WTO Reform – Be Careful What You Wish For?
8 January, 2026
WTO Reform – Be Careful What You Wish For?
8 January, 2026
By Stuart Harbinson
US reform proposals risk weakening WTO principles, institutions, and multilateral cooperation.
Europe's Cloud Debate Is Looking the Wrong Way: It's Not Concentration – It's Lock-In
19 December, 2025
Europe's Cloud Debate Is Looking the Wrong Way: It's Not Concentration – It's Lock-In
19 December, 2025
By Matthias Bauer
Cloud resilience depends on user choice, not market concentration alone.
Too Much Bureaucracy, Too Little Investment
17 December, 2025
Too Much Bureaucracy, Too Little Investment
17 December, 2025
By Oscar Guinea
Cutting corporation tax could revive EU investment and economic growth.

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- ECIPE Policy Briefs
  January 2026
  Time is Money: The Cost of Delaying the Ratification of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Latin America Trade, Globalisation and Security
  Tags: EU Mercosur trade agreement
  By: Fredrik Erixon Oscar Guinea Philipp Lamprecht Elena Sisto
  Between 2021 and 2025, the EU sacrificed €183bn in exports and €291bn in gross domestic product due to its failure to ratify the EU-Mercosur...
- ECIPE Policy Briefs
  December 2025
  Openness and Fragmentation in EU Defence Procurement
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: Lucian Cernat Oscar Guinea Guest Author
  Europe’s fragmented defence procurement markets undermine Europe’s security efforts. Larger procurement markets, by contrast, deliver sharper...
- ECIPE Occasional Papers
  December 2025
  The Economic Risks of Transposing the EU Product Liability Directive in Germany
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy
  By: Oscar Guinea Dyuti Pandya Vanika Sharma
  With the Ministerial Draft (Referentenentwurf) dated 11 September 2025, Germany has embarked on transposing the EU Product Liability Directive (EU...
- ECIPE Occasional Papers
  December 2025
  Quantum Clusters: Ranking the World’s Deep-Tech Epicentres
  Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: Fredrik Erixon Andrea Dugo Dyuti Pandya Elena Sisto
  The ECIPE Quantum Project has so far laid the groundwork for understanding the global quantum landscape. It introduced the fundamentals of quantum...
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- Press Release
  January 2026
  New Policy Brief: Time is Money: The Cost of Delaying the Ratification of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Latin America Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: Fredrik Erixon Oscar Guinea Philipp Lamprecht Elena Sisto
- Article
  January 2026
  The Mercosur agreement exposes dangerously divided EU
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Latin America Regions Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: David Henig
  David Henig looks at the recent EU-Mercosur trade agreement via UK in a Changing Europe.
- Media Mention
  January 2026
  O que outros países revelam sobre a regulação do trabalho por aplicativos
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy
  By: Oscar Guinea Elena Sisto Oscar du Roy
  (Portuguese) The study "Regulating the Working Conditions of Platform Work: What Can We Learn from EU Member States?" by Oscar Guinea, Elena Sisto, and Oscar du Roy is highlighted in Consultor Jurídico.
- Media Mention
  January 2026
  Top Three Priorities in 2026 for Europe’s Digital Competitiveness
  Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance
  By: Matthias Bauer Philipp Lamprecht
  The paper "The Economic Impacts of the Proposed EUCS Exclusionary Requirements: Estimates for EU Member States" by Matthias Bauer and Philipp Lamprecht is referenced in a Cisco blog.
- Media Mention
  January 2026
  EU mulls sanctioning mullahs
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Latin America Regions Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: Hosuk Lee-Makiyama
  Hosuk-Lee Makiyama believes Mercosur's beef import quotas are minimal via Euractiv's "Rapporteur" newsletter.
- Article
  January 2026
  La caída de Maduro no es el fin de la dictadura
  Research Areas: Latin America North America Regions Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: Renata Zilli
  (Spanish) Renata Zilli writes about the potential future of a post-Maduro Venezuela for El Universal.
- Article
  January 2026
  Why ICT can no longer ignore the new liability reality
  Research Area: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance
  By: Oscar Guinea
  (Dutch) Oscar Guinea writes for AGConnect about the impact of the new EU Product Liability Directive on the Dutch economy
- Media Mention
  January 2026
  EU faces defining six months as Trump doctrine, trade tensions test strategic autonomy
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Latin America Regions
  By: Oscar Guinea
  Oscar Guinea comments in the Courthouse News Services about EU-Mercosur trade relationships

Rethinking Europe in a New Global Economic Landscape

By: David Henig

Europe must become competitive and open, and avoid protectionist decline.

Episode 119: The Trump Tariffs on Trial w/ Jeffrey Schwab

By: Fredrik Erixon

Conversation on the Supreme Court case on the legality of presidential tariff powers.

Episodio 4: Panamá entre Gigantes – Soberanía, Canal y Poder Global con Carlos Ruiz-Hernández

By: Oscar Guinea Renata Zilli

El rol de Panamá en la geopolítica mundial.

What Europe Can Learn from Trump's Manufacturing Mistake

By: Oscar Guinea

Services and technology drive economic transformation.

Episode 118: Trade Policy 3.0 – Three Scenarios w/ Lucian Cernat

By: Oscar Guinea

Evolution of trade policy and future scenarios.

Episodio 3: La Crisis Migratoria y de Seguridad en América Latina con Érika Rodríguez Pinzón

By: Oscar Guinea Renata Zilli

Migración, crimen organizado y democracia en América Latina.

The New "Pact for the Mediterranean" – Prioritising Areas of High Potential

By: Jan A. Micallef

This pact brings hope for real progress.

Episode 117: The Big Steal w/ Jonathan Barnett

By: Fredrik Erixon

Discussion on weakened IP rights, innovation shifts, and policy implications.

Episodio 2: El Rol de América Latina ante Trump 2.0 y el Nuevo Orden Internacional con José Juan Ruiz

By: Oscar Guinea Renata Zilli

América Latina enfrenta desafíos geopolíticos.

Determinants of 5G Deployment

By: Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan Hosuk Lee-Makiyama

Economics, geography, and regulation driving 5G adoption.

Episode 116: Globalisation in Retreat or Renewal? w/ Harold James

By: Erik van der Marel

How globalisation is shaped by crises.

Episodio 1: México entre Estados Unidos y Europa con César Guerra

By: Oscar Guinea Renata Zilli

México enfrenta desafíos comerciales con EE.UU. y Europa.