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Trade and Competitiveness: Putting the Firm at the Centre of the Analysis
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe European Commission published its communication for the long-term competitiveness of the EU. Trade and Open Strategic Autonomy were among the...
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Strategic Autonomy and the Competitiveness of Europe’s Innovative Pharmaceutical Sector: A Wake-up Call
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalIt is high time for Europe to break its relative decline in the pharmaceutical sector. Europe used to be the preeminent region in the world for...
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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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What is Wrong with Europe’s Shattered Single Market? – Lessons from Policy Fragmentation and Misdirected Approaches to EU Competition Policy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Five Freedoms Project Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Matthias BauerWhat is wrong with Europe’s Single Market? The brief answer to that question is that it does not really exist – it is unsingle. The Single...
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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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Building a Mature UK Trade Policy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigGlobal Britain has not delivered according to the hopes expressed by supporters of leaving the EU. Trade with the rest of the world has not grown to...
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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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Building Resilience? The Cybersecurity, Economic & Trade Impacts of Cloud Immunity Requirements
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Matthias BauerEU Member States should call on the EU’s Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA) and the European Commission to abandon immunity requirements in the...
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How Important are Mutual Recognition Agreements for Trade Facilitation?
By: Lucian CernatTrade in the 21st century may face lower tariffs, but regulations that affect international trade in goods and services have proliferated. While...
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The New Globalisation: SMEs and International Trade – The Supply Chain is as Important as Direct Exports
The disproportionately small share of exports from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is a cause of concern in modern trade policy. For developed...
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The Impacts of EU Strategy Autonomy Policies – A Primer for Member States
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Matthias BauerEU governments should be much more sceptical and critical of the EU’s strategic autonomy agenda and the new polices intended to achieve the EU’s...
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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...