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Europe’s Frontier Countries: The EU’s Geopolitical Test
Research Areas: Bridging Frontlines EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and Security
Tags: BelarusEU NeighbourhoodMoldovaUkraineWestern BalkansBy: Tengiz Pkhaladze
Europe’s frontier regions are no longer a buffer but a real-time stress-test of the European Union’s ability to translate geopolitical ambition...
From Factories to Ideas: The New Map of Global Power
Research Areas: Innovation, IP, and Human Capital New Globalisation Trade, Globalisation and Security
Tags: globalisationservicestrade in goodsWhen trade is driven by ideas, data and innovation rather than goods, alliances – not geography – determine global power. The world is...
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: EUtaxationEurope does not suffer from a lack of tax instruments – it suffers from too many. Over the past decade, new layers of corporate, digital, and...
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 intelligenceEUBy: 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...
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Latest Media
Carney’s Grand Ambition On Trade Does Not Include Trump
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Latin America North America Regions South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy Project
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 origin.
UK blocks China wind turbine project on ‘national security’ amid tense business climate
Research Areas: Far East Regions Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy Project
By: David Henig
David Henig believes Britain’s decision reflects the difficulty of balancing trade and investment with China amid growing global mistrust and geopolitical pressures.
EU, Australia seal trade and defense deal after years of false starts
Research Areas: Regions South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and Security
By: Oscar Guinea
Oscar Guinea comments in CourtHouse News Service the conclusion of the EU-Australia FTA
Europe’s competitiveness problem is a technology problem
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy
Fredrik Erixon and Oscar Guinea write for Encompass on how Europe's competitiveness suffers from underinvestment in technology and restrictive digital regulations, not industry decline, and how it is crucial for growth to reform the GDPR, DMA, and AI Act.
Rachel Reeves warned that more than warm words are needed to woo the EU
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance UK Trade Policy Project
By: David Henig
(Behind Paywall) David Henig notes via the Financial Times that Brussels senses ambition in London, but sees little real change unless the UK softens its stance, especially regarding the movement of people.
Quantum Computing as a Service in Finance: Standards and Contracts as Proof of Control
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Innovation, IP, and Human Capital
By: Dyuti Pandya
Dyuti Pandya, together with Professor Julien Chaisse, writes on quantum computing in finance, highlighting the role of standards and existing financial regulations as alternatives to new regulatory frameworks, for the Oxford Business Law Blog.