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The Trade and Technology Council EU-USA takes the first steps and marks the beginning of a collaboration between the European Union and the United States of America to identify the areas in which it is worthwhile to work together to define common standards and adequate, effective responses on issues relating to technology, trade, competition, foreign policy. It starts from ten working groups, each [...]

Increasingly digitized but cautious in the face of the challenge of online commerce. Istat frames the technological growth of Italian SMEs, noting a strong growth in the use of digital equipment and at the same time a certain reluctance to enter the online market. According to data published by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, in 2021 60.3% of Italian small and medium-sized enterprise [...]

The European Commission has contributed 385million euros and a half to the Solidarity Fund (EUSF) set up in 2020 to support 19 countries, including Italy, in the coronavirus health emergency. The EUSF’s support shall finance medical care, the purchase and administration of vaccines, personal protective equipment and medical devices, healthcare costs, laboratory testing, emergency support to the po [...]

Strong growth in the EU agri-food market. The data recorded by the European Commission show that for the January-September 2021 period the total value of the agri-food trade of the Member States (exports plus imports) amounts to 239.5 billion euros, an increase of 6,1% compared to the same period of the last year. Exports increased by 8%, amounting to 145.2 billion euros, with an increase in impor [...]

EU SMEs can count on a fund of 47 million euros to protect their intellectual property rights and support the recovery from Covid-19 and for green and digital transitions for the next three years. The new fund was recently launched by the European Commission and the EU Office for Intellectual Property (EUIPO) and can be granted to SMEs such as: Reimbursement of 90% of the costs foreseen by the Mem [...]