Hosuk Lee-Makiyama
He is regularly consulted by governments and international organisations on a range of issues, from trade negotiations to economic reforms. He appears regularly in European, Chinese and US media, and is noted for his involvement in WTO and major free trade agreements. He was also named “One of the 20 most influential people for open internet” by the readers of the Guardian UK in 2012. He was the first author to argue for a WTO case on internet censorship in China.
Prior to joining ECIPE, he was an independent counsel on regulatory affairs, competition and communication, Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representative of Sweden and the EU member states towards the WTO and the UN, including WIPO and UNECE. Lee-Makiyama is also a Fellow at the department International Relations at the London School of Economics, and currently shares his time between LSE and ECIPE.
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Fairness and Politics of Digital Advertising
The Digital Fairness Act (DFA) emerges from a broader policy trajectory following the European Commission’s Digital Fairness Fitness Check and successive consultations, marking the next step in the...
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Reigniting Productivity: A New Growth Model for the Asia-Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region is reaching the limits of the scale-based and China-driven growth model, as manufacturing specialisation and global value-chain integration now deliver diminishing...
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AI and India’s National Interest
AI offers a policy dilemma for India. On the one hand, export competitiveness hinges on the nationwide deployment of productivity-enhancing technologies. Indian services and consultancies must...
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Empires of Exceptionalism: Lessons from the EU AI Act and Attempts at AI Legislation in California
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North AmericaThe EU AI Act, which passed after three years of negotiations and much ambivalence, sets a comprehensive regulatory framework that reflects the European Union’s unique needs that are not...
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Huawei ban to cost the EU up to €40 billion, says industry
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama comments in the GSMA on...
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The Chinese investment plan that Donald Trump held back
Hosuk Lee‑Makiyama comments in the Financial Times on Chinese investment plans in the US...
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In Strait of Hormuz, Iran and China take aim at US dollar hegemony
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama argues via Al Jazeera that China's balanced trade with Iran, providing vital machinery and buying oil, makes yuan-based transactions possible, unlike Europe or Japan...
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Carney’s Grand Ambition On Trade Does Not Include Trump
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama suggests via POLITICO that the EU-CPTPP alliance may simply aim to provoke the Trump administration, issuing press releases rather than genuinely harmonising trade rules of...
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Trump’s tariff war has a digital second act
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama writes for Business Day on how SA’s digital regulation could deepen the US tariff...
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Tulliasiantuntija: Trump on valmis äärimmäisiin painostuskeinoihin
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama is interviewed by Helsingin Sanomat on how tariffs are part of Trump administration's plan to reshape trade...
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The steps that will shape India’s AI ambition
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Claudia Lozano Rodríguez and Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan write for The Hindu about Indian IT services and consultancies held back by AI regulations run the risk of losing...
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US industrial policy—the flipside of sanctions
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama opines in East Asia Forum on US energy subsidies, industrial policy and their implications for the EU and...
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The Economic Impact of Outward Direct Investment (ODI)
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama publishes a new report for LSE...
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Briefing Note: AI & Trade Policy
The ministerial discussion at the 2018 Tallinn Digital Summit was led by Hosuk...
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On Rule-based Trading in Uncertain Times
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Hanna Deringer discuss New Zealand’s role in the new trade architecture for The Policy Observatory at Auckland University of...
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Technology and Patents: The Imbalances in Europe
Rositsa Georgieva and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama's article on EU and US patent reforms in the digital age, World Economics, Spring...
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Hosuk Lee-Makiyama: Trade negotiations are like marriages, you need mechanisms to settle differences
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama highlighted for CGTN Europe the candid, constructive trade talks, US export opportunities to China, and the proposed Board of Investment and Trade’s role in resolving disputes...
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Dealing with the America First United States
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama participates in a conference by the Institute of Geoeconomics on Japan's economic policy and its relations with the US and...
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‘What we might see now is a big rethink around the multilateral organisations’
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama speaks to CGTN Europe about the outcome and impact of the meeting between China's and American...
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China Strikes Back: An Update on the US-China Trade and Tech War
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama discussed the broader implications of China's new technology and export controls on global trade, highlighting potential disruptions and challenges for international commerce in...