Publications
Trade
Open strategic autonomy – How trade policy can best support European competitiveness
Key messages
Trade policy for decades has played a key role in supporting the EU’s competitiveness and in influencing investment decisions in Europe. We should renew our commitment to trade pol...
Access to finance / financial affairs
Competitiveness Council
Key messages to EU Competitiveness Council of 22-23 May 2023 – Letter from Markus J. Beyrer to Ebba Busch
The following were attached to the letter:
Competitiveness check in EU policy- and law-making - BusinessEurope comments
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) - a BusinessEurope...
Labour markets and social policy
Bilateral relations
B20 and B7
Education, training and skills
Digital economy
Product liability and AI liability directives – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
The expansion of scope of the PLD should be limited to embedded software. For instances of AI software overlapping with the PLD’s strict liability regime an explicit clarification sh...
Bilateral relations
European Commission President’s speech on EU-China relations: Carefully assess and discuss new tools with business
30 March 2023 - Commenting on today’s speech of the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on EU-China relations, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "Any new tools th...
EU single market
Revision of the Combined Transport Directive – BusinessEurope comments
Key messages
A revision of the Combined Transport Directive should:
Focus on the multimodal optimisation in European transport, while avoiding a ‘onesize-fits-all’ approach, as an increase in...