Timeline

  • Risks on the Horizon

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    Rarely before have the risks faced by humankind been more complex, interlinked, and interdependent; and rarely have so many crises coexisted. In this context characterised by turbulence, novelty, ambiguity, and uncertainty, foresight plays an essential role and complements more traditional quantitative approaches to help manage risks and disasters. By providing additional perspectives, foresight can help… Read more

  • European Services Forum Position Paper on EU Future Trade Policy

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    Competitiveness concerns have returned to EU discourses. The warning signals concerning the EU’s economic underperformance are growing, notably from Germany, where the EU’s main economic engine for the European Union is slowing down. To add to these grim overall macroeconomic trends, there are also growing clouds on the trade horizon: war, geopolitical tensions, the Red… Read more

  • Use Case: Bhutan NDI (National Digital Identity) &ToIP Digital Trust Ecosystems

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    Bhutan NDI officially launched in 2023 and introduced Self-Sovereign Identity as a foundational element underpinning a national digital trust ecosystem which connects the government, individuals, and the private sector in their digital interactions. Bhutan NDI and the Trust Over IP Foundation launched the case study on Bhutan NDI’s Digital Trust Ecosystem at the Mobile Ecosystem… Read more

  • Deep-Tier Supply Chain Finance: Unlocking the Potential

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    Deep-tier supply chain finance (DTSCF) not only unlocks finance at favorable rates for deeper tiers in a supply chain, but it promotes an ecosystem of financial stability, risk management, and sustainability throughout the entire supply chain. DTSCF has the potential to reshape and strengthen traditional relationships by fostering more resilient; transparent; and environmental, social, and… Read more

  • U.S-EU Joint Statement of the Trade and Technology Council

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    The sixth ministerial meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (“TTC”) took place in Leuven, Belgium, on 4 and 5 April 2024. It was co-chaired by European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and… Read more

  • Working paper: Towards a European “Trade Services” Regulation

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    Within international trade, transferable documents allow to request delivery of goods and payment based on possession of the document. Yet, it has been difficult to reproduce the notion of possession, which has to do with control over tangible goods, in an electronic environment. In order to address that situation, the adoption in 2017 by the… Read more

  • Benefits of the Digitalisation of Trade Processes and Cross Border Barriers to their Adoption

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    Trade digitalisation is the improvement or enabling of processes through leveraging digital technologies and digitised data. In the context of international trade, this involves the digitalisation of trade-related information flows. Digitalisation will enable the exchange of trade-related data, documents, and electronic authorisations between parties in the supply chain. Trade digitalisation is attracting greater policy attention… Read more

  • Digital Identity

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    Identity is everything. It is key to the inner workings of our societies, governments and economies. Without it, we can only have the narrowest of realities: one without legal agreements, banking services, or even getting paid. Identity is the key to trust, and trust, really, is everything. In our digital world, where software is eating… Read more

  • EU-Japan Memorandum of Cooperation on Digital Identities and Trust services to implement Data Free Flow with Trust

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    This Memorandum of Cooperation describes how the Digital Agency of Japan and the European Commission intend to take collaborative actions on digital identity in order to facilitate Data Free Flow with Trust. The Memorandum should be implemented through a number of collaborative actions that will build shared commitment on digital identity initiatives and complement the… Read more

  • Study on the Potential of Blockchain Technology and Other Digital Tools in Facilitating EU Climate Policy Implementation

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    This study explores the potential of blockchain technology and digital solutions to support the implementation of European Union (EU) climate policies by the European Commission. The main objective is to identify EU climate policies that can benefit from distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and digital tools. The study comprises three tasks: The study evaluates the advantages… Read more