Towards a More Realistic EU China Debate

One major focus of autumnal Brussels trade and industrial policy conversation will be relations with China and the belief that protection is needed to avoid economic doom. Much of this debate unfortunately rests on...

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    Patent Enforcement Spiralling Out of Control: What Happens When Injunctions Are Taken Away?

    In a recent Insight, we argued that weakening injunctive relief through a reform of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) is wrong. An argument against injunctive relief that has been kicking around the...

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      Steering into Price Control: Why the CMA’s App-Store Proposals Go beyond What is Necessary

      There is a conceptual problem right at the heart of the consultations on proposed steering conduct requirements (CRs) for Apple and Google by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK. On the...

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        The Commission’s DMA Specification Decisions on Google: A Case of Regulatory Privilege Escalation

        It is understood and accepted by most experts and observers that platform companies like Apple, Google, and Meta are large, systemic, and should be subject to competition disciplines. It is therefore a mystery that,...

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          Beijing Is Not Coercing Spain: Madrid Is Providing the Influence for Free

          In 2025, Spain became one of the primary targets of Chinese investments in Europe, with EV-related commitments up 147 per cent – third in Europe – anchored by CATL’s €4 billion battery plant. At...

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            Summer Reading List 2026

            The rising temperatures may have told us that summer arrived some time ago, but the holiday season is now just around the corner – bringing with it the perfect opportunity to find a good...

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