Industrial and Competitiveness Policy
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More Threats to European Way of Life (part 3): Movies on Smartphones.
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityNo rest for the wicked – after declaring war on books and taxis, it took the Hollande government less than a week to come back with a new tax on...
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Taxis and Taxes: More “Threats” to the European Way of Life? (part II)
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyA couple of days before Brussels shut down for winter holidays, I was reached by an email that my op-ed on internet taxation in France and Italy is...
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Unwelcome Benefits of the WTO Bali Deal?
Research Areas: Africa Industrial and Competitiveness Policy South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: agriculture foreign direct investment India Least Developed Countries multilateralism trade facilitation WTO WTO Ministerial ConferenceAfter twelve years of tedious negotiations, only a fraction of the original Doha mandate remains. One is filled with certain surprise and relief,...
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The Health and Future of China-EU Trade Relations
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: ChinaBy: Fredrik ErixonI was asked by a big Chinese news agency to provide a short comment on the health of China-EU trade relations. Here it is: Trade growth between...
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Never Short of Good Ideas…
To clarify, ECIPE proposed the International Digital Economy Agreement (IDEA for short) in 2010 to expand the WTO IT Agreement (ITA) to cover both...
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Trade, Regulations and TPP
Research Areas: Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: TPPBy: Fredrik ErixonThe Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the twelve-country trade initiative, is often billed by United States to be a “gold standard” trade...
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So Who is Eating Argentina’s Lunch Now?
Research Areas: Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Latin America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonCristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of Argentina, was on fire that day, almost exactly a year ago, when she introduced the bill...
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Solar Panels and Retaliatory Duties: What’s the Use?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy Jasper De Meyer (Intern at ECIPE) Solar power, and specifically the production of solar panels, has become a hot topic in trade policy circles....
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Something Fishy Going on… – How to Rationalise European and Global Fisheries Policies
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: EUBy Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) World fish stocks are in peril. But despite massive overfishing, governments continue to support the...
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Europe’s Next Competition Revolution
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyTags: competitionBy: Fredrik ErixonEurope’s fiscal crisis can never be solved unless its economy orbits into a high-growth trajectory. Yet an agenda for increased economic growth...
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Preventing Canadian Oil Sands from Damaging Europe’s Renewable Machinery?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy Lisa Brandt (former Trade Analyst at ECIPE) The European Commission is not burying its head in the sand when it comes to promoting sustainable...
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Competitiveness and Market Adjustment in the Eurozone
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Fredrik ErixonThere are several factors that explain the current Eurozone crisis. One of them – arguably the key factor – is the sharp difference between...