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Irish-American: Biden’s Heritage and Transatlantic Relations
On the night of November 7th as Biden officially won the United States presidential election, a clip from several years ago resurfaced to make its rounds on Twitter: the President-Elect can be seen...
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At last Brexit enters endgame
After a rather strange few days in which the UK government threatened to halt EU trade talks because of conditions either already agreed, such as intensification of talks, or never going to be, a...
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The Buyer’s Market: How vendor exclusions and OPEN RAN actually affect market concentration
Our forthcoming policy brief on Open RAN explores the increasing politicisation of the 5G rollout around the world. In particular, the radio access networks (RAN) that make up the radio installations...
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Preparing for COVID-20
If there were to be another pandemic, what would you have done differently? This question should be at the front of any policy-maker. Covid-19 has been costly but some countries have coped better...
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Calls for Chinese-style tech industrial policy won’t make Europe more digital sovereign
A leaked draft “Joint Declaration” reveals plans for an EU industrial policy in the cloud and data sector. The proposal is floated ahead of this week’s European leaders’ summit,...
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What’s the Deal with No-Deal? EU and UK Trade Dependency
The EU and the UK continue to negotiate a free trade agreement. Nonetheless, the possibility of a no-deal Brexit is being seriously considered in London and Brussels. In the case of a no-deal Brexit,...
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The UK Traps Itself in EU Relationship Problems
The Brexit saga keeps going, now reaching the point where the UK government has stated that the Withdrawal Agreement reached in October, which became an ‘oven ready deal’ helping the...
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ECIPE Summer Book List
We asked ECIPE experts to help compile a list of books to read over the summer. The goal was to recommend literature that helps readers make sense of the troubled times we are living in right now,...
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Episode 34: UK Trade Policy (after Brexit) with David Henig
In this episode, Fredrik Erixon talks to David Henig, the director of the UK Trade Policy Project. They discuss what is the UK trying to accomplish with its trade policy now that it is independent...
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On ants, dinosaurs, and how to survive a trade apocalypse
Palaeontologists have long recognised that unexpected but hugely devastating events can change life on Earth forever. A common theory suggests that a huge asteroid that hit the Earth around 65...