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US-EU Digital Relations in Practice: Part II

Posted on September 28, 2021 by A Path for Europe

Following the election of Joseph Biden in November, 2020, many experts believed that the coming of a new presidential administration in the United States would represent a reset in US-EU relations. While leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have signaled a clear desire for a rapprochement, which included gestures such as the lifting of taxes on Airbus and Boeing by the US and EU respectively, the systemic issues brought to the forefront by the Trump administration have shown no easy fixes. […]

US-EU Digital Relations in Practice: Part I

Posted on July 13, 2021 by A Path for Europe

The volume of digital trade between the United States and the European Union is the largest in the world, and a cornerstone of the global digital economy. Total EU-US trade in goods and services doubled from $594 billion to $1.2 trillion between 2003 and 2017. In the year 2018, American trade in digitally-enabled services with Europe topped $333 billion dollars, with exports from the US reaching $213 billion and imports $120 billion – a $93 billion trade surplus. […]

Addressing Algorithmic Discrimination in the European Union

Posted on November 24, 2020 by A Path for Europe

On February 5, 2020, the District Court of the Hague ruled that SyRI, or Systeem Risico Indicatie (System Risk Indicator), could no longer be used in low-income Dutch neighborhoods to flag individuals more likely to commit benefits fraud. […]

AI and GDPR: Data Protection and Transparency in Focus

Posted on July 15, 2020 by A Path for Europe

When the coronavirus began to spread internationally after first emerging in Wuhan, China in December 2019, governments worldwide immediately started to implement various technologies aimed at tracking, diagnosing, and, ultimately, stopping the virus. […]

The Digital Transformation of Healthcare in the European Union

Posted on July 15, 2020 by A Path for Europe

The digitization of healthcare in the European Union is proceeding at a brisk pace but is also fraught with challenges. The European Commission is seeking to provide EU citizens with comprehensive, and easily accessible digital healthcare through its Digital Single Market strategy. The creation of the Digital Single Market will involve the integration of countless healthcare tools, insurance companies, and national systems which are at varying stages of digital capacity. […]