Open Strategic Autonomy: new tools for a geopolitical world
Oscar Guinea writes a chapter on the latest issue of "Información Comercial Española" published by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism.
Speech or Presentation
Waiting for Draghi – Defining Europe’s Productivity Problem
Presentation by Oscar Guinea in the 20 June, 2024, ECIPE webinar.
Speech or Presentation
Strategic Autonomy and the Competitiveness of Europe’s Innovative Pharmaceutical Sector: A Wake-up Call
Oscar Guinea presents at the European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE)
Speech or Presentation
In Support of Market Driven Standards
Oscar Guinea presents his research on the EU New Standardisation Strategy at Orgalim
Speech or Presentation
EU Trade Dependencies
Oscar Guinea presents his research on EU trade dependencies to the European Chemical Industry Council.