Publications (Filter: services)
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Audiovisual Services: A Neglected Area of EU Competitiveness
By: Guest AuthorBy Hannes Berggren, trade policy advisor writing independently for ECIPE Audiovisual services are a fast-growing part of EU services trade and...
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From Factories to Ideas: The New Map of Global Power
When trade is driven by ideas, data and innovation rather than goods, alliances – not geography – determine global power. The world is...
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The Services Revolution: Industrial Policy for a Modern Economy
A ”manufacturing-first” attitude has taken hold in the European economic policy discussion. New strategies and industrial policies are designed...
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Do Data Policy Restrictions Inhibit Trade in Services?
This paper examines whether restrictive data policies impact trade in services over the internet. We have collected comparable information on a...
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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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Who Reforms for Higher Productivity?
With weak European growth performance over a longer period of time, it is time to push reforms raising the rate of productivity growth. The EU’s...
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The Importance of Complementary Policy for ICT in the EU
This paper analyses the importance of the ICT sector, and in particular the Software sector, for the European economy. It does so by looking into the...
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Why Are Services Commitments in RTAs Stronger than in the GATS? Trade Policy Implications for TTIP
Recent studies demonstrate a clear pattern in services commitments. They show that commitments in most services RTAs around the world are stronger...
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Trade Costs and Productivity in Services Sectors
For goods sectors, there is extensive empirical evidence that lower trade costs are associated with higher productivity at the firm- and...
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Beyond Dutch Disease: When Deteriorating Rule of Law affects Russian Trade in High-Tech Goods and Services with Advanced Economies
Tags: economy Information and Communications Technology Russia services technology trade in goods WTOHow does Russia’s deterioration of its rule of law in recent years affect its ability to move away from an export pattern dominated by natural...
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The International Services Agreement (ISA) – From the European Vantage Point
Services liberalisation has perhaps suffered from the deadlock of the WTO more than any other area of trade. As the discussions of a potential...
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