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5G: What We Talk About When We Talk About Trust – The EU Risk Assessment Process
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicySince March this year, the EU Member States have taken concrete steps to support an EU-wide approach to secure 5G networks, starting with a joint...
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China’s Digital Trade Success: Two Different Perspectives
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIn recent times there has been a lot of talk on how big China’s digital trade actually is and to what extent it poses a threat to the global...
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Isolation or Integration: Why the EU Free Trade Agreement the Brexiters Want Is Not Deliverable
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigIn the race to be the next UK Prime Minister there is a strong narrative that the country’s future economic relationship with the EU can be simply...
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‘Appetite for Friction’ – Trump Policy Towards China
According to Frank Lavin, former US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, ‘trade negotiations should focus on managing what’s good...
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Solving the EU’s Amazon Paradox
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Digital Trade Estimates Project EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyHere’s a question for you. I recently attended a seminar about Europe’s digital future where I was asked: “How come we have the Amazon Paradox...
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UK Brexit Direction Awaits New Conservative Party Leader
Research Areas: UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigA new series of everyone’s favourite UK show, Brexit, has kicked off in dramatic style with the resignation as Conservative Party leader,...
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European Elections or: “How to Learn to Stop Worrying and Be Positive About Trade in the Future”
With the elections for the European Parliament, multiple promises are made as politicians compete to gain voters and influence future policies. One...
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Risks to the EU from a US-China Trade Agreement
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Sherman KatzAfter the United States imposed $250billion of tariffs on Chinese goods based on its determination, under U.S. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974,...
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Why Competition Matters?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea, Senior Economist at ECIPE, explains how good regulations and healthy industry policy can increase Europe's competitiveness. Together...
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The Chinese Innovation Conundrum
By: Iacopo MonterosaHuawei’s prominent role in 5G infrastructure could suggest that China is now ready to be a driving force on digital innovation. In addition, the...
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Myanmar: Open for Business or Closed by Sanctions?
The Status Quo In January Aung Sang Suu Kyi stood at a platform in a brightly lit conference centre in Naypyidaw. The room was ostentatious and so...
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Plucking the Digital Goose
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThe art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing This pearl of wisdom came from...