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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
💸 The EU considers its options in response to the Inflation Reduction Act
⚕️ Proposed Commission changes on patents are a bad idea (w/ Fred Roeder)
🧪 What makes us afraid of chemicals? (w/ Dr. Angela Bearth)
You can follow Dr. Angela Bearth on Twitter @a_bearth, or on her ETH Zurich profile : https://cb.ethz.ch/people/person-detail.angela-bearth.html
February 9, 2023
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We're back from Davos! In this week's episode:
🌱 What's the future of the EU Farm to Fork strategy?
🎵 Tick-tock for TikTok (w/ Zoltán Kész)
🌐 The importance of browsers (w/ Kush Amlani)
Zoltan quoted on TikTok: https://dailynewshungary.com/will-tiktok-be-banned-in-the-eu-and-hungary/
Mozilla research on browser competition: https://research.mozilla.org/browser-competition/
February 2, 2023
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It is episode 100 of the ConsEUmer podcast! Happy birthday to us!
Joining us this week as a co-host is Fabio Fernandes! These are our topics:
🪫 New consumer electronics tech presented at the ESC in Las Vegas
🎶 Does Netflix's "The Playlist" tell the whole story on Spotify?
You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva.
Check out his new podcast Liberdade Para Escolher: https://bit.ly/LiberdadeParaEscolher
January 19, 2023
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In this week's ConsEUmer episode:
🇮🇪 Alcohol labelling rules in Ireland upset France, Spain and others
🇫🇷 French opposition bemoans effects of new ETS2 rules
🇭🇷 How does Croatia take the Euro? (w/ Ivan Bertović)
Follow Ivan Bertović on Twitter @ivbertovic.
January 12, 2023
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Happy new year 2023! In this special ConsEUmer/CCR collab episode, we're debating AI Art with members of the CCC team.
January 5, 2023
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It's the last ConsEUmer episode of the year, this time as a special roundtable edition with CCC staff, and special guest Niko Jilch !
This episode is all about prices! Prices of houses, food, and Bitcoin (on which Niko had some thoughts).
(Note: we dealt with some audio quality issues, but we did the best we could in post-production!)
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December 22, 2022
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In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🇨🇭 Switzerland unilaterally recognises FDA approval for medical devices (w/ Fred Roeder)
🇷🇺 How effective can sanctions on Russia be? (w/ Dr. Maria Shagina)
Follow Dr. Maria Shagina on Twitter @maria_shagina
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December 15, 2022
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This week's episode of ConsEUmer is co-hosted with David Clement. These are our topics:
⚽ Controversies surrounding the World Cup in Qatar
🚢 Germany quickly built an LNG terminal
Canadian MP Michael Chong in Parliament:
https://twitter.com/MichaelChongMP/status/1593604955180498947
Follow David Clement on Twitter @ClementLiberty.
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December 1, 2022
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In this week's ConsEUmer podcast:
🛢️ The Energy Charter Treaty is coming under fire
🇲🇹 Malta will legalise cannabis, but not every is happy
📱 Sharing Economy Index 2022 (w/ Emil Panzaru)
Follow Emil Panzaru on Twitter @EmilPanzaru.
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November 24, 2022
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In this week's episode of the ConsEUmer podcast:
🇫🇷 The effects of France's ban on domestic flights
🇭🇺 Hungary implements price caps (w/ Zoltán Kész)
🎵 Is TikTok a threat? (w/ Adam Kovacevich)
Follow Zoltán Kész on Twitter @KeszZoltan.
Follow Adam Kovacevich on Twitter @adamkovac.
Zoltán's press release: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/orbans-price-caps-on-food-and-fuel-will-lead-to-shortages/
Adam's post: https://www.smerconish.com/exclusive-content/tiktok-is-a-runaway-success-but-its-chinese-ownership-is-problematic-for-the-u-s/
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November 17, 2022
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The ConsEUmer Podcast is a weekly program that covers the news & politics of the European Union and its member states.
Produced by the Consumer Choice Center, we focus on consumer issues such as free trade, science-based policy-making, product safety, and privacy — but we won't shy away from commentary on the day to day of the European Union's institutions.
Stay tuned for exclusive interviews with policy-makers and experts, hosted by our Senior Policy Analyst Bill Wirtz.

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