The Cumulative Effect of EU Regulations on External Trade

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Austrian Institute of Economic Research

Table of Contents

• The Cumulative Effect of EU Regulationson External Trade 1
• Preface 2
• Summary 3
• Table of contents 4
• 1 Introduction 5
• 1.2 Outline of the report 6
• 2 Trade regulation 7
• 2.1 The right to regulate and Single Market considerations 7
• 2.2 The role of EU Better Regulation Practices 8
• 2.3 Reflections on changes in the regulative basis and the regulatory process 10
• 3 Demonstrating cumulative effects 11
• 3.1 Regulation in the field of sustainable development – efforts towards sustainable global value chains 11
• 3.2 Regulation for strategic autonomy and resilience 18
• 3.3 Digital regulation – a tug of war between innovation and new safeguards 23
• 3.4 Reflections on the regulatory effects on investments 29
• 4 Conclusions on the cumulative effects of EU regulations 32
• 5 Recommendations 35
• References 37
• Sammanfattning på svenska 40
• Back cover 44