Yesterday was an extraordinarily important day for the European Union’s approach to regulation. The European Commission (EC) released its 2025 work program, according to which the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents and the AI Liability Directive have been withdrawn (initial report, overview of third-party statements).
It was also the day that the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, told the president of the EC and the heads of state and government of many EU member states that the Trump Administration does not want to impose onerous regulation on the AI revolution. Mr. Vance, who professionally invested in technology companies, said the Trump Administration would not and could not condone regulatory threats to its companies or restrictions of free speech, and warned European leaders against harming their own countries:
Shortly before all of that happened, we had the opportunity to discuss EU (over)regulation with (in alphabetical order of first name)
- triple-qualified (Germany, UK, Australia) trade, transactions and technology lawyer Elisabeth Opie,
- Swedish Member of the European Parliament (European People’s Party) Jörgen Warborn (who started a business at age 17) and
- renowned Brussels-based competition lawyer Paul Lugard of BakerBotts.
You can find the recording on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/2m5E0iWJjkZajpuVT7nyWl?utm_source=generator
The planning and production of this podcast were supported by Ericsson, but the speakers voiced only their own and independent opinions.