Oscar Guinea
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.
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Transposing the Platform Work Directive: Comparative Assessment and Good Practices
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceDigital labour platforms are an increasingly important way of organising work across the European Union (EU), connecting consumers and businesses with people who provide services ranging from...
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The 6G Wake-up Call for Europe: Reforms Urgently Needed to Sustain Europe’s Telecommunications Leadership
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThe transition from 5G to 6G in telecommunications networks will be a game changer for global digital technology. 6G will create a new opportunity for an integrated communications, computing and...
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The Rise of Collective Actions and the Risk to Portugal’s Economy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceOver the past decade, Portugal has systematically transformed its economy, moving away from traditional sectors to build a tech-intensive knowledge economy. This deliberate strategy relies on...
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The Copyright Trap
The current debate on EU copyright law and AI training must move beyond the creative sector to include the wider European economy. While the rights of creators are legitimate and must be protected,...
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Study on Europe’s 6G dilemma: Strong technology, paralyzed market
heise references an ECIPE study on Europe’s 6G dilemma in an article on Europe’s 6G technology and market...
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EU resists Mario Draghi’s competitiveness cures
By: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea comments in the Financial Times on the lack of progress in the implementation of the Draghi...
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The Frontier Strategy
Adam Smith Institute "Deep Dives" article on EU overregulation cites two ECIPE analyses as evidence of regulatory burden on...
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How the thorny issue of investor courts still looms over the EU’s trade deal push
By: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea comments in The Currency about the impact of the Investment Dispute Settlement System of the EU-Mexico Agreement in...
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The best defence is a good offence: Europe’s telecoms advantage in an age of economic dependence
Oscar Guinea and Dyuti Pandya discuss Europe’s telecoms advantage and EU regulation in...
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Copyright Is becoming industrial policy
By: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea writes an opinion piece in Encompass on the importance of copyright law in EU economic...
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Europe’s Copyright Trap Stalls AI Ambitions
By: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea writes for CEPA Bandwidth about how EU copyright rules and data access restrictions affect artificial intelligence development and Europe’s...
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Cualquier tiempo pasado no siempre fue mejor
By: Oscar Guinea(Behind paywall in Spanish) Oscar Guinea writes an opinion piece in El País on what's wrong with the EU's Industrial Accelerator...
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Beyond the Blockbuster: Intellectual Property and the Emerging Transformation of European Life Sciences
Oscar Guinea, Andrea Dugo, and Fredrik Erixon published a preprint of their forthcoming book chapter in Competing for the Cure, edited by Jonathan M. Barnett, Bowman Heiden, and Margaret Kyle, and...
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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...
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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...
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Open Strategic Autonomy: new tools for a geopolitical world
By: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea writes a chapter on the latest issue of "Información Comercial Española" published by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and...
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Waiting for Draghi – Defining Europe’s Productivity Problem
By: Oscar GuineaPresentation by Oscar Guinea in the 20 June, 2024, ECIPE...
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Strategic Autonomy and the Competitiveness of Europe’s Innovative Pharmaceutical Sector: A Wake-up Call
By: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea presents at the European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs...
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In Support of Market Driven Standards
By: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea presents his research on the EU New Standardisation Strategy at...
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EU Trade Dependencies
By: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea presents his research on EU trade dependencies to the European Chemical Industry...