Henrique Schneider

  Conventional wisdom holds that while the United States tends to embrace innovation, the European Union often holds it at arm’s length. Recent events seem to support this: In September, the EU’s General Court ordered Apple to pay 13 billion euros in taxes to Ireland, then later that month the European Court of Justice imposed […]

  The incident occurred on Friday, July 19, 2024. It affected thousands of flights and millions of people across dozens of nations on several continents. It has led to total costs of over $5 billion. “It” was an IT outage. This disruption, one of the biggest ever, was not the result of a pernicious virus, malicious […]

  On March 21, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) and 16 state attorneys general announced a broad lawsuit against Apple on antitrust grounds. The suit’s crux lies in Apple’s tight control over the iPhone ecosystem. Apple says this control contributes to the smartphone’s appeal for users, while the U.S. government argues it […]

  First, the rule of law is also – or even foremost – about people.   Douglas North, Nobelpreisträger der ökonomischen Theorie und überzeugter Liberaler, dachte viel über Institutionen nach. Institutionen sind die «Spielregeln» einer Gruppe: des Markts, der Gemeinschaft, der Gesellschaft oder des Staates. Spielregeln können entstehen und sich als Konvention etablieren – etwa, […]

  The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism tariff (CBAM) aims to integrate climate action with trade regulations, but the approach is not without potential repercussions. On October 1, 2023, the first transitional phase of CBAM came into effect. For now, it will only apply to certain goods: cement, iron and steel, aluminum, fertilizers, electricity and […]