In this online conversation, Jacki Davis talks to Luisa Santos, Deputy Director General at BusinessEurope, which supported the work on a recent ECIPE study entitled “The Benefits of Intellectual...

In March 2020, the European Commission published a White Paper outlining the cornerstones of a new European Industrial Strategy for a “globally competitive, green and digital Europe”. The...

In this online conversation, Jacki Davis talks to Fredrik Erixon, the Director of ECIPE and an author of the recent study titled: "The Benefits of Intellectual Property Rights in EU Free Trade...

In the past decades, there has been a flurry of initiatives by governments to support strategic technologies and innovation. For some, the industrial history of the West is full of examples of...

America isn’t new to industrial policy, but the Biden Administration has signalled it revive the government’s industrial ambitions. Already president Trump made it a point to have industrial...

The European Commission is reviving industrial policy – or so we are told. A year ago it released a communication on a new industrial strategy for the EU and it is due to present an update of the...

Thanks to Anna Guildea for helpful comments. Alexander Hamilton, Europe’s new inspirational hero, not just because EU members have agreed to issue debt collectively for the first time, but...

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,...