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๐๏ธ @DavidHenigUK tells @Euractiv why the political handshake at Trump's Scottish golf resort last July was never legally binding, and why Washington has since appeared to breach its own terms by hiking steel and aluminium tariffs above the agreed 15%.
Read the article โฌ๏ธ
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#EUUSTrade #Tariffs #TransatlanticRelations
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We were pleased to co-host this timely roundtable on the implementation of the EU Product Liability Directive and its implications for innovation, consumer protection and AI-driven technologies.
The discussion builds on the findings of our Policy Brief examining the transposition of the Directive in Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
๐ ecipe.org/publications/eu-prโฆ
๐ขย We recently hosted our roundtable, โ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ โ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ดโ in Brussels at Avenue des Arts 6-9, bringing together policymakers, legal experts, and industry representatives for an important discussion on the future of consumer protection and liability frameworks in Europe.
๐ก The conversation focused on the evolving implications of the revised Product Liability Directive and Third-Party Litigation Funding in the context of AI-enabled and software-driven products, and how Europe can balance effective consumer protection with innovation, competitiveness, and legal certainty.
๐ We would like to thank Simon Neill, Chair of the Board of the European Justice Forum, for opening the event, and Malene Dall Sรธrensen, Senior Consultant at @DanskIndustri, for delivering a keynote address.
๐ฅ Special thanks also to our panelists:
โช๏ธ Amaryllis Verhoeven, Head of Unit GROW/G1 - Responsible Business Conduct, @EU_Commission
โช๏ธ @FredrikErixon, Founding Director, @ECIPE
โช๏ธ @oonajuonala, Senior Legal Advisor, @Elinkeinoelama
โช๏ธ @bmiltovica, Co-Chair, Consumer and Environment Group of @EU_EESC
โช๏ธ Dieter-Michael Grohmann, Special Advisor, @connectsmes
๐ค The discussion was moderated by Agata Boutanos, CEO of the European Justice Forum.
๐ The exchange provided valuable Nordic perspectives from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland on developing proportionate and innovation-friendly legal frameworks for emerging technologies while maintaining strong consumer safeguards.
๐ Read our press release for more insights from the discussion ๐europeanjusticeforum.org/recโฆ
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The biggest threat to Ukraine in 2027 may not come from the battlefield. It could come from the political calendar.
In a new analysis, @HelloFrankLavin argues that as Trump enters lame-duck status, incentives for a rushed Russia-Ukraine settlement could intensify, increasing pressure on Europe and Ukraine to accept unfavourable terms.
โณTime may be the most important variable.
Read more โฌ๏ธ
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Trumpโs Beijing visit was not just diplomacy. It looked like recognition.
In @DavidHenigUKโs latest article for @thewirechina, the message is stark: the era of trying to contain Chinaโs economic rise may be over. What follows is a more transactional, multipolar trade landscape. And Europe is not ready yet.
Read the full article โฌ๏ธ
thewirechina.com/2026/05/31/โฆ
#TradePolicy #Geopolitics #China #EU #GlobalTrade #GlobalEconomy
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๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.
Germany's Federal Court has upheld a rule requiring ride-hailing vehicles to drive empty after each trip unless a new booking has already been confirmed. Around 30 per cent of vehicle kilometres exist solely to satisfy a legal formality from another era. Consumers pay more. Emissions rise. Incumbents are shielded. And Brussels keeps publishing competitiveness strategies.
@MatBauerEcon's insight makes the case plainly: "๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ."
Read more โฌ๏ธ
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As EU ministers meet at the @EUCouncil tomorrow on the Cybersecurity Act 2, the analysis from @leemakiyama and @badrinarayanang deliver a striking finding: vendor restrictions have no statistically significant effect on what consumers pay.
The EU auctioned spectrum from 2018 into a security framework still being written in 2026. The Commission's EUR 3.4 to 4.3 billion cost estimate is real, but it stays on operators' balance sheets. It does not reach consumers' bills.
This is not a supply chain failure. It is a regulatory sequencing failure, years in the making.
Read moreโถ๏ธecipe.org/insights/affordabiโฆ
#Cybersecurity #5G #CSA2 #DigitalPolicy #EUSingleMarket
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ECIPE retweeted
The IndiaโEU FTA: A New Framework for Strategic Trade Cooperation - New article by Dyuti Pandya and Vanika Sharma, policy analysts at @ECIPE
brusselsreport.eu/2026/06/02โฆ
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#ECIPENewsletter is out! ๐ฌ
This month, our experts examine the topics driving today's European policy debate:
๐ the IndiaโEU trade deal,
๐ Europe's AI and copyright dilemma,
๐ China's use of trade law in Brussels,
๐ the Digital Omnibus,
๐ the brain drain in the Western Balkans.
Read โฌ๏ธ
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#DigitalOmnibus is sold as an end-of-cookie-banners. But the reform empowers few US gatekeepers, and European SMEs and media are asking @EUCouncil to scrap the proposal entirely. It reverses a decade of digital antitrust policy, entrusting a few US gatekeepers to handle revenues of EU startups and media.
@leemakiyama explains why the cure is worse than our ills. โฌ๏ธ
ecipe.org/insights/who-shallโฆ
#DigitalOmnibus #EUDigital #DataPrivacy
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๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ.
In his latest analysis for @cepa, @osguinea traces the problem to its source. The EU's Copyright Directive lets rights holders opt out of Text and Data Mining exceptions, and more than half of news publishers already block the main AI crawlers.
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต; ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต," he argues.
Read more โฌ๏ธ
cepa.org/article/europes-copโฆ
#DataEconomy #GenerativeAI #CopyrightReform
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Today, the @EP_Trade, @EP_Industry, and @EP_SingleMarket committees meet to examine the Industrial Accelerator Act, with rapporteurs @anna_cavazzini, @GrudlerCh, and @PJouvet leading the discussion. The timing is worth paying attention to.
Our latest analysis, by @osguinea, finds that between 2008 and 2023, EU manufacturing grew consistently across employment, turnover, value added, and productivity. The Commission's diagnosis is more alarmist than the data warrants, and the Act's ambition to boost manufacturing's share of GDP from 14.3% to 20% by 2035 risks crowding out the digital technologies that now drive the bulk of productivity growth.
Competing for the future requires looking forward, not back.
Read more โฌ๏ธ
ecipe.org/insights/nostalgiaโฆ
#IndustrialPolicy #EUCompetitiveness #SingleMarket
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๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ [๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ].
@DavidHenigUK describes a โWhatsApp World Orderโ of interconnected trade networks in our new policy brief, yet the EU, US and others are weakening global rules while chasing unrealistic self-sufficiency. Without WTO reform and restraint, risks of a 1930s-style slide into mutual distrust grow.
โ "๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ'๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ."
Read more โฌ๏ธ
ecipe.org/publications/whatsโฆ
#EUTradePolicy #GlobalGovernance #WTO
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๐๏ธ ๐ $1๐ญ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐.
@leemakiyama tells the @FinancialTimes why that offer is unlikely to be honoured anytime soon and why Beijing has a record of missing investment commitments once announcements are made.
๐ฌ "๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ."
Read the articleโฌ๏ธ
ft.com/content/d61d9c83-cb3cโฆ
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๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐. ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ.
As the EU ministers @EUCouncil debate space act today, the analysis from Andrea Dugo and Dyuti Pandya lays out a stark picture: 8 EU orbital launches in 2025 versus 181 from the US, and a patent share that has halved since 2000. ๐
This is not a cyclical setback but a structural failure rooted in a capital markets gap, fragmented public investment, and policies that favour legacy incumbents over the firms driving the New Space economy.
Europe risks remaining capable but increasingly peripheral in one of the most strategically important industries of the 21st century.
Read more โถ๏ธ ecipe.org/publications/europโฆ
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๐ค Together with @EUJusticeForum and @DanskIndustri, we will co-host a roundtable on Consumer Protection and Product Liability in the EU.
More info โฌ๏ธ
๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ | ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐
The European Justice Forum, together with the @ECIPE and @DanskIndustri (DI), has the pleasure of inviting you to the roundtable: โ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ - ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฌโ
๐๏ธ 8 June 2026
โฑ๏ธ 09:00โ11:00
๐ ECIPE Office
The event will bring together representatives of European institutions, industry representatives, legal experts, and policymakers to discuss emerging challenges at the intersection of technology, liability, and access to justice.
As Europe continues to navigate rapid technological transformation and evolving consumer expectations, important questions are emerging around liability frameworks, legal certainty, innovation, and competitiveness within the EU Single Market.
This discussion will explore:
๐น Consumer protection and evolving product liability rules
๐นย Lessons from Nordic approaches to regulation and enforcement
๐นThe impact of new technologies and digital technologies on liability frameworks
๐นBalancing innovation, accountability, and access to justice
๐นImplications for businesses, consumers, and policymakers across the EU
The roundtable aims to foster an open exchange on how Europe can ensure effective consumer protection while supporting innovation and competitiveness in an increasingly digital and interconnected economy.
๐ More details:ย lnkd.in/dhaG4u5a
๐ Registration:ย docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโฆ
๐ง For any inquiries, please contact Policy Manager Seyide Direk at s.direk@europeanjusticeforum.org
#EUJusticeForum #ProductLiability #ConsumerProtection #EULaw #Innovation #Nordics #DigitalPolicy #AccessToJustice
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๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐โ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Dyuti Pandya and Vanika Sharma argue that the EUโIndia FTA could help both regions deepen trade ties, diversify partnerships and build on their comparative strengths.
At a time of global uncertainty and shifting supply chains, the agreement offers more than market access. It provides a framework for a more balanced, diversified, and commercially meaningful EUโIndia economic partnership.
Read more โถ๏ธ ecipe.org/insights/india-eu-โฆ
#EUIndia #TradePolicy #FreeTradeAgreement
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๐ต๐น ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐๐๐ก. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ.
In a new brief, @FredrikErixon, @osguinea, Dyuti Pandya & Vanika Sharma find that Portugal ranks 2nd most litigation-friendly in the EU, and ICT accounts for 29% of all collective actions. The cost? Up to โฌ1.93bn. A knowledge economy under legal threat.
Read the policy brief โฌ๏ธ ecipe.org/publications/colleโฆ
#Portugal #ProductLiabilityDirective #SingleMarket
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