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Earlier today, the European Commission published the new Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report. The report indicates that roughly half of the identified competitiveness drivers and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) have improved, including those related to the overall Single Market integration and the percentage of incorrectly transposed directives. While this is positive, it also means half [...]
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In an increasingly challenging geopolitical and economic climate, strengthening Europe’s resilience and protecting its fundamental values and interests, while preserving an open and sustainable economy and enhancing its international leadership and competitiveness is incredibly important. For Europe, it is time to embrace this approach and President Von der Leyen’s upcoming State of the Union speech [...]
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The Inflation Reduction Act’s implications for US Efforts to Engage Allies and Trading Partners In an increasingly challenging geopolitical and economic climate, strengthening the U.S.-EU bilateral relationship and ensuring that their shared values and interests are protected while preserving free and open competition, supporting the global competitiveness of their economies, and enhancing their shared [...]
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With the publication of the European Commission’s White Paper on Artificial Intelligence on 19 February 2020, the policy debate around Artificial Intelligence – and how it will be regulated by EU institutions -- has greatly intensified in Brussels. Liability with respect to AI regulation remains one of the issues that raises the most questions from a legal point of view. ‘How to define risk categories [...]
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Global tech trade association ITI welcomes European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, as Europe’s new leader on digital policy. Amid calls to boost Europe’s “technological sovereignty” in response to concerns about the bloc’s diminishing contribution to global supply chains and its increasing dependence on foreign technologies, we wholeheartedly embrace Commissioner-designate [...]
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This week, the European Union (EU) conducted the second largest democratic exercise worldwide and, as a result, will welcome 751 new members to the European Parliament in Brussels this summer. This historic event will have an important impact on the global tech industry. The EU plays a significant – and frequently leading – role in international policymaking. Its active membership and citizenship often [...]
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It is an exciting time to be working on technology policy. Right now, the world is having a discussion on how best to govern and create policies around emerging technology like artificial intelligence, digital taxation, and data flows. We want to not only be a part of the conversation but we want to constructive and work with governments around the globe to create policies that will protect consumers [...]