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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Now that the EU Commission has completed its first review of the #DMA, do we have enough evidence to assess its real impact? Our Issue Paper, published in February 2026, explains why compliance alone is not enough & why better data should guide future enforcement 👉 more: tinyurl.com/2m97mnp4

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Whether the Tech Sovereignty Package will substantially mitigate risk is an open question - the package would still leave Europe open to enormous economic and social disruption. 🆕 @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-meyers.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/BmVr2wP

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The Tech Sovereignty Package is a symbolically significant step towards acknowledging and confronting Europe’s #tech weaknesses. But it leaves unresolved Europe’s strategic dilemma: is Europe trying to become richer or safer? 🆕 CER insight by @zach-meyers.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/BmVr2wP

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The EU’s digital framework has grown quickly, pursuing multiple policy objectives. Each is important, but together they can create tensions. A new CERRE Paper by @zach-meyers.bsky.social and Alexandre de Streel looks at how to ensure coherence in EU digital regulation. Read 🔗 tinyurl.com/ynf3pbc9

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Can the EU and US align on AI export controls? 🤖🌍 💻 A new CERRE issue paper by @acalcara.bsky.social and @zach-meyers.bsky.social explores how US measures shape Europe’s strategic choices and transatlantic co-operation. Read 🔗 tinyurl.com/434zhbbk #CERREResearch #AIpolicy #TechPolicy

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🔍 How can openness under the DMA work in practice? A new paper by @zach-meyers.bsky.social looks at how data portability and interoperability can support competition, security, privacy, and innovation — with the right technical and governance choices. 📘 tinyurl.com/ywdv37ak #CERREResearch

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🚨CERRE & @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social have released a new issue paper! 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 Stronger US–EU dialogue could make #digitalcompetition interventions more effective by improving consistency, and strengthening the narrative around regulation. ✍️ @zach-meyers.bsky.social Read it🔗 tinyurl.com/2y8yd5x6

Graphic announcing a new CERRE research on "Improving Transatlantic Cooperation on Digital Competition" authored by CERRE's Director of Research Zach Meyers.

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Delighted to be joining @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social for this discussion in Brussels next Wednesday about economic security and the role of the European Competitiveness Fund in delivering it - details below to register!

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The EU Commission shouldn’t give in to temptation & calls to loosen competition policy to boost competitiveness @zach-meyers.bsky.social associate fellow @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social told @politico.eu. “Competition policy has generally been a force for good & a force for innovation in Europe.”

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

💻 Europe’s tech dependencies are vast — but chasing everything, everywhere, all at once isn’t viable. In a new blog, @zach-meyers.bsky.social says the EU must prioritise gaps that matter, build on strengths like industrial AI & chip tools, and face trade-offs head-on 👉 tinyurl.com/4pfa6kkd

New CERRE Blogpost: Achieving European digital sovereignty: can we keep attempting “everything, everywhere, all at once”?

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🚨 New CERRE Research 🚨 📘Can the EU reconcile #DigitalSovereignty & #Competitiveness? ✍️ By @zach-meyers.bsky.social This is the first issue paper in a series of forthcoming publications under our newly launched EU Competitiveness Forum. Read it here 🔗 tinyurl.com/sjcf7u86

The EU faces two existential problems. First: how can it tackle its so-called ‘competitiveness problem’ – its subdued rate of economic growth. Solving this problem requires better use of innovations, which – thanks to Europe’s poor track record on commercialising new technologies – are mostly foreign today. The second: how can the EU boost its technological sovereignty, so that it is less reliant on unreliable trading partners?

This CERRE Issue Paper by Zach Meyers explores how the EU can reconcile these two priorities – just as the Commission is launching proposals for a European Competitiveness Fund, and a Cloud & AI Development Act, which aim to boost use of technologies like cloud and AI while supporting ‘sovereign’ technological solutions.

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

"The EU has much to lose by deliberately under-enforcing the law and making its [tech] policy environment less predictable and more overtly politicised."

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Good case made by @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social associate fellow @zach-meyers.bsky.social that the EU shd make the changes to digital policy that it needs in order to improve its competitiveness, not those that Trump is pressing for.

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

✍️ Our Director of Research @zach-meyers.bsky.social explores how the EU’s #AIAct is a key test of #BetterRegulation and to support innovation, it must be applied fairly, predictably & consistently. His piece appears in the latest issue of @intereconomics.bsky.social Read it here 🔗 rb.gy/n3p3iw

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Better Regulation and the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act: Zach Meyers in Intereconomics

Better Regulation and the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act: Zach Meyers in Intereconomics - CERRE

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🚨New Issue Paper: Competition Policy for Cloud & AI As EU policymakers aim to boost innovation and #competitiveness, how can they keep #AI foundation models open, high-quality & accessible?👉 rb.gy/o6x49k This paper sets the stage for a full report launching at our next event on AI & Competition.

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Proud to have contributed to a blueprint for European digital sovereignty with a huge range of EU tech experts. While we have different views, we all agree Europe faces a crisis: it is leading in very few digital technologies and its dependencies on foreign tech are excessive and too one-sided. /1

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<a rel="nofollow"></a> The European Way. A Blueprint for Reclaiming Our Digital Future

<p><span>This policy paper is a call for Europe to reclaim its digital future. Directed in particular at the EU Institutions and the new German government, it h

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

💡CERRE’s Bruno Liebhaberg, Alexandre de Streel, and @zach-meyers.bsky.social contributed to the CPI TechREG Chronicle, arguing that EU platform governance must stay ambitious and focus on clear, proportionate, outcomes-focused #regulation. Read here 👉 rb.gy/dagod2 #DigitalPlatforms #Transatlantic

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How EU Platform Regulation Can Survive Trump 2.0 | PYMNTS.com

Until recently, Europe’s position as the global standard-setter for digital platform governance had seemed assured – thanks to the quality of EU

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

📢 Meet the panellists for the first webinar of CERRE's #Transatlantic Cooperation Forum. Speakers will discuss how Trump's push to reduce the state's role in the economy, and the EU's need to boost #competitiveness can shape economic #regulation. Register here 👉 rb.gy/lefqa6 #CERREEvents

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🔔 CERRE in the news! Earlier this week, @zach-meyers.bsky.social shared his insights on The Opening Trade on @bloomberg.com TV, discussing the European Commission’s response to Trump’s #tariffs and its potential retaliatory measures. Watch it here ➡ rb.gy/3g2zt7 #CERREVoices #GlobalTrade

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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

📢 New article: The 🇺🇸 opposes 🇪🇺 digital laws as unfair to American firms, while some in Europe push for #deregulation to boost #competitiveness. Bruno Liebhaberg & @zach-meyers.bsky.social explain how the EU can protect its regulations while easing tensions with the US: 🔗 rb.gy/0j244o #CERREVoices

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Delighted to join Bloomberg at an ungodly hour this morning to chat about the looming Trump tariffs, whether the EU could target US services imports in response, and the impact of fines against Apple and Meta under the DMA for transatlantic relations. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/... (from 00:24)

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Trump Vents Anger With Putin, Marine Le Pen Found Guilty | The Opening Trade 03/31

Stocks fell and investors dashed to shelter in gold and Treasuries ahead of President Donald Trump’s deadline for a new set of sweeping global trade tariffs. President Donald Trump said he was "very a...

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Is deregulation the answer to Europe's competitiveness woes, or a path to restore the transatlantic relationship? In a piece for the Parliament Magazine, we outline why not - and what the EU should do instead. A short thread... /1

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I was thrilled to introduce two brilliant new CERRE papers unpacking the EU's AI Act today. Pierre Larouche lays out the complexity of the law's institutional framework, providing new insights into how EU and national governments should allocate responsibilities between authorities. /1

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

In personal news, delighted to announce that I've started a new role as the Director of Research at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). Looking forward to managing the Centre's cross-sectoral research on issues like competitiveness and transatlantic cooperation.

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

In many of its investigations against #tech firms, the EU could find face-savings ways to back down. But it should instead insist on objective, dispassionate enforcement of EU law. #EUTech New insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/4gYGwal

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The US tech giants are not 'too big to care'. The opposite is true: as Meta was unwinding its online safety practices in the US, it was quietly strengthening them in the EU. #EUTech 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/4gYGwal

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

There has been much hand-wringing among EU policy-makers since US tech firm CEOs started lining up behind president Trump and, in some cases, urging him to force Brussels to back down on regulating US tech giants. In my latest piece for CER, I argue this is a dangerous approach for US tech firms. /1

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Delighted to have contributed as a co-author of a new issue paper, “Navigating the Revolution: Policy Recommendations for Inclusive AI”, with the Centre for Regulation in Europe (CERRE), JustJobs Network and the Center for China and Globalization (CCG). cerre.eu/publications... Key points:

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The next Trump presidency will largely leave #AI unregulated. That makes it essential that tech firms see Europe’s AI Act as legitimate, to maximise the law’s global influence. 🆕 insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/4gm1hw0

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The AI Act gets the basics of better regulation right. But the Commission and member-states need to implement it in ways that support European innovation and economic growth. 🆕 insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/4gm1hw0

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Excellent summary of the EU's experience with CBAM to date from @elisabettaco.bsky.social and @aslak.bsky.social .

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Yes, this is my job! While I'm excited about my next steps (more later), I am very sad to be moving on from @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social next year, but thrilled to be remaining part of the broader CER family as an Associate Fellow. I cannot emphasise enough that this is a truly incredible role...

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

One of the first tasks of the new Commission will be to finalise negotiations on the Payment Services Regulation, to help tackle payment scams. A thread explaining the research I’ve just published (see link below), which concludes that the EU risks making life easier, not harder, for scammers. /1

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Tech firms will continue to struggle to defy the Brussels effect. Those who have threatened to leave Europe, or to not rollout new services in response to EU regulations, have quickly backtracked. 🆕 insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social buff.ly/47RWvCv

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In tech, the death of the Brussels effect is greatly exaggerated

The US and post-Brexit Britain want to carve out their own paths to regulating technologies like artificial intelligence. The EU, however, will continue to enjoy the most influence on global technolog...

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Nay-sayers think the EU is losing its influence over global #tech standards. But, contrary to popular belief, the EU’s importance to the global tech sector is growing – not shrinking. 🆕 insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social buff.ly/47RWvCv

Chart 1: The EU’s share of global services imports is booming

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

The #energy price spike has impacted public budgets, as EU governments spent large sums to protect consumers and businesses. Rolling back temporary subsidies and other price-suppression mechanisms will be politically difficult. 🆕 policy brief by @elisabettaco.bsky.social buff.ly/46ZzwV3

EU climate and energy policy after the energy crunch

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

For those following the UK digital competition bill, a bunch of gov amendments have been published this morning - most of which reflect large tech firms' concerns. Many are reasonable to rein in the CMA's discretion. But others go so far they risk undermining the regime. /1

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual economics conference at Ditchley Park. We discussed global trade, the EU and China, green industrial strategy, the EU's economic model and the global financial system. Thanks to the Delegation of the EU to the UK & Gavekal for supporting it.

CER economics conference, Ditchley Park, 10-11 November 2023

Catherine Mann, Ignacio García Bercero, Zach Meyers, Meredith Crowley and Alan Beattie

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Marco Buti, Christian Odendahl, Jean Pisani-Ferry and Martin Sandbu

Ann Westman, Yu Jie, Charles Grant and Martin Wolf

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Very pleased to have co-authored this policy memo on US-EU transatlantic industrial policy, with the excellent Atlantic Council team. We argue there is space for European and US subsidies & trade policy to be better aligned - without requiring the EU or US to breach their red lines.

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Designing a US-EU industrial and trade policy

Both sides of the Atlantic are confronting the geopolitical necessity of adapting trade and industrial policies to be fit for purpose in an increasingly competitive world. To avoid competition between...

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Although it's hard to begrudge Breton for taking a tough approach to Twitter, it's hard to emphasise enough that this *NOT* how the DSA is meant to be enforced against big platforms - and it has huge risks. /1

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Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Hiding tweets that refer to BSky was my prompt to move here. The DMA doesn't regulate Twitter. But the DSA may help. Platforms must set out restrictions/content moderation in their user terms + enforce them objectively. V hard to see how Musk's impulsive, arbitrary approach fits w that.

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