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Author: Fred Roeder

Clearing the clouds: Reduced-risk and vaping regulation

EURACTIV: EURACTIV organised a workshop to discuss the way forward in reduced-risk and vaping regulation

Kolumbiens wackeliger Erfolg oder wovon die nächsten Narcos-Staffeln handeln könnten

HUFFINGTON POST GERMANY: Spätestens seit dem Netflix-Erfolg Narcos kennt man Kolumbien als gespaltenes Land, das teilweise von Drogenkartellen, marxistischen Guerillas und korrupten Politikern geführt wird.

The consumer case for brand freedom in Singapore

SINGAPORE BUSINESS REVIEW: Consumers’ right to choose among different brands and regulators’ intent to control our consumptions clash more often than would think. Singapore banning certain acronyms such as IQ and cartoon figures likes teddy bears from baby milk powder is just one of the latest threats to brand and labeling freedom.

Response to DG Trade’s list of countermeasure to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade provocations do not require any response!

Your views and information regarding the EU economic interests in steel and aluminium products originating in the EU that might be affected by a tariff increase, announced by the United States of America on 8 March 2018 and applicable as from 23 March 2018:  Potential tariffs imposed by the US government on steel and aluminium imports […]

Federal regulators should trust progress, avoid blockchain red tape

THE HILL: The U.S. must embrace new technologies and marketplace innovation but also acknowledge that the price of progress includes occasional wrongdoing. The solution for said wrongdoing is not through paternalistic regulation and government intervention, but is best fixed through innovative responses that directly address the problems at hand.

Consumer’s Mantra: Laissez Faire Cryptocurrency And Blockchain

SENSORS: In an online Twitter poll conducted by the Consumer Choice Center, 85% of respondents say they don’t want governments slowing down consumer innovation by outlawing cryptocurrencies and blockchain businesses. 

Europe has the potential to become the global blockchain powerhouse – Let’s not miss it!

VOCAL EUROPE: The last year marked unseen price surges of cryptocurrencies. Now 2018 seems to challenge Bitcoin and Co. on how resilient these innovations and their investors will be. Though blockchain is famous for creating a new class of millionaires it provides many applications beyond mere cryptocurrencies including identification, verification, immutable databases, and many more.

Poll: Consumers say ‘hands off’ cryptocurrency, Bitcoin and Blockchain

CONTACT: Frederik Roeder Managing Director Consumer Choice Center 8. February 2018 Poll: Consumers say ‘hands off’ cryptocurrency, Bitcoin and Blockchain BERLIN, DE – In an online Twitter poll conducted by the Consumer Choice Center, 85 percent of respondents say they don’t want governments slowing down consumer innovation by outlawing cryptocurrencies and blockchain businesses. While not a scientific survey, […]

NGOs in Europe: On Transparency and Double Standards

VOCAL EUROPE: Transparency is a big and oft-heard word these days in Brussels. Every week dozens of private companies and nonprofits register for the EU’s Transparency Register, a mandatory step in order to obtain easy access to the European Parliament and the Commission. While voices have become louder to put corporate lobbyists under even more […]

German pharmacy sector labelled ‘rent-seeking cartel’

AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACIES: A consumer choice advocate has strongly criticised the country’s pharmacy sector as “protectionist and backward” due to ownership and other regulations which restrict competition.

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