The EU Digital Market Regulations: Rule-Maker or Deal-Breaker?
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås,
Magnus Lodefalk and
Joakim Wernberg | 3 February 2022
Trade,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Digitalization,
Services Trade The digital transformation of the economy and society gives rise to a need for updated regulations and rules of the game for the digitised market.
Within the EU, this need has been reflected in a number of legislative initiatives, most recently the Digital Markets Act (DMA),
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Trade and Consumer Prices: The Role of Competitive Transport, Communication, and Distribution Services
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås | 21 December 2021
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Competition,
Inflation,
Services Trade,
Transport The recent spike in consumer price inflation has amply demonstrated that transport, logistics and distribution play a major role in bringing goods from producers to consumers in a timely and cost-effective manner. Conversely, when choke points in the logistics supply chain arise, prices skyrocket (Figure
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The WTO is Back in Business?
Jane Drake-Brockman | 10 December 2021
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Services Trade,
Trade Governance,
WTO The building on Lake Geneva which houses the WTO stands as the symbol of the multilateral trading system and the bastion of global non-discrimination in trade governance. Meetings held under WTO auspices, whether physical or virtual, attract global participation by all trading partners. No other
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Trade in Environmental Services – Lowering the Barriers, Seizing the Benefits
8 December 2021 10:00-11:30 CET | Online Roundtables,
Trade | Tags:
Environmental Services,
Green Growth,
Services Trade Major disruptions have often triggered technological revolutions and transitions to a new way of organizing production and consumption. The recovery from the Covid-19 crisis is such an opportunity for change. Technologies for a green recovery have matured over the past decade, and popular demand for
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Postponing the WTO Ministerial Conference – Making the Unexpected Breathing Space a Turning Point
Oliver Braunschweig and
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås | 6 December 2021
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Agricultural Trade,
Health,
Services Trade,
Trade Governance,
WTO The WTO 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), which was due to take place in Geneva from 30 November – 3 December, was postponed indefinitely last minute due to new COVID-19 travel restrictions. Despite hectic activity on a rather modest agenda during the run-up to the event,
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