Insights
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When Rules Collide: Regulatory Frictions Around the DMA and the Future of the EU’s Digital Framework
The EU’s digital rulebook is entering a new phase, one marked less by the need to close regulatory gaps than by the risk of friction between...
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Reviewing the Digital Markets Act: Inspirations from Japan
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThe European Commission is in the process of reviewing the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the flagship ex-ante competition regulation introduced a few...
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Why It’s Time to Mind Europe’s Services Gap
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalSpeaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, President Trump told Europe it was “not heading in the right direction”. The line was...
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Europe’s Innovation Gap: Five Charts and Five Takeaways for an Evidence-Based Debate
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalBy: Andrea DugoRivers of ink have been spilled in recent years on Europe’s stagnating innovation performance and declining competitiveness. The Draghi report is...
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The Draghi Report Turns One Today. Yet It Is Still More Crawling Than Walking.
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Andrea DugoAt one year old, most babies begin to stand on their own feet. Some walk, others wobble, but all start exploring the world under their own strength....
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Sweden vs Switzerland: A Heavyweight Champions Fight on Innovation
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalBy: Andrea DugoMuch like with other headline-making international rankings, the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently drawn media...
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South Korea Versus Japan: What Can the EU Learn From the Two Countries?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Andrea DugoWhen discussing the issue of Europe’s waning competitiveness, analysts are almost instinctively driven to turn to the US for solutions. Draghi’s...
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Europe vs United States – Boosting Competition in Space and the Skies
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North AmericaBy: Andrea DugoWe reach for historical images to make sense of our current times. Now that there is increasing competition between firms in the aerospace industry,...
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EU-China Relations – A Health Report After Xi’s Visit and New EV Tariffs
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Andrea DugoThe political relations between the EU and China are deteriorating. They may not be on such a clear path towards fraction and decoupling as the...