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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 importance of digital standards for services trade
Digital services trade is a fundamental and growing element of our shared economic future. But policy makers are disrupting cross-border ecosystems by adopting divergent governance approaches. To...
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The critical importance of the Single Market for Europe’s global trade performance
The Single Market just turned 30. It is one of the EU’s greatest achievements and the success of the Single Market is built on the fundamental economic logic that binds EU Member States together....
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Intellectual Property in Services Sectors
By Pascal Kerneis, European Services Forum It remains difficult for many reasons to identify the importance of intellectual property in services sectors, and whether this lack of knowledge might...
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Episode 80: IP in the EU FTA’s Series: Intellectual Property in Services Sectors with Pascal Kerneis
In this online conversation, Jacki Davis talks to Pascal Kerneis, a Managing director of the European Services Forum - ESF, who wrote an insert for the recent ECIPE study: "The Benefits of...
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Episode 71: IP in the EU FTA’s Series: Introduction to the Project with Fredrik Erixon
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...
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Episode 35: 10 Years of EU Trade Policy with Lucian Cernat
On his last days as the Chief Trade Economist of the European Commission, Lucian Cernat talks to Oscar Guinea about the evolution of EU Trade Policy during his tenure. The discussion covers the...
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‘Urgent Need to Review the Mobility Package 1 proposals’ says EU transport sector
The European Parliament Transport Committee continues working on the Mobility Package 1 despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis that led to confinement measures introduced by many European...
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Globalisation after COVID-19
It is certain that the world will overcome the COVID-19 crisis, as much as it is certain that in the aftermath the world will look different with regards to global trade. International trade patterns...
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A European industrial policy for services: the Single Market
Industrial policy is back on the European agenda. Inside the European Commission headquarters, policy makers are fiercely discussing the instruments, sectors, and ways of funding for a new European...