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Event Summary: Competitiveness, Commerce, and the Cloud – How Can We Drive More Technology-based Change in Europe?
The event focused on the EU’s cloud and AI policy, addressing the challenges and opportunities for Europe to remain competitive in these sectors. The discussion highlighted issues such as...
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Webinar Summary: What now for the WTO after MC13?
The webinar “What now for the WTO after MC13”, hosted by ECIPE’s Director Matthias Bauer on March 12th, 2024, featured a wide and deep discussion on the post-MC13 landscape for the World Trade...
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WTO Abu Dhabi Conference: Stalemate or Stepping Stone
It’s only 20 months since the WTO last had a ministerial conference. Usually, it’s at least two years between meetings but the previous conference was delayed by COVID, so there’s an element...
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The urban legend of the EU’s digital economy: Where do we go from here?
It is not strange to think that the digital economy is made by and for American companies. Google is the window to the Internet, we buy through Amazon, and send messages via WhatsApp. According to...
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Digital globalisation, digital trade policy, and the role of developing countries
Digital trade has grown very fast in recent years, not least because of Covid-19 and its push to do online business. The pandemic, according to one news story, “has accelerated digitalization and...
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The Peculiar Case of DiDi: What Brussels Learns from China’s Crackdown on Ride-hailing Apps
Introduction On December 3rd, DiDi, the world’s largest ride-hailing app, announced it would delist from New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and move its listing to Hong Kong, heeding the calls from the...
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Data Should be Part of the Discussions in Pittsburgh
Today in Pittsburgh, the newly created EU-US Trade and Tech Council (TCC) holds its first meeting. The stakes are high and according to the official TTC agenda, a new Transatlantic deal on data is...
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Careless advocacy on 5G RAN
Author thanks Claudia Lozano for her research assistance Those who call for non-WTO compliant support for O-RAN are either indifferent or nescient about how our trade negotiators try to uphold a...
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Episode 47: Europe and the Digital Economy with Eline Chivot
In this episode, Fredrik Erixon and Eline Chivot talk about Europe and the digital economy. Where is it going? What are the challenges? And what can we expect in the future? Eline Chivot is...
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Also-ran support for Open RAN
Once in a while, a topic that seems abstruse unexpectedly becomes a subject of broader public debate. When we published our paper on Open RAN, we thought only a handful telecom regulators would be...