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September 23, 2025
Published by IBL on September 23, 2025
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Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: When Good Intentions Pave a Highway to Hell

As the EU prepares to fully implement its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in January 2026, concerns are mounting that this flagship climate policy could backfire, increasing costs for European businesses and consumers while sparking international trade disputes.
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June 26, 2025
Published by IBL on June 26, 2025
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Central Banks’ Dangerous Mission Creep

The more tasks the Federal Reserve takes on, the more difficult it will be to maintain its independence. Especially if, in addition to ‘exercising powers that belong to the Treasury Department’, the central bank deals with ‘social problems’ such as climate change or inclusion, to which there are various policy responses but no technical, neutral approach.
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March 11, 2025
Published by IBL on March 11, 2025
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Living Dangerously: The DMA and the Challenge of Balancing Competition and Cybersecurity

As the Digital Markets Act (DMA) enters its implementation phase, the European Commission is investigating whether the proposed solutions of dominant tech firms (gatekeepers) comply with the mandates of the DMA.
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September 9, 2024
Published by IBL on September 9, 2024
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Breton v. Musk: Why the Commissioner’s Methods Are a Threat to Freedom in Europe

The controversy that has been unfolding on social media involving the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, and the owner of X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, has a deeper meaning than meets the eye.
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