Σοβαρά προβλήματα λίγο πριν την εφαρμογή της συνθήκης CETA

Σοβαρά προβλήματα λίγο πριν την εφαρμογή της συνθήκης CETA

Δύο εβδομάδες πριν η συμφωνία μεταξύ ΕΕ-Καναδά (CETA) τεθεί σε εφαρμογή, η Γαλλία αξιολογεί τον αντίκτυπο που θα έχει σε περιβαλλοντικά θέματα και στην υγεία, ενώ το Βέλγιο φέρνει την συμφωνία στο Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο.

Στις 21 Σεπτεμβρίου θα ξεκινήσει η εφαρμογή της συνθήκης CETA, παρά τις αμφιβολίες που υπάρχουν για τις επιπτώσεις που θα έχει. Σύμφωνα με ρεπορτάζ του Euractiv, η Γαλλική επιτροπή που ασχολείται με τη συνθήκη έκανε γνωστά τα ευρήματά της, σε σχέση με τις περιβαλλοντικές επιπτώσεις και τις επιπτώσεις στην υγεία από την εφαρμογή της συνθήκης. Επίσης προχώρησε και σε συστάσεις για τροποποιήσεις, ιδιαίτερα τώρα, καθώς γίνονται νέες διαπραγματεύσεις για παρόμοιες συνθήκες μεταξύ της ΕΕ, των ΗΠΑ και της Ιαπωνίας.

These are the world's most digitally advanced countries

These are the world's most digitally advanced countries

The Digital Evolution Index evaluates the digital development of countries
Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
This article is published in collaboration with theHarvard Business Review
Ravi ChaturvediAssociate Director , Tufts University
Ajay BhallaPresident , Global Enterprise Risk and Security
Bhaskar ChakravortiSenior Associate Dean, International Business & Finance at The Fletcher School, Tufts University

It is barely 20 years since Sergey Brin and Larry Page registered the domain name google.com, and only 10 years since Steve Jobs walked onto a stage in San Francisco and introduced the iPhone. Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. We identified many hotspots around the world where these changes are happening rapidly and other spots where momentum has slowed. Two years on, depending on where we live, we continue to move at different speeds toward the digital planet.

How Blockchain Technology Could Change Our Lives

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How Blockchain Technology Could Change Our Lives
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At their simplest, blockchains can be described as lists of all transactions that have ever been executed in a specific domain. They are organised into ‘blocks’, connected in linear, chronological

Ecommerce Europe’s 2017 Wishlist

Αrt2179 Παρασκευή 13 Ιανουαρίου 2017
Ecommerce Europe’s 2017 Wishlist

After a year of major achievements in 2016, in which Ecommerce Europe’s lobbying and advocacy helped to shape legislative outcomes to favor the e-commerce sector, and in which Ecommerce Europe took an active role in promoting increased e-commerce at all levels, Ecommerce Europe looks ahead to 2017.

Ecommerce Europe will continue to advocate for optimal policy outcomes for the European e-commerce sector, which will be particularly important given the European Commission’s strong focus on its Digital Single Market Strategy. Important legislative dossiers for e-commerce will be considered by policymakers, and Ecommerce Europe will ensure that the voice of the e-commerce sector is well heard. Meanwhile, we will also continue to develop our Trustmark scheme to further boost consumer trust in cross-border e-commerce in Europe.