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The “Google Case” and the Promotion of Europe’s Digital Economy
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Fredrik ErixonThat the European Commission this week threw down the gauntlet to Google in its long-running competition investigation hardly came as a...
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Sectoral and Plurilateral Approaches in Services Negotiations: Before and After TISA
by Michitaka Nakatomi, Consulting Fellow, RIETI With the stagnation of services negotiations under the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Trade in...
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The Health of Nations: A Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agenda for Better Healthcare
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityToday, increases in the demand for healthcare are driving European governments to look for ways to control growth in healthcare expenditures and at...
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Positioning on the Global Value Chain Map: Where do You Want to Be?
*Senior Economics at ECIPE in Brussels (erik.vandermarel@ecipe.org). The author wishes to thank Maria Salfi for excellent research...
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: An Accident Report
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis Policy Brief is co-authored with Bob Vastine and J Bradford Jensen The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was...
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Familiar Fault Lines: The Myth of EP Independence in Economic Policy-making
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceThe Lisbon Treaty expanded the scope and depth of the European Parliament’s powers by bringing the bulk of EU legislation under the ordinary...
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“Rethink and Reset”: Time to Get Rid of The Stability and Growth Pact?
Tags: EUBy: Matthias BauerChristine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, recently asked for a “rethink and reset” of the numerical ceilings...
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TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP: A Challenge to Europe
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityWhat if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is not a doomed initiative – and what if it will actually make inroads into modern trade problems? The...
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The ECB’s Ad hoc Monetary Policy: Will its Lack of Forward Guidance Finally Burst the Eurozone?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Matthias BauerMost experts agree that central banks need to provide "forward guidance" for monetary policy to be effective. But exactly what forward guidance is...
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A FRIENDLY FIRE ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY: A Methodology to Estimate the Costs of Data Regulations
Tags: data data flows digital economy digital policy digital tax digital trade Facebook Google OECD regulation taxThis background paper describes the methodology used for the ECIPE Occasional Paper called ‘The Costs of Data Localisation: A Friendly Fire on...
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Can Plurilateralism Save the Bali Agreement on Trade Facilitation?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Stuart HarbinsonThe new package of trade accords that was concluded at the World Trade Organisation’s Bali Ministerial Meeting late last year was a fresh start for...
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Les Fonds Souverains de Brevets (FSB) :Un nouvel instrument de défense commerciale?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: trade defenceLa prolifération des fonds souverains de brevets (FSB) fait peu débat alors même qu’il existe une demande croissante en faveur de règles, au...