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ARTICLE — 26 september 2022

Busy times to draft formulate the AI Act

Work on the proposed AI Act will continue in the autumn in the European Council and Parliament. A large number of amendments are on the table. It is now time to draft formulate an applicable regulation that fulfils the purpose of the proposed act.

ARTICLE — 26 september 2022

Protection of trade secrets must be enshrined in the Data Act

Proposals for a new data act should, as far as possible, allow businesses to share data based on trust and freedom of contract. Rules on mandatory data sharing must not contradict union laws that protect other interests, especially the protection of privacy, security and trade secrets.

ARTICLE — 26 september 2022

An overly far-reaching instrument

The proposal for a Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI), which was launched on 19 September, demonstrates that the European Commission has not paid sufficient attention to the concerns expressed by the business organisations when responding to the consultations this spring.

ARTICLE — 22 september 2022

The EU and New Zealand enter into a trade agreement

An ambitious free trade agreement has been concluded between the EU and New Zealand, and bilateral trade is expected to grow by around 30 percent. ”This agreement will make it easier for the companies in both countries,” write trade experts at the Confederation for Swedish Enterprise.

ARTICLE — 21 september 2022

EU need to put competitiveness high up on the agenda

”It is worrying that today there is no overall strategy for strengthening competitiveness at EU level, therefore we need to put competitiveness high up on the agenda”, writes The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic in a joint statement.

ARTICLE — 21 september 2022

Von der Leyen’s state of the Union speech overlooked the importance of free trade

Anna Stellinger, Deputy Director General International and EU Affairs at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, notes a worrying trend towards increased state intervention and state aid instead of free trade in Ursula von der Leyen’s state of the Union speech.

ARTICLE — 7 juli 2022

The European Innovation Agenda is too much old wine in new bottles

The European Commission has released its European Innovation Agenda. The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise emphasize the fundamental importance of businesses and a bottom-up market approach in building the European prosperity and sustainable development through innovation.

ARTICLE — 5 juli 2022

Tom Erixon: “Business must be better at making their voice heard in the EU”

“The EU is of vital importance to Sweden. That’s why Swedish business must be even more active in our efforts to influence the EU and with our presence in Brussels,” said Alfa Laval CEO Tom Erixon in introductory remarks he made at a meeting in Strasbourg earlier this spring.

ARTICLE — 4 juli 2022

Three suggestions for the EU Chips Act

Many parts of the Chips Act are questionable from the point of view of business and from a level playing field perspective. In a position paper, the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise present three suggestions for improvement.

ARTICLE — 29 juni 2022

The WTO is showing signs of life

Last week, the trade ministers of WTO’s 164 Member States gathered for the postponed biennial ministerial conference. Expectations of concrete results ahead of the conference were lukewarm, but now is seems fair to say that the multilateral trading system is showing signs of life once again.

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