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As Europe prepares for the 2024 elections to the European Parliament in June, this panel brings together European thought leaders to discuss the implications of the elections for the EU's future.
With: Catherine De Vries, Sylvie Goulard, Isabell Hoffmann, Eleanor Spaventa.
The end of the Cold War marked the beginning of a phase of borderless hyperglobalization. Recently, a profound shift has begun to take place. "Slowbalization" and "De-globalization" are neologisms well describing the present situation. Supply chains are disrupted, Russia has been expelled from the global economy after its invasion of Ukraine, China and the US. are confronting each other in the logic of a war fought with the "grammar of commerce" . Given these pressures, what will the future of our world economy look like?
In 2022-23, the Model Rules of Pillar Two have been approved by the OECD and at EU level through a Directive, introducing a 15% global minimum tax (GMT). Pillar Two is now fully operative and binding in the EU. Who bears the costs? Who gets the benefits? A first assessment, with Reuven Avi-Yonah, Ana Cinta González Cabral, and Carlo Garbarino.
The launch event of the report on EU Innovation Policy, a joint project IEP@BU-CESifo-TSE.
Do firms gain from lobbying at the European level? And, if they gain something, what do they exactly get? Which role do European companies and their lobbyists play in European elections?
With Alberto Alemanno (HEC), Catherine De Vries (IEP@BU), Ernesto Di Giovanni (Utopia), Nilanjana (Nel) Dutt (IEP@BU).
Is there any imminent resolution on the horizon to address this crisis that undermined the strength of the World Trade Organization? How the WTO can promote sustainable development through its rules and negotiations? How are its members undertaking the task of modernizing the legal framework that governs global trade subsequent to the conclusion of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) held in Abu Dhabi from 26th February to 2nd March 2024? With Leonardo Borlini, Matthias Goldmann, Huaxia Lai, Mitsuo Matsushita, Petros C. Mavroidis André Sapir, Giorgio Sacerdoti, Thomas J. Schoenbaum, and Hong Zhao.
Join us for a brainstorming seminar dissecting the anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) launched by the Commission. The paper explores the economic and legal aspects of this case highlighting the peculiar pricing strategies of European and Chinese manufacturers, the policy conflict with the Green Transition and the EU’s own support for batteries.
In view of the European Parliamentary elections IEP@BU is launching a series of webinars on the future of the EU institutions. Whereas, there has not been any Treaty change since the Lisbon Treaty, the role of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament have evolved considerably in the past 15 years or so. The inaugural digital event will take place on March, 25, 12.30-14.00 with the following speakers: Giuliano Amato; Sylvie Goulard; Mario Monti; Eleanor Spaventa.
L’evento inaugurale del ciclo di Dibattiti di geopolitica che IEP@UB, l’Institute for European Policymaking@ Bocconi University, organizza insieme alla rivista Il Grand Continent, in collaborazione con Egea.