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ARTICLE — 1 december 2020

The European Commission”s new threat to the Swedish model

The European Commission is in the process of preparing a new Directive on wage transparency; one that will damage growth, make skills adjustment more difficult and create extensive bureaucracy, says chief economists at several employers” organisations.

ARTICLE — 1 december 2020

Remove trade barriers and deepen the EU Single Market

An interview with Jessica Stegrud (ECR) on the European Parliament’s initiative report on the European Commission”s proposed EU Industrial Strategy.

ARTICLE — 1 december 2020

Protectionism is the wrong direction

Sara Skyttedal (EPP), on the European Parliament’s initiative report on the European Commission”s proposed EU Industrial Strategy.

ARTICLE — 25 november 2020

Competition policy measures in support of the Green Deal.

Well-functioning competition is a prerequisite for companies to dare to invest in climate-smart solutions. EU competition rules should therefore be applied and interpreted in the same way in all Member States, says Stefan Sagebro, an expert on competition and state aid.

ARTICLE — 24 november 2020

Inception Impact Assessment for Sustainable Product Initiative

The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise welcomes the EU Commission”s action plan on circular economy and the initiative on Sustainable Product Initiative. Swedish business community is already at the forefront of changing from a linear to a circular economy and wants to take a driving role in its development.

ARTICLE — 23 november 2020

“Tax on fashion” criticised

The Swedish “Tax on Fashion” has been heavily criticised by Swedish organisations, companies, and the Swedish authorities such as the Swedish Tax Agency and the Swedish Chemicals Agency. Yet the criticism is not limited to Sweden; it is also international.

ARTICLE — 19 november 2020

Newsletter on knowledge-based assets

Knowledge-based assets are becoming of a greater and greater importance in our economy. This newsletter focuses on these assets, their handling and the legal rules concerning them. Our perspective is the importance of these assets for the competitiveness of companies in Sweden and the rest of Europe.

ARTICLE — 13 november 2020

Confederation of Swedish Enterprise participates in the formulation of a new trade policy for the EU

Confederation of Swedish Enterprise wants the EU to keep having an open trade policy. That was today communicated to the European Commission.

ARTICLE — 13 november 2020

Main points on CBAM by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise

We support the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. Ideally, the best instrument to deploy would be a global price on carbon. Realizing that this is not realistic for the foreseeable future other venues must be found.

ARTICLE — 9 november 2020

A data strategy for Europe that supports technological capacity but combats technological protectionism

The European Commission is expected to present its proposal for a new Data Governance Act the 18th of November. This is the first part of the European data strategy.

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