Publications (Filter: EU)
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Cooperation in Europe’s Digital Economy: How do Countries Position Themselves?
Members of the European Union have different positions on matters of digital openness, and those differences typically reflect how the digital sector...
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The Next Steps for the Digital Single Market: From Where do We Start?
Digitization has been a boon to the European economy. However, the Digital Single Market remains an aspiration rather than a reality, and European...
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Europe and South-East Asia: An Exercise in Diplomatic Patience
The EU is hoping to revive the negotiations for a region-to-region agreement with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), but few...
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Digital Companies and Their Fair Share of Taxes: Myths and Misconceptions
By: Matthias BauerSome (large) EU governments are making the case for digital companies to pay “their fair share of tax”. The key underlying assumption is that...
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Unintended and Unattended Consequences: The Opportunity Costs of Reducing Exclusivity Rights for Intellectual Property
By: Matthias BauerThe European Commission is reviewing the use of supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), a patent term extension motivated by the increasing...
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New Coalitions for Europe’s Digital Future – Building Capacity, Improving Performance
In Europe’s digital policy, digital managerialists, digital frontrunners, and digital convergers have emerged as coalitions among EU member states....
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Reforming Services: What Policies Warrant Attention?
Economic growth in the European Union has been low for more than a decade now. While some of the poor performance can be explained by the crisis, the...
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Europe’s Obesity Challenge
By: Fredrik ErixonEurope is confronted by an obesity challenge. Rates of obesity have climbed fast over the past decades and estimates suggest that obesity rates will...
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The Trade Consequences of Brexit: How I See the Situation
By: Roderick AbbottThe trade consequences of Brexit are just one element of the overall withdrawal exercise to be triggered by a notification under Article 50 TEU....
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Unleashing Internal Data Flows in the EU: An Economic Assessment of Data Localisation Measures in the EU Member States
Forced data localisation measures are on the rise around the world, fragmenting the Internet and increasing costs for businesses and consumers....
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Manufacturing Discontent: The Rise to Power of Anti-TTIP Groups
By: Matthias BauerOld beliefs, new symbols, new faces. In 2013, a small group of German green and left- wing activists, professional campaign NGOs and...
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Europe in the Trumpworld: EU Trade and Security Under the New US Executive
The election of Trump into the Oval Office is much of a non-event for EU trade-policy detail, possibly even the TTIP: they have been deteriorating...