Trade, Globalisation and Security
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EU and Mercosur in the Twenty-First Century: Taking Stock of the Economic and Cultural Ties
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Latin America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis policy brief examines the latest developments in the EU-Mercosur economic relationship and outlines the existing non-economic relationship in...
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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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From SMEs to Unicorns: What Role for Trade, Standards and New Tech?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Lucian CernatThe global economy has been shaped by important, disruptive technological changes in recent years. Many of these technologies have been instrumental...
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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...
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Services Trade Needs to be Taken as Seriously as Goods Trade
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityServices constitute at least a quarter of total trade. Between 2009 and 2019 global services trade increased by nearly 50%, compared to 18% for goods...
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Taxing Digital Services – Compensating for the Loss of Competitiveness
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecuritySeveral countries around the world have implemented a tax on digital services, commonly called Digital Services Tax (DST). This policy brief takes a...
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Free Trade Agreements Have Limited Impact (Because Manufactured Goods are a Perfect Market)
Research Areas: Africa Far East Latin America New Globalisation North America Russia and Eurasia South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityFree Trade Agreements between two or more countries or parties have been the centrepiece of international trade policy since the formation of the...
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Regulating the Globalisation of Data: Which Model Works Best?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Industrial and Competitiveness Policy New Globalisation Trade, Globalisation and SecurityNovel flows that define the future of globalisation require new regulatory approaches, which are likely to differ between countries. So too for...
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We Need to Talk Trade and Technology!
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Lucian Cernat“It’s May 3, 2021. Don’t forget to upgrade the embedded software in your shoes before you go for a run!” This may sound like a commercial...
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Taking Stock of Europe’s New Trade Policy Strategy
By: Fredrik ErixonThis Policy Brief takes stock of the EU Trade Policy Review – the Commission’s proposed strategy for trade. Despite appearances, the Review...
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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...