Insights
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Three Challenges for the New EU Trade Commissioner
Now that he took office, no shortage of work awaits Mr Hogan, the new EU Trade Commissioner. We review some of his key challenges. ‘I always seem...
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EU Freight Cabotage: Will France Manage to Kick Eastern Europe out of the EU’s Single Market?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Matthias BauerCurrent EU law severely restricts the transport of goods within a Member State by a truck operator from a foreign EU country. What is known as...
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How Did the GATT Respond to the Birth of the European Community?
Tags: GATTBy: Roderick AbbottA complex question covering signature of the Treaty of Rome, a Customs Union subject to specific GATT rules. It also raised the wider issue of how...
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Carbon Border Measures
By: Guest AuthorSandra Parthie, Head of Brussels Office at IW Köln, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft There seems to be renewed political appetite for a...
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The Eternal Sunshine of an Engineer’s Mind: Germany Looks to 5G Security as a Purely Technical Question
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe EU 5G Risk Assessment and the German proposal to amend the security catalogue both recognise that protection of end-users depends on two...
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Populist Rhetoric in the EU Debate Over Taxing Corporations
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyOn October 14, ECIPE hosted a seminar on Europe’s tax competitiveness. The aim was to outline new evidence for tax policymakers, with a focus on...
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Bureaucracy Implanted in EU Trade Agreements: Time for EU Trade Policy to Act on Low-Hanging Fruit
The use of EU free trade agreements by European exporters, particularly SMEs, is significantly restricted by excessive administrative requirements. A...
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Three Ideas on Digitalisation for Thierry Breton to Win Over the Parliament
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Oscar Guinea1. Europe’s industrial policy is the tool to achieve a Digital Europe From agriculture to manufacturing; from textiles to IT; from bricks and...
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Brexit Extension Shows the UK Continues to Struggle with the Basics of International Negotiations
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigYet again Brexit has been delayed. The EU has reluctantly granted another extension, this time of three months. It remains uncertain as to what might...
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Time Is Running Out to Address Trade Frictions. For Effective WTO Reform to Happen, the US, EU and China Need to Live Up to Their Responsibilities
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityAll three of the WTO’s functions - administering multilateral trade rules, serving as a forum for trade negotiations, and providing a mechanism to...
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The Reform of Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO
By: Natalia MacyraOn October 7, ECIPE hosted a discussion on the reform of Special and Differential Treatment (STD) in the WTO. The event started with a presentation...
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The Future EU Trade Policy – What Have We Learned from the European Parliament Hearings?
By: Natalia MacyraOn October 2, a Commissioner-Designate for the DG Trade Phil Hogan has presented a list of strategic priorities for the next 5-year term in the...