The EU is about to decide how to push back against forced data localisation measures that European firms are increasingly […]

Christian Borggreen · May 14, 2018

Some countries have health taxes to limit sugar consumption, others have green taxes on gasoline.  What would be the impact […]

Christian Borggreen · May 8, 2018

Digital companies are not paying their fair share of taxes, the European mantra goes.  The European Commissioner responsible for taxation, […]

Christian Borggreen · March 7, 2018

When European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gave his State of the Union last week, he called the rise of the […]

Christian Borggreen · September 18, 2017

Midway through its term the European Commission will take stock of its “Digital Single Market” proposals on May 10.  But […]

Christian Borggreen · May 5, 2017

The EU’s Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmström, raised concerns with Chinese tech policies during this week’s EU-China Summit in Beijing.  Malmström […]

Christian Borggreen · July 12, 2016

Europeans could be in for an unfortunate surprise as their data transfers to the world begin to look like a […]

Christian Borggreen · June 8, 2016

The EU’s Digital Single Market Communication last May called for “the rapid removal of key differences between the online and […]

Christian Borggreen · February 23, 2016

Ahead of the presentation of an EU-U.S. Privacy Shield later this month, I spoke with Hosuk Lee-Makiyama (Director of the […]

Christian Borggreen · February 16, 2016

EU and U.S. negotiators are working against the clock to agree on a new and strengthened framework for transatlantic data […]

Christian Borggreen · January 12, 2016