Views: 45Both Europe and the world entered a new era of international commerce: as the result, many businesses would go bust while new companies and governance models emerge. Digital technologies are going to play a vital role in resolving this and other emerging crises facilitating rapid change’s adaptation in political economies and governance.
Category: EU in global governance
Tariff’s war: effects for the world and the EU
Views: 33Several issues appeared this spring with the US intentions to impose additional tariffs on imported goods from tens of countries around the world, including the EU-27. These tariffs were called coercion: i.e. the economic coercion occurs in situations where a third country attempts to pressure the EU and/or Union’s member states into making a […]
Reacting to emerging crises: new EU-wide preparedness strategy
Views: 303The Commission announced recently the Preparedness Union Strategy for the EU states to prevent and react to emerging threats and crises. The plan is a response to the ongoing poly-crisis the EU faces; hence, the strategy focuses on an integrated all-hazards approach, a whole-of-government approach, which brings together all relevant actors, across all governance’s […]
Strengthening finances and digital currency: global and EU’s vision
Views: 19The EU-27 is regarded as one of the world’s leaders in both providing and attracting investments; however, modern changes in geopolitics require a profound understanding of all the potential risks involved. Hence, the EU is assessing the region’s investment in key technology areas, such as semiconductors, AI, quantum technologies and crypto currencies in order […]
The EU and US in a trade war: sanctions and countermeasures
Views: 39This March, the US imposed tariffs of up to 25 percent on imports of steel, aluminium and certain products containing steel and aluminium from the EU; in response, the Commission is launching a series of countermeasures to protect European businesses, workers and consumers from the impact of these unjustified trade restrictions.
Global Biodiversity Framework: the EU’s view on financial framework
Views: 21In December 2022 about two hundred states around the world agreed to mobilise $200 billion per year by 2030 for biodiversity from all sources, including $30 billion through international finance. The EU-27 is the biggest international donor; it has even pledged to double its share of biodiversity funding to live up to the commitments.
Boosting growth: competitiveness compass as the message to the EU states’ governance
Views: 267For decades the EU-wide corporate growth models were based generally on cheap goods (presumably from China) as well as affordable energy with favorable prices (from Russia) and “partially outsourcing security and investment”, as the Commission President noted recently. Thus, the Commission calls on the member states’ leaders to “help turn around the region’s sluggish […]
European security strategy: member states’ outbound investments to strengthen economy
Views: 21The European Union is one of the world’s leaders in both providing and attracting investments; however, modern changes in geopolitics require a profound understanding of all the potential risks involved. Hence, the EU is assessing the region’s outbound investment in key technology areas – semiconductors, AI and quantum technologies – in order to identify […]
European net-zero industrial strategy
Views: 21The EU net-zero industry’s legislation is aimed at making European continent the focal point of world-wide clean technologies manufacturing and green jobs; it is identifying goals for net-zero industrial capacity and provide a regulatory framework suited for its quick deployment. However, the process is more complicated and includes several other aspects of the EU’s […]
European CAP: recent comprehensive ago-policy analysis
Views: 40Eurobarometer publishes regularly surveys on the state-of-art of EU-wide agriculture: i.e. recent eighth edition was conducted last summer among over 26 thousand respondents from different social and demographic groups. Present survey provides a comprehensive overview of Europeans’ attitudes towards agriculture and the Common Agricultural Policy, which takes about one-third of EU budget.