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Solving the EU’s Amazon Paradox
Here’s a question for you. I recently attended a seminar about Europe’s digital future where I was asked: “How come we have the Amazon Paradox in Europe?”. To explain, the Amazon Paradox...
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European Elections or: “how to learn to stop worrying and be positive about trade in the future”
With the elections for the European Parliament, multiple promises are made as politicians compete to gain voters and influence future policies. One might then ask, how will the outcome of these...
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Risks to the EU from a US-China Trade Agreement
After the United States imposed $250billion of tariffs on Chinese goods based on its determination, under U.S. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, that China had violated trade agreements with the...
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Episode 7: Europe in a fractured world with Roland Freudenstein
Fredrik Erixon talks to Roland Freudenstein, the Policy Director of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. They discuss this year's European elections, if it really is a title fight...
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Why Competition Matters?
Oscar Guinea, Senior Economist at ECIPE, explains how good regulations and healthy industry policy can increase Europe's competitiveness. Together with Fredrik Erixon, he is the author...
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Episode 6: Fighting populism on the right with Dalibor Rohac
Fredrik Erixon talks to Dalibor Rohac, a Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. During the discussion they try to answer why are we experiencing a reverse in economic globalisation and...
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Episode 4: What is Trump’s trade strategy for China and Europe? With Frank Lavin
Fredrik Erixon talks to Frank Lavin, the founder and CEO of Export Now, who has served as U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade. They discuss U.S. trade...
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Episode 3: What to expect from the future US trade policy? With Elena Bryan
Fredrik Erixon talks to Elena Bryan, a Senior Fellow at ECIPE and a Managing Director at Pilot Roc Global Strategies a trade and regulatory consultancy in the United States. The discussion covers the...
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Myanmar: Open for Business or Closed by Sanctions?
The Status Quo In January Aung Sang Suu Kyi stood at a platform in a brightly lit conference centre in Naypyidaw. The room was ostentatious and so was her speech. Citing the series of economic...
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Plucking the Digital Goose
The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing This pearl of wisdom came from Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV’s famed Minister of...