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Taxing Digital Services – Compensating for the Loss of Competitiveness
Several countries around the world have implemented a tax on digital services, commonly called Digital Services Tax (DST). This policy brief takes a...
Free Trade Agreements Have Limited Impact (Because Manufactured Goods are a Perfect Market)
Free Trade Agreements between two or more countries or parties have been the centrepiece of international trade policy since the formation of the...
Regulating the Globalisation of Data: Which Model Works Best?
Novel flows that define the future of globalisation require new regulatory approaches, which are likely to differ between countries. So too for...
We Need to Talk Trade and Technology!
“It’s May 3, 2021. Don’t forget to upgrade the embedded software in your shoes before you go for a run!” This may sound like a commercial...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Taking Stock of Europe’s New Trade Policy Strategy
This Policy Brief takes stock of the EU Trade Policy Review – the Commission’s proposed strategy for trade. Despite appearances, the Review...
What is Wrong with the German Economy? The Case for Openness to Technology and Human Capital
Advanced economies like Germany need to focus more on attracting foreign high-skilled labour and become better at importing foreign technology and...
No, China Does Not Make Everything!
China is now the world’s leading manufacturer, with goods exports rising from $63 billion in 1990 to $2.5 trillion in 2018. The popular assumption...
Digital Futures for Europe
By Meelis Kitsing, Professor and Rector, Estonian Business School. There isn’t one model for success in the digital future; there are...
Covid-19 and the Danger of Self-sufficiency: How Europe’s Pandemic Resilience was Helped by an Open Economy
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Europe has benefitted strongly from being an open economy that can access goods and services from other parts of the...
Global Trade Today is Global Value Chains
In the last 25 years global value chains have come to dominate global trade in a way surprisingly little discussed or understood. To meet the policy...