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The State of the (European) Union Must Be Open
One can imagine Commission President Ursula von der Leyen being in a good mood approaching her state of the union address, vaccine roll-out having turned into a success and a busy programme of...
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Innovation, International Competitiveness and the Future of European Union Institutions
Recently, I attended a scenario workshop on “The Future of the EU”. The workshop was organised by one of Germany’s largest political foundations. It brought together multi-disciplinary staff of...
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Spotlight on Brazil, trade and environment: Can the U.S. pressure Brazil without a trade deal?
Renata Amaral, Adjunct Professor at Washington College of Law and Founder of Women Inside Trade Brazil’s image on climate and environment issues is not in its best shape. Especially abroad....
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Mercosur in the Mediterranean: An opportunity for post COVID-19 growth?
Jan Micallef - EU and International Trade Specialist, Former Trade Attaché at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the European Union The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted economies and lives in...
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In defense of machines: Why European proposals to regulate AI per se involve a category error and would prove harmful
Brian Williamson, a Partner at consultancy Communications Chambers. The views in this blog are his own. The European Commission published a proposed legal framework for regulation of Artificial...
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Não permitam que dúvidas paralisem o acordo UE-Mercosul
Esse artigo de opinião teve a coautoria de Isabel Pérez del Puerto, jornalista e comunicadora em financiamento para desenvolvimento Há um ditado no mundo corporativo de que uma decisão ruim é...
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Doubts Trap the Mercosur – EU Agreement
This opinion piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto, journalist and communicator in financing for development There is a saying in business that a bad decision is better than no...
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Que las dudas no paren el acuerdo UE-Mercosur
La coautora de este artículo de opinión es Isabel Pérez del Puerto, periodista y comunicadora en finanzas para el desarrollo Dicen los expertos en negocios que una mala decisión es mejor que...
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EU-Mercosur: (Why) Failing to Ratify is not Worth the Risk
The EU’s Agreement with Mercosur – which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay - took twenty years to negotiate. Back in June 2019, there was a political ‘alignment of the stars',...
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Who is Afraid of Global Trade?
There is a growing narrative in international trade that globalisation is causing increased concentration of production and that countries are relying too much on foreign imports. One of the clearest...