Zach Meyers
@zach-meyers.bsky.social
Director of Research, Centre on Regulation in Europe; Associate Fellow, Centre for European Reform. Working on competition & industrial policy, tech regulation, network industries.
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The EU Commission shouldn’t give in to temptation & calls to loosen competition policy to boost competitiveness @zach-meyers.bsky.social associate fellow @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social told @politico.eu. “Competition policy has generally been a force for good & a force for innovation in Europe.”
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The EU Commission shouldn’t give in to temptation & calls to loosen competition policy to boost competitiveness @zach-meyers.bsky.social associate fellow @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social told @politico.eu. “Competition policy has generally been a force for good & a force for innovation in Europe.”
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💻 Europe’s tech dependencies are vast — but chasing everything, everywhere, all at once isn’t viable.
In a new blog, @zach-meyers.bsky.social says the EU must prioritise gaps that matter, build on strengths like industrial AI & chip tools, and face trade-offs head-on 👉 tinyurl.com/4pfa6kkd
In a new blog, @zach-meyers.bsky.social says the EU must prioritise gaps that matter, build on strengths like industrial AI & chip tools, and face trade-offs head-on 👉 tinyurl.com/4pfa6kkd
September 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
💻 Europe’s tech dependencies are vast — but chasing everything, everywhere, all at once isn’t viable.
In a new blog, @zach-meyers.bsky.social says the EU must prioritise gaps that matter, build on strengths like industrial AI & chip tools, and face trade-offs head-on 👉 tinyurl.com/4pfa6kkd
In a new blog, @zach-meyers.bsky.social says the EU must prioritise gaps that matter, build on strengths like industrial AI & chip tools, and face trade-offs head-on 👉 tinyurl.com/4pfa6kkd
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🚨 New CERRE Research 🚨
📘Can the EU reconcile #DigitalSovereignty & #Competitiveness?
✍️ By @zach-meyers.bsky.social
This is the first issue paper in a series of forthcoming publications under our newly launched EU Competitiveness Forum.
Read it here 🔗 tinyurl.com/sjcf7u86
📘Can the EU reconcile #DigitalSovereignty & #Competitiveness?
✍️ By @zach-meyers.bsky.social
This is the first issue paper in a series of forthcoming publications under our newly launched EU Competitiveness Forum.
Read it here 🔗 tinyurl.com/sjcf7u86
September 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🚨 New CERRE Research 🚨
📘Can the EU reconcile #DigitalSovereignty & #Competitiveness?
✍️ By @zach-meyers.bsky.social
This is the first issue paper in a series of forthcoming publications under our newly launched EU Competitiveness Forum.
Read it here 🔗 tinyurl.com/sjcf7u86
📘Can the EU reconcile #DigitalSovereignty & #Competitiveness?
✍️ By @zach-meyers.bsky.social
This is the first issue paper in a series of forthcoming publications under our newly launched EU Competitiveness Forum.
Read it here 🔗 tinyurl.com/sjcf7u86
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"The EU has much to lose by deliberately under-enforcing the law and making its [tech] policy environment less predictable and more overtly politicised."
Great new CER paper from tech expert Zach Meyers.
Zach warns the EU against giving any tech concessions to team Trump like the UK did to clinch a trade 'deal' - for three key reasons.
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Zach warns the EU against giving any tech concessions to team Trump like the UK did to clinch a trade 'deal' - for three key reasons.
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In transatlantic trade talks, the EU must keep digital policy off the table
The UK has shifted some of its digital policies to appease the US president. But Brussels should adjust its tech agenda to boost its own competitiveness – not to cave in to Donald Trump.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"The EU has much to lose by deliberately under-enforcing the law and making its [tech] policy environment less predictable and more overtly politicised."
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Good case made by @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social associate fellow @zach-meyers.bsky.social that the EU shd make the changes to digital policy that it needs in order to improve its competitiveness, not those that Trump is pressing for.
The US president is pushing Europe to drop aspects of its digital rules. Europe is right to hold firm: there is little sign that digital policies are a priority for Trump.
🆕 @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-meyers.bsky.social, @cerrethinktank.bsky.social
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🆕 @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-meyers.bsky.social, @cerrethinktank.bsky.social
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July 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Good case made by @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social associate fellow @zach-meyers.bsky.social that the EU shd make the changes to digital policy that it needs in order to improve its competitiveness, not those that Trump is pressing for.
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✍️ Our Director of Research @zach-meyers.bsky.social explores how the EU’s #AIAct is a key test of #BetterRegulation and to support innovation, it must be applied fairly, predictably & consistently.
His piece appears in the latest issue of @intereconomics.bsky.social
Read it here 🔗 rb.gy/n3p3iw
His piece appears in the latest issue of @intereconomics.bsky.social
Read it here 🔗 rb.gy/n3p3iw
Better Regulation and the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act: Zach Meyers in Intereconomics
Better Regulation and the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act: Zach Meyers in Intereconomics - CERRE
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June 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
✍️ Our Director of Research @zach-meyers.bsky.social explores how the EU’s #AIAct is a key test of #BetterRegulation and to support innovation, it must be applied fairly, predictably & consistently.
His piece appears in the latest issue of @intereconomics.bsky.social
Read it here 🔗 rb.gy/n3p3iw
His piece appears in the latest issue of @intereconomics.bsky.social
Read it here 🔗 rb.gy/n3p3iw
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🚨New Issue Paper: Competition Policy for Cloud & AI
As EU policymakers aim to boost innovation and #competitiveness, how can they keep #AI foundation models open, high-quality & accessible?👉 rb.gy/o6x49k
This paper sets the stage for a full report launching at our next event on AI & Competition.
As EU policymakers aim to boost innovation and #competitiveness, how can they keep #AI foundation models open, high-quality & accessible?👉 rb.gy/o6x49k
This paper sets the stage for a full report launching at our next event on AI & Competition.
June 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚨New Issue Paper: Competition Policy for Cloud & AI
As EU policymakers aim to boost innovation and #competitiveness, how can they keep #AI foundation models open, high-quality & accessible?👉 rb.gy/o6x49k
This paper sets the stage for a full report launching at our next event on AI & Competition.
As EU policymakers aim to boost innovation and #competitiveness, how can they keep #AI foundation models open, high-quality & accessible?👉 rb.gy/o6x49k
This paper sets the stage for a full report launching at our next event on AI & Competition.
Proud to have contributed to a blueprint for European digital sovereignty with a huge range of EU tech experts. While we have different views, we all agree Europe faces a crisis: it is leading in very few digital technologies and its dependencies on foreign tech are excessive and too one-sided. /1
<a rel="nofollow"></a> The European Way. A Blueprint for Reclaiming Our Digital Future
<p><span>This policy paper is a call for Europe to reclaim its digital future. Directed in particular at the EU Institutions and the new German government, it h
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May 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Proud to have contributed to a blueprint for European digital sovereignty with a huge range of EU tech experts. While we have different views, we all agree Europe faces a crisis: it is leading in very few digital technologies and its dependencies on foreign tech are excessive and too one-sided. /1
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💡CERRE’s Bruno Liebhaberg, Alexandre de Streel, and @zach-meyers.bsky.social contributed to the CPI TechREG Chronicle, arguing that EU platform governance must stay ambitious and focus on clear, proportionate, outcomes-focused #regulation.
Read here 👉 rb.gy/dagod2
#DigitalPlatforms #Transatlantic
Read here 👉 rb.gy/dagod2
#DigitalPlatforms #Transatlantic
How EU Platform Regulation Can Survive Trump 2.0 | PYMNTS.com
Until recently, Europe’s position as the global standard-setter for digital platform governance had seemed assured – thanks to the quality of EU
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May 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
💡CERRE’s Bruno Liebhaberg, Alexandre de Streel, and @zach-meyers.bsky.social contributed to the CPI TechREG Chronicle, arguing that EU platform governance must stay ambitious and focus on clear, proportionate, outcomes-focused #regulation.
Read here 👉 rb.gy/dagod2
#DigitalPlatforms #Transatlantic
Read here 👉 rb.gy/dagod2
#DigitalPlatforms #Transatlantic
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📢 Meet the panellists for the first webinar of CERRE's #Transatlantic Cooperation Forum.
Speakers will discuss how Trump's push to reduce the state's role in the economy, and the EU's need to boost #competitiveness can shape economic #regulation.
Register here 👉 rb.gy/lefqa6
#CERREEvents
Speakers will discuss how Trump's push to reduce the state's role in the economy, and the EU's need to boost #competitiveness can shape economic #regulation.
Register here 👉 rb.gy/lefqa6
#CERREEvents
April 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
📢 Meet the panellists for the first webinar of CERRE's #Transatlantic Cooperation Forum.
Speakers will discuss how Trump's push to reduce the state's role in the economy, and the EU's need to boost #competitiveness can shape economic #regulation.
Register here 👉 rb.gy/lefqa6
#CERREEvents
Speakers will discuss how Trump's push to reduce the state's role in the economy, and the EU's need to boost #competitiveness can shape economic #regulation.
Register here 👉 rb.gy/lefqa6
#CERREEvents
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🔔 CERRE in the news!
Earlier this week, @zach-meyers.bsky.social shared his insights on The Opening Trade on @bloomberg.com TV, discussing the European Commission’s response to Trump’s #tariffs and its potential retaliatory measures.
Watch it here ➡ rb.gy/3g2zt7
#CERREVoices #GlobalTrade
Earlier this week, @zach-meyers.bsky.social shared his insights on The Opening Trade on @bloomberg.com TV, discussing the European Commission’s response to Trump’s #tariffs and its potential retaliatory measures.
Watch it here ➡ rb.gy/3g2zt7
#CERREVoices #GlobalTrade
April 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🔔 CERRE in the news!
Earlier this week, @zach-meyers.bsky.social shared his insights on The Opening Trade on @bloomberg.com TV, discussing the European Commission’s response to Trump’s #tariffs and its potential retaliatory measures.
Watch it here ➡ rb.gy/3g2zt7
#CERREVoices #GlobalTrade
Earlier this week, @zach-meyers.bsky.social shared his insights on The Opening Trade on @bloomberg.com TV, discussing the European Commission’s response to Trump’s #tariffs and its potential retaliatory measures.
Watch it here ➡ rb.gy/3g2zt7
#CERREVoices #GlobalTrade
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📢 New article: The 🇺🇸 opposes 🇪🇺 digital laws as unfair to American firms, while some in Europe push for #deregulation to boost #competitiveness.
Bruno Liebhaberg & @zach-meyers.bsky.social explain how the EU can protect its regulations while easing tensions with the US: 🔗 rb.gy/0j244o
#CERREVoices
Bruno Liebhaberg & @zach-meyers.bsky.social explain how the EU can protect its regulations while easing tensions with the US: 🔗 rb.gy/0j244o
#CERREVoices
April 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📢 New article: The 🇺🇸 opposes 🇪🇺 digital laws as unfair to American firms, while some in Europe push for #deregulation to boost #competitiveness.
Bruno Liebhaberg & @zach-meyers.bsky.social explain how the EU can protect its regulations while easing tensions with the US: 🔗 rb.gy/0j244o
#CERREVoices
Bruno Liebhaberg & @zach-meyers.bsky.social explain how the EU can protect its regulations while easing tensions with the US: 🔗 rb.gy/0j244o
#CERREVoices
Delighted to join Bloomberg at an ungodly hour this morning to chat about the looming Trump tariffs, whether the EU could target US services imports in response, and the impact of fines against Apple and Meta under the DMA for transatlantic relations.
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Trump Vents Anger With Putin, Marine Le Pen Found Guilty | The Opening Trade 03/31
Stocks fell and investors dashed to shelter in gold and Treasuries ahead of President Donald Trump’s deadline for a new set of sweeping global trade tariffs. President Donald Trump said he was "very a...
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March 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Delighted to join Bloomberg at an ungodly hour this morning to chat about the looming Trump tariffs, whether the EU could target US services imports in response, and the impact of fines against Apple and Meta under the DMA for transatlantic relations.
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/... (from 00:24)
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/... (from 00:24)
Is deregulation the answer to Europe's competitiveness woes, or a path to restore the transatlantic relationship? In a piece for the Parliament Magazine, we outline why not - and what the EU should do instead. A short thread... /1
March 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Is deregulation the answer to Europe's competitiveness woes, or a path to restore the transatlantic relationship? In a piece for the Parliament Magazine, we outline why not - and what the EU should do instead. A short thread... /1
I was thrilled to introduce two brilliant new CERRE papers unpacking the EU's AI Act today. Pierre Larouche lays out the complexity of the law's institutional framework, providing new insights into how EU and national governments should allocate responsibilities between authorities. /1
February 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I was thrilled to introduce two brilliant new CERRE papers unpacking the EU's AI Act today. Pierre Larouche lays out the complexity of the law's institutional framework, providing new insights into how EU and national governments should allocate responsibilities between authorities. /1
In personal news, delighted to announce that I've started a new role as the Director of Research at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). Looking forward to managing the Centre's cross-sectoral research on issues like competitiveness and transatlantic cooperation.
February 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
In personal news, delighted to announce that I've started a new role as the Director of Research at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). Looking forward to managing the Centre's cross-sectoral research on issues like competitiveness and transatlantic cooperation.
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Big tech should not encourage transatlantic tension. US coercion on issues like online safety would convince more countries to clamp down on US big tech. #EUTech
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
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New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
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Why tech firms should not stoke transatlantic tensions
Some large US tech firms want to enlist President Trump in their attempts to water down EU tech laws. Such a strategy will only make life harder for US firms in Europe – and globally.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Big tech should not encourage transatlantic tension. US coercion on issues like online safety would convince more countries to clamp down on US big tech. #EUTech
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
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New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
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In many of its investigations against #tech firms, the EU could find face-savings ways to back down. But it should instead insist on objective, dispassionate enforcement of EU law. #EUTech
New insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: https://buff.ly/4gYGwal
New insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: https://buff.ly/4gYGwal
January 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In many of its investigations against #tech firms, the EU could find face-savings ways to back down. But it should instead insist on objective, dispassionate enforcement of EU law. #EUTech
New insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: https://buff.ly/4gYGwal
New insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: https://buff.ly/4gYGwal
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The US tech giants are not 'too big to care'. The opposite is true: as Meta was unwinding its online safety practices in the US, it was quietly strengthening them in the EU. #EUTech 🇺🇸 🇪🇺
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/4gYGwal
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/4gYGwal
January 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The US tech giants are not 'too big to care'. The opposite is true: as Meta was unwinding its online safety practices in the US, it was quietly strengthening them in the EU. #EUTech 🇺🇸 🇪🇺
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/4gYGwal
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/4gYGwal
There has been much hand-wringing among EU policy-makers since US tech firm CEOs started lining up behind president Trump and, in some cases, urging him to force Brussels to back down on regulating US tech giants. In my latest piece for CER, I argue this is a dangerous approach for US tech firms. /1
January 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
There has been much hand-wringing among EU policy-makers since US tech firm CEOs started lining up behind president Trump and, in some cases, urging him to force Brussels to back down on regulating US tech giants. In my latest piece for CER, I argue this is a dangerous approach for US tech firms. /1
Delighted to have contributed as a co-author of a new issue paper, “Navigating the Revolution: Policy Recommendations for Inclusive AI”, with the Centre for Regulation in Europe (CERRE), JustJobs Network and the Center for China and Globalization (CCG).
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Navigating the Revolution: Policy Recommendations for Inclusive AI - CERRE
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January 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Delighted to have contributed as a co-author of a new issue paper, “Navigating the Revolution: Policy Recommendations for Inclusive AI”, with the Centre for Regulation in Europe (CERRE), JustJobs Network and the Center for China and Globalization (CCG).
cerre.eu/publications...
Key points:
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Key points:
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The next Trump presidency will largely leave #AI unregulated. That makes it essential that tech firms see Europe’s AI Act as legitimate, to maximise the law’s global influence.
🆕 insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
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🆕 insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
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December 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM
The next Trump presidency will largely leave #AI unregulated. That makes it essential that tech firms see Europe’s AI Act as legitimate, to maximise the law’s global influence.
🆕 insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: https://buff.ly/4gm1hw0
🆕 insight by @zach-cer.bsky.social
Read here: https://buff.ly/4gm1hw0