Insights (Filter: EU)
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Webinar Summary: Measuring the Economic Impacts of the EU’s Approach to Strategic Autonomy
By: Matthias BauerOn November 29, ECIPE hosted an expert discussion around the study’s launch by Frontier Economics, “Measuring the Impacts of the EU’s Approach...
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The EU Stuck Between Trade Openness and Strategic Autonomy
By: 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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European Strategic Autonomy – Aim or Bane for Our Generation?
By: Matthias BauerIn September 2020, European Council President Charles Michel delivered a long speech on Europe’s “strategic autonomy, sovereignty, and power”....
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Could Friend-Shoring Stop Protectionism Undermining Trade and Climate Change Measures?
By: David HenigWhen considering trade rules and climate change, current developments point towards more protectionism, with the WTO’s role devalued, and progress...
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European Strategic Autonomy – What Role for Europe’s Fragmented Single Market?
By: Matthias Bauer30 years after the establishment of the European Single Market, regulatory convergence reversed or came to a halt in the EU. This lack of integration...
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Sender-Pays: Rethinking Incentives for Infrastructure Investments
By Robin Baker and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama Summary As the Sending Party Network Pays debate resurfaces, the question of whether users and senders should...
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The Costs of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy Agenda – Why Member States Should Stop Ignoring Them
By: Matthias BauerThe EU is pushing a controversial policy paradigm: strategic autonomy. The term is increasingly institutionalised. It is commonly referred to in...
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Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Moves to Trilogue: Potential Impact on Trade and WTO Compatibility Still Unclear
By: Elena SistoIntroduction On June 22nd, the European Parliament and Council of the EU submitted amendments to the European Commission’s proposal for an EU...
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The L’Oréal Principle: How the EU Leverages Its Single Market for Its Trade Policy Objectives
Products 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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The Hidden Complexities of the UK Government Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
By: David HenigThe publication of the UK government’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill appears to have brought UK-EU relations to a new low ebb, with trade war an...
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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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TTC and Pre-Empting the Next Transatlantic Tech War
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Robin Baker Admittedly, the trading relationship between the EU and the U.S. has never been an easy one. Since the late...