Insights
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Expanding the Neighbourhood: The Benefits of Ukraine Joining the EU
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Oscar GuineaThe leak on the fifth floor, the noises from the second, or the complaints from the fourth. There are many complications that come with living in a...
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Calling on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council: How to Deliver for the Planet and the Economy
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIn recent years, there has been a shift in the EU-US relationship. Historically, these regions were leading advocates for trade liberalization, but...
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The Economic Value of Standard Essential Patents and the Costs of the Commission’s SEPs proposal
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade and IP ProjectTags: China EU Information and Communications Technology intellectual property patents R&D standard essential patents USBy: Oscar GuineaThe European Commission’s proposal to reform Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) puts SEP holders against SEP implementers. The logic is simple:...
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The EU and Mercosur Escape Room: How to Unlock the Association Agreement
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Latin America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Oscar GuineaThe Association Agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – remains in limbo. The...
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The Urban Legend of the EU’s Digital Economy: Where Do We Go From Here?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIt is not strange to think that the digital economy is made by and for American companies. Google is the window to the Internet, we buy through...
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Europe Against the Machine
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThis piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. “Never send a human to do a machine's job” said Agent Smith in The Matrix as he...
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Competitive and Innovative: The Winning Europe That We Need
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalThis piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto, a journalist and communicator in financing for development. The competitiveness of a...
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The EU Stuck Between Trade Openness and Strategic Autonomy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Oscar GuineaThe European Union’s new trade policy motto of Open Strategic Autonomy is defined as ‘EU’s ability to make its own choices and shape...
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The L’Oréal Principle: How the EU Leverages Its Single Market for Its Trade Policy Objectives
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityProducts of the skincare company L’Oréal have been marketed over the years using the self-reassuring tag line “because you’re worth it”. The...
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Check Mate to the Rules of the Game
By: Oscar GuineaThis piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto, a journalist and communicator in financing for development. “The king is an...
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Power to Ukraine: Rebuilding Ukraine’s Electricity System
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis piece was co-authored with Dr.-Ing. Manuel Sánchez Jiménez, the former Team Leader for Smart Grids at the European Commission and currently...
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EU’s Dependency Problem on Russian Oil and Gas
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityRussia’s war on Ukraine has started a new discussion about Europe’s energy dependency on Russia. In an upcoming ECIPE policy brief, we develop a...