Insights
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Cultural Exception vs. Cultural Openness: Back To Seoul, BTS!
By: Jimmyn ParcIn general, it is easy to agree with the concept of cultural exception that France has for many years evoked. Such an approach is based on the idea...
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The Free Flow of Non-Personal Data
Earlier this month MEPs voted to support the final text on the free flow of non-personal data across the European Union (EU). A vast majority of the...
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Compulsory Licensing of IP-protected Drugs: Colombia’s Panacea for Access to Better Healthcare Services?
By: Matthias BauerOn 30 May 2018, Colombia joined the OECD as the group’s 37th member. Prior to the country’s accession, the Colombian government implemented a...
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Next Steps for Building the Digital Single Market
By: Alice PoidevinThis is a summary of a discussion that took place at the ECIPE and Microsoft Seminar, on October 15th 2018 in Brussels. The growth of...
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Who Are the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? Not What Mr. Boris Johnson Thinks
When announcing his “Better Plan for Brexit” in The Daily Telegraph, Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson observed “that the one size fits...
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ECIPE and ZPP Conference: Renewing Efforts to Create the Digital Single Market
What are the key areas for digital change in the near future? And how can Europe make greater progress towards creating a Digital Single Market?...
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The Cost of Data Protectionism
* This blog is written together with Janez Kren, PhD candidate at the University of Leuven, who is a co-author of one of the studies...
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The European Commission’s Pharmaceutical Innovation Incentives Review Is at Risk of Serious Overreach
By: Guest AuthorPhilip Stevens is executive director of Geneva Network, a UK-based research organisation working on international innovation and trade...
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Is Mona Lisa Smiling or Laughing at the MEP’s Vote on Netflix?
Tags: EUBy: Jimmyn ParcThe Members of European Parliament voted for the local content quotas on online media platforms. But, did Europe have this quota when its culture was...
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How to Make Trade Policy Cool (Again) on Social Media?
By: Guest AuthorLucian Cernat*, Chief Trade Economist, European Commission A recent LSE blog points out that economists, unlike other social scientists, are...
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How to Prepare for the Next Anti-Free Trade Campaign?
By: Alice PoidevinThe recent anti-free trade campaigns are one example of a changing political environment. By trying to block the CETA and TTIP negotiations, NGOs and...
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Trade Is Here to Stay
By: Natalia MacyraIn a time of rising protectionism and emerging trade wars, it is crucial that supporters of free trade raise their voices. We need to create a new...