Economic policy

This section reports on economic policy initiatives of the Czech government, the EU, and other entities that have a direct impact on the competitiveness of the country. It also includes information on economic priorities of the AmCham and other leading associations.

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5th April 2016 / Economic policy / Digital Agenda

Joint Letter to EC from United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Poland, Luxembourg, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria on online platforms

The development of new digital technologies, behavioural patterns and business models is challenging the status quo and raising questions about how platforms function within the Digital Single Market. The European Commission is rightly emphasising the importance of this issue and collecting evidence as the basis for a comprehensive analysis of the role of online platforms within the Digital Single Market Strategy. We, the undersigned, ask that the Commission take the following into account when considering the development of policies and initiatives relating to digital platforms.

31st March 2016 / Economic policy / Trade and Investment

German Marshall Fund in U.S.: Leveraging Europe’s International Economic Power - policy brief

As the European Union seeks to redefine a common, comprehensive, and consistent global strategy, it should look at its international economic relations beyond recognizing trade as an engine for growth and jobs, beyond the realization that there are tensions between trade and non-trade objectives, and beyond gloomy assumptions that “the EU’s declining economic dynamism, the high demands it makes of its trading partners, and what it is willing to offer may be hampering its leverage."

22nd March 2016 / Economic policy / Trade and Investment

AMO: V4 and the Internal Market: Benelux of the 21st century? - policy paper

Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky (AMO) published their new policy paper V4 and the Internal Market Benelux of the 21st century? suggesting common strategies of the V4 countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic) in the area of a single, internal market.