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21 August 2008
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Germany unveils law to block foreign takeovers  [FR]

The law, aimed at protecting strategic domestic industries from unwanted foreign takeovers, was approved by the cabinet yesterday (20 August), despite insistence by German business associations that the move goes against EU rules on the free movement of capital.

ListNews:   EU plans code of conduct for sovereign wealth funds
ListNews:   Germany plans law against foreign takeovers
Transatlantic IT row heats up as US requests WTO ruling  [FR] [DE]

An EU-US dispute over tariffs on high-tech goods, such as flatscreen TVs and multifunctional printers, reached new heights yesterday (18 August) as the US asked the WTO for a formal ruling and admitted that bilateral talks had failed to reach an amicable agreement.

ListLinksDossier:   The WTO Doha Development Round
ListNews:   EU-US progress on cutting trade barriers but disputes remain
ListNews:   EU-US trade row erupts over IT products
France calls for EU response to global slowdown  [DE]
Gloomy economic outlook as inflation hits new record  [FR] [DE]
EU names new board for technology institute  
Universities face 'mission overload', says report  [FR] [DE]
EU still struggling with employment of older people  [FR] [DE]
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Growth and Jobs: Relaunch of the Lisbon strategy  [FR] [DE]

On 22-23 March 2005, the Spring Council discussed the Commission's mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy for economic, social and environmental renewal. (read more)

Knowledge and technology transfer  [FR] [DE]

EU firms are struggling to better exploit public-funded research and transform findings into patents and innovations that generate growth. (read more)

European Institute of Innovation and Technology  [FR] [DE]

The Commission proposes to establish a European Institute of Technology (EIT), on the model of the famous MIT based in the US, to link the three aspects of the 'knowledge triangle' - research, education and innovation. (read more)

 
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Analysis & Commentary
A time for new ideas: Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe 
Paul Lewis, Economist Intelligence Unit
How Europe could leapfrog the US in productivity 
Robert Atkinson, President, Information and Technology Innovation Foundation
The new kids on the R&D block 
Gerard Salole, Chief Executive, European Foundation Centre
Global competition and European companies’ location decisions 
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
European ICT: Innovation is the key 
Martin Fransman, Professor, University of Edinburgh
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Agenda
  1. 27 August 2008
    Seminar on the Telecoms Package and Network Filtering
  2. 17 September 2008
    RFID: Towards the Internet of Things. Lunchtime Stakeholder Workshop
  3. 25 - 27 November 2008
    ICT 2008 - "I"s to the Future: Invention, Innovation, Impact
  4. 29 - 30 September 2008
    Third European Security Research Conference (SRC'08)
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