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Cultural Industries: Europe, Look East!
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectTags: cultural industriesThere is a fascinating twist in the current European debate on cultural industries and the Single Digital Market: it has been dominated by the...
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Wrestling with or Embracing Digitization?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectTags: cultural industriesBy: Jimmyn ParcVincent Van Gogh is regarded as one of the greatest artists and his paintings are some of the world’s most expensive. However, while he was alive...
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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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Welcome to North Korea! Prospects on the Economic Impact of Kim Jong-un’s International Tourist Zones
Tags: North KoreaBy: Stephen RangerThe tourism industry may not seem like the most promising area for development in North Korea given its negative reputation abroad and limited...
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Innovation for Greater Economic Prosperity of Belarus?
Research Areas: Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Jimmyn ParcWhich developmental path is best suited for Belarus if it wants to achieve greater and more sustainable economic prosperity? This was the question at...
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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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The Japan EU Regulatory Cooperation A Key Agenda for a “Living Partnership”
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: JapanThe last Japan-EU Summit achieved a little noticed but crucial progress. It made a clear call for “further progress in regulatory cooperation”...
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Data Localisation Requirement in Russia: A Self-imposed Sanction
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Russia and EurasiaIn recent years, data localisation requirements have become one of the main threats to the open trading system. As cross-border data flows are...
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Capaldo Fails to Convince
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: TTIPIn October 2014, Jeronim Capaldo published a paper (hereafter Capaldo 2014) suggesting TTIP to cause severe negative economic implications for...
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TPP Giving Mad Men a Run for Their Money
As reported by our friends at the FT, President Obama paid a visit to the Pacific Rim (Portland, Oregon to be precise) to campaign for the TPP...
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TPA and the Democratic Disunity – Obama’s Trade Bill, Jobs and Income Inequality in America
Well, they say the TPP deal is now ‘practically wrapped up’. The House and Senate Leadership have now tabled the bipartisan Trade Promotion...