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Power, Cooperation and Standard Essential Patents – Reviewing the European Commission’s Bid for Reform
The European Commission’s proposal to upend the current system for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) have prompted many reflections and a good amount of criticism. One perspective that...
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Episode 95: EU vs. US States – Comparing economic growth with Oscar Guinea
In this episode, Fredrik Erixon and Oscar Guinea speak about relative economic decline - more specifically the decline of the European economy in comparison to the...
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Summer Reading 2023 – Book Recommendations from ECIPE
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate by Mary Elise Sarotte Professor Sarotte’s book is necessary reading to understand one of the most controversial diplomatic...
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Episode 93: The US trade policy and America’s role in the world economic order with Keith Rockwell and Stuart Harbinson
In this episode, Fredrik Erixon talks to Keith Rockwell and Stuart Harbinson about the US trade policy and America's role in the world economic order, specifically, how...
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What Is the Reality of the Changing Globalisation?
By acclamation in Europe and USA, globalisation is either dead or fundamentally changing. Yet much resulting government action, such as subsidies and extra-territorial regulation, is not new, and...
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US Shift on Trade Driven by Concerns About China, Trump
This piece was co-authored with Keith M. Rockwell, Global Fellow at the Wilson Center and a Senior Research Fellow at the Hinrich Foundation. The extraordinary message on international economic...
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Europe Against the Machine
This piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. “Never send a human to do a machine's job” said Agent Smith in The Matrix as he fought to defend their technological dominance...
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2023 will be a defining year for Brexit and trade
Notwithstanding endless discussions and early data, Brexit cannot yet be definitively declared a success or failure. Those who would point to trade deals and independent regulatory policy as signs of...
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The Tech and Trade Council: An accident report
Co-authored with Robin Baker Introduction As we approach the third ministerial meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC), transatlantic relations have never been as fundamental to both...
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European strategic autonomy – Aim or bane for our generation?
In September 2020, European Council President Charles Michel delivered a long speech on Europe’s “strategic autonomy, sovereignty, and power”. He concluded that “whichever word you use”, it...