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Reforming Standard Essential Patents: Trade, Specialisation, and International Jurisprudence
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe European Commission is considering a radical overhaul of the system governing Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). A leaked proposal suggests that...
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In Support of Market-Driven Standards
The EU published its new Standardisation Strategy in 2022. The strategy contains some good ideas to improve the way European standards are set....
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The Economic Dividend of Competitiveness
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyIn a world of technological and economic rivalry, the EU must devote increased attention to its competitiveness. Higher levels of competitiveness...
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A Compass to Guide EU Policy in Support of Business Competitiveness
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThe EU agenda for improving competitiveness is missing in action. Economic competitiveness has been a central plank in the development of the...
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Leadership in European Digital Policy: Future Role and Direction for the D9+ Group
In this paper, we will discuss how Europe makes digital policy and how its digital economic performance can be improved. The focus is on the D9+...
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The New Wave of Defensive Trade Policy Measures in the European Union: Design, Structure, and Trade Effects
This study undertakes a comprehensive review of proposed and adopted defensive trade policy instruments in the EU, with the purpose of better...
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After the DMA, the DSA and the New AI Regulation: Mapping the Economic Consequences of and Responses to New Digital Regulations in Europe
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyTags: artificial intelligence digital digital economy Digital Markets Act Digital Services Act EU Europe regulationThe European Union (EU) has pursued an ambitious agenda for regulating the digital economy, and it is now planning to establish a new package of...
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When the State Becomes the Only Buyer: Monopsony in China’s Public Procurement of Medical Technology
China’s centralised state procurement policies are moving the Chinese market of medical technologies in a monopsonistic direction. A monopsony...
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The EU Digital Markets Act: Assessing the Quality of Regulation
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThe proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA) is an opportunity to prevent and remedy anti-competitive conduct by large digital platforms. If the Act is...
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The Benefits of Intellectual Property Rights in EU Free Trade Agreements
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade and IP Project Trade, Globalisation and SecurityKey Takeaway 1: What are Intellectual Property Rights and why do they matter? Intellectual Property gives the creator (e.g. an artist, a company...
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Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Time to Go Back to the Drawing Board
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonThis Policy Brief takes stock of the global and European trade and carbon-emission effects from CBAM. It argues that the current design of the CBAM...
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China’s Public Procurement Protectionism and Europe’s Response: The Case of Medical Technology
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis paper concerns China’s market for medical technologies and how the Chinese state is assisting its own companies to gain greater sales at the...