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“Too Big to Care” or “Too Big to Share”: The Digital Services Act and the Consequences of Reforming Intermediary Liability Rules
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Fredrik ErixonThis paper reviews the Digital Services Act (DSA), a package of new rules for platforms proposed by the European Commission late last year. The paper...
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What is Wrong with the German Economy? The Case for Openness to Technology and Human Capital
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and SecurityAdvanced economies like Germany need to focus more on attracting foreign high-skilled labour and become better at importing foreign technology and...
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No, China Does Not Make Everything!
China is now the world’s leading manufacturer, with goods exports rising from $63 billion in 1990 to $2.5 trillion in 2018. The popular assumption...
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Digital Futures for Europe
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Guest AuthorBy Meelis Kitsing, Professor and Rector, Estonian Business School. There isn’t one model for success in the digital future; there are...
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Covid-19 and the Danger of Self-sufficiency: How Europe’s Pandemic Resilience was Helped by an Open Economy
By: Johan NorbergDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, Europe has benefitted strongly from being an open economy that can access goods and services from other parts of the...
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The EU Green Deal and Its Industrial and Political Significance
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThe European Green Deal, the flagship initiative of the incumbent European Commission, aims to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 55% by 2030...
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Global Trade Today is Global Value Chains
By: David HenigIn the last 25 years global value chains have come to dominate global trade in a way surprisingly little discussed or understood. To meet the policy...
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Economic Costs of Ex ante Regulations
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyRegulations are an indispensable part of an economy and are proven to generate a significant impact on the economic, environment and social...
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Global Trade Today: Five Basic Facts about Global Trade
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigThere is a paradox in the global debate about trade. It has never been easier to trade internationally, but global trade is poorly understood....
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Open RAN: The Technology, its Politics and Europe’s Response
This policy brief explores the implications of Open RAN concept and its technical and political developments in the mobile network industry. Open...
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Work for Others, not Yourself: Globalisation, Protectionism and Europe’s Quest for Strategic Autonomy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy New Globalisation Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonProtectionism and mercantilism are yet again at the centre of global economic policy. “America First” is the guiding ethos in a good part of US...
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Globalisation Comes to the Rescue: How Dependency Makes Us More Resilient
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance New Globalisation Trade, Globalisation and SecurityA new consensus is growing across the European Union – and other parts of the world too: that globalisation has gone too far. The argument goes as...