Insights
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The Cost of Data Protectionism
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy* This blog is written together with Janez Kren, PhD candidate at the University of Leuven, who is a co-author of one of the studies...
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Data Localization in the EU: The Threat from Inside
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyAs growth in the EU has remained low and the usual channels for recovery such as greater investment or an increase in the working-age population...
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The Privacy Shield in 3 Tweets
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyTags: data protectionIt took a great deal of negotiation efforts, but the European Commission implementing decision on the adequacy of the protection provided by the...
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A Race Against Time: New Data Protection Rules in the Internet Era
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyIt was about time. Pre-internet rules on data protection were not fit for our new interconnected reality. The core institutions of the European Union...
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Realpolitik in ISDS Reform: Will the Commission’s Proposal get us Anywhere?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThings for the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism are not looking good lately. The system has been strongly criticised by civil...
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After the ECJ Ruling: What Now?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North AmericaIn a nutshell On Tuesday, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued the long-awaited ruling on the case of Max Schrems, which investigated whether...
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Time to Resist Dovish Temptations?
Tags: USOn Thursday, the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates for the first time in nine years (figure 1). However, this decision is still surrounded...
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Manufacturing the Future: Industry 4.0
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyA new wave of technological changes is reshaping the manufacturing sector in its entirety. Autonomous robotics, additive manufacturing, cloud...
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#ECIPEdebates: ISDS in TTIP – Should it Stay or Should it Go?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIn his reply to our latest #ECIPEdebate, Simon Lester - trade policy analyst at Cato Institute - expresses the feeling that many of...
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#ECIPEdebates: Are EU Sanctions on Russia Working?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityFollowing the agreement reached at the special European Council held on 30th August, the EU has announced the implementation – effective from...
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E-health Solutions: is the EU Moving in the Right Direction?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalTags: healthcareTechnology-based innovations are often seen as a luxury and the healthcare sector is not an exception. However, recent technological innovations,...