The Economics of Copyright and Data Access in European AI Development
6 March, 2026
The Economics of Copyright and Data Access in European AI Development
6 March, 2026
By Oscar Guinea
Restricting data access for AI training under EU copyright law harms competitiveness, raising costs, favouring large firms.
Europe's 28th Regime: Fixing the Single Market — or Reinventing Its Complexity?
4 March, 2026
Europe's 28th Regime: Fixing the Single Market — or Reinventing Its Complexity?
4 March, 2026
By Matthias Bauer
The EU’s "28th regime" aims to unify corporate rules, but success depends on changing incentives and simplifying complexity.
Episode 121: The Rise of Europe's Litigation Economy – Will the New Product Liability Directive Make It Worse? with Oscar Guinea
3 March, 2026
Episode 121: The Rise of Europe's Litigation Economy – Will the New Product Liability Directive Make It Worse? with Oscar Guinea
3 March, 2026
By Fredrik Erixon
Conversation about the EU's revised Product Liability Directive, its litigation risks, expanded scope, and legal and economic impacts.

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- ECIPE Occasional Papers
  March 2026
  From Digital Tax Symbolism to Meaningful Reform: Europe’s Substantial VAT Gap as a Source of Untapped Fiscal Capacity
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy
  Tags: EU taxation
  By: Matthias Bauer Dyuti Pandya
  Europe does not suffer from a lack of tax instruments – it suffers from too many. Over the past decade, new layers of corporate, digital, and...
- ECIPE Occasional Papers
  March 2026
  Consumer Protection in the Age of AI: Transposing the New EU Product Liability Directive in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland
  Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance
  Tags: artificial intelligence EU
  By: Fredrik Erixon Oscar Guinea Dyuti Pandya Vanika Sharma Renata Zilli
  Digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming Europe’s economy. The legal frameworks designed to govern them are catching...
- ECIPE Policy Briefs
  February 2026
  Cloud Resilience and Security: Why Exit, Portability, and Lifecycle Design Matter
  Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security
  Tags: cloud policy cybersecurity Digital Markets Act
  By: Matthias Bauer Dyuti Pandya
  The future of computing points to cloud services remaining deeply embedded across sectors. As cloud technologies converge with edge networks and...
- ECIPE Policy Briefs
  January 2026
  More Than Just Chips: What Europe Can Learn from Taiwan’s Industrial Strategy
  Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy
  Tags: EU industrial policy R&D Taiwan
  By: Andrea Dugo Dyuti Pandya
  Taiwan is widely regarded as the global epicentre of semiconductor manufacturing. The island accounts for well over half of all global chip foundry...
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- Press Release
  March 2026
  New Occasional Paper: From Digital Tax Symbolism to Meaningful Reform: Europe’s Substantial VAT Gap as a Source of Untapped Fiscal Capacity
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy
  By: Matthias Bauer Dyuti Pandya
- Press Release
  March 2026
  New Occasional Paper: Consumer Protection in the Age of AI: Transposing the New EU Product Liability Directive in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland
  Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance
  By: Fredrik Erixon Oscar Guinea Dyuti Pandya Vanika Sharma Renata Zilli
- Media Mention
  February 2026
  Bruselas aplicará el acuerdo comercial con Mercosur de forma provisional al considerarlo una necesidad “estratégica” de la UE
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance EU-Mercosur Project Latin America Regions Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: Fredrik Erixon Oscar Guinea Philipp Lamprecht Elena Sisto
  (Behind paywall in Spanish) ECIPE study on the cost of the delayed ratification of the EU-Mercosur trade deal quoted in El País.
- Media Mention
  February 2026
  UK seeks ‘best possible deal’ with US as tariff threat looms
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Regions
  By: Oscar Guinea Oscar du Roy
  The insight "Rules Without End: EU’s Reluctance to Let Go of Regulation" by Oscar Guinea and Oscar du Roy is cited by The Reason.
- Article
  February 2026
  The EU wants to buy European. But can it?
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: Fredrik Erixon
  Fredrik Erixon warns via Euronews that "Buy European" restrictions are complex, risk raising costs, disrupt exports, and could provoke retaliatory measures from close allies.
- Speech or Presentation
  February 2026
  Trumps Zollchaos Ökonom: „Die EU muss jetzt einen kühlen Kopf bewahren“
  Research Areas: North America Regions Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: Philipp Lamprecht
  (German) Philipp Lamprecht comments on German National Radio on Trump's Tariff Policy.
- Media Mention
  February 2026
  ‘Made in Europe’ row brings back Brexit’s bitter memories
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance UK Trade Policy Project
  By: David Henig
- Media Mention
  February 2026
  As EU-Mexico trade deal nears finish line, Trump threat looms
  Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Latin America North America Regions Trade, Globalisation and Security
  By: Renata Zilli
  Renata Zilli highlights Mexico's deep integration with the US supply chain, stressing that managing the US relationship complicates Mexico's broader trade agenda via POLITICO Europe.

European Deal for Human Rights – and Against Bureaucracy

By: Matthias Bauer

Fragmentation undermines EU competitiveness.

Episode 120: Cloud Resilience & Security w/ Nicky Stewart

By: Matthias Bauer

Discussion on cloud European market, resilience, security, competition, procurement.

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.

Why China's Record Trade Surplus can’t be Blamed on US Restrictions

By: Erik van der Marel

China's trade surplus is driven by restricted services imports.

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 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 Battle for Regulatory Leadership in the Indo-Pacific

By: Koen Berden

Indo-Pacific trade rules fragmentation and evolving alliances.

Episode 118: Trade Policy 3.0 w/ Lucian Cernat

By: Oscar Guinea

Evolution of global trade policy and its potential three future scenarios.

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.

EU-Russia Trade Since the Start of the War

By: Oscar Guinea Vanika Sharma

EU-Russia trade plunged after invasion, dependencies reduced but not eliminated.

Episode 117: The Big Steal w/ Jonathan Barnett

By: Fredrik Erixon

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

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.