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Do Data Policy Restrictions Inhibit Trade in Services?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis paper examines whether restrictive data policies impact trade in services over the internet. We have collected comparable information on a...
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Do Data Policy Restrictions Impact the Productivity Performance of Firms and Industries?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThis paper examines how policies regulating the cross-border movement and domestic use of electronic data on the internet impact the productivity of...
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The Swiss Cheese of Trade Policy: The Case Against Product Exclusions in Trade Agreements
By: Fredrik ErixonThere have been calls to exclude certain products from trade agreements because they cause damages to public health or the environment. Lately,...
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In Search of an Effective Trade Policy for the Film Industry: Lessons from Korea
This article explores which trade-related policies are effective – that is both economically and culturally sound – to promote the film...
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The UK’s First International Trade Negotiation – Agriculture at the WTO
By: David HenigThere are few issues that cause more controversy in international trade policy than agriculture. The EU’s overall agriculture policy, including...
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Five Questions about the Digital Services Tax to Pierre Moscovici
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Matthias BauerThe European Commission has recently proposed to upend decades of international tax cooperation and introduce a new three percent tax on corporate...
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Evaluating the Effects of Protectionism on the Film Industry: A Case Study Analysis of Korea
Research Areas: Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea Project Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Jimmyn ParcThis chapter assesses whether Korean film policies have been instrumental for the success of the Korean film industry . The major finding of this...
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Europe and South-East Asia: An Exercise in Diplomatic Patience
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe EU is hoping to revive the negotiations for a region-to-region agreement with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), but few...
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Assessing UK Trade Policy Readiness
By: David HenigThe UK is setting out on the path of an independent trade policy at a difficult time. Public interest in trade policy has never been greater, with US...
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The Trump tariffs on steel and aluminium: the end of the WTO?
By: Stuart HarbinsonThere is no doubt that the recent announcement by the U.S. Administration of tariff hikes on steel and aluminium, justified on national security...
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Wrestling with or Embracing Digitization in the Music Industry: The Contrasting Business Strategies of J-pop and K-pop
By: Jimmyn ParcDigitization has significantly changed the process for producing and consuming music: from analogue to digital, albums to songs, possess to...
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Digital Companies and Their Fair Share of Taxes: Myths and Misconceptions
By: Matthias BauerSome (large) EU governments are making the case for digital companies to pay “their fair share of tax”. The key underlying assumption is that...