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A Regulatory‐Developmental Turn Within EU Industrial Policy? The Case of the Battery IPCEIs
| Resumo: | The European automotive industry is transitioning from combustion engines to electric vehicles but lags behind international competitors. This geoeconomic competition has contributed to the revival of industrial policy in the EU. However, EU competition policy restricts more vertical industrial policy approaches. In this context, the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) have emerged as a novel governance tool. This article examines this transformation in EU industrial policy by focusing on the Battery IPCEIs. The article includes an in-depth case study of the Battery IPCEIs, using secondary literature and 11 expert interviews. It concludes that IPCEIs represent a gradual regulatory-developmental turn within EU industrial policy by drawing on developmental state theory in a European context, critical EU integration literature, and global production networks research. In response to geoeconomic competition and the region’s lack of productive capacities, the EU is indirectly facilitating the development of European battery innovation and production networks by issuing direct state aid at the national level. However, the EU’s participation in the subsidy race and the global green-tech race via “green” industrial policy indicates only a partial shift in the relationship between states and markets. |
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| Autores principais: | Gräf, Helena |
| Assunto: | batteries; competition policy; developmental state; European Union; global production networks; industrial policy; IPCEIs; subsidies |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Cogitatio Press |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Politics and Governance |
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| dc.source.none.fl_str_mv | Politics and Governance; Vol 12 (2024): The Geoeconomic Turn in International Trade, Investment, and Technology 2183-2463 10.17645/pag.i383 |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | batteries; competition policy; developmental state; European Union; global production networks; industrial policy; IPCEIs; subsidies |
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| description | The European automotive industry is transitioning from combustion engines to electric vehicles but lags behind international competitors. This geoeconomic competition has contributed to the revival of industrial policy in the EU. However, EU competition policy restricts more vertical industrial policy approaches. In this context, the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) have emerged as a novel governance tool. This article examines this transformation in EU industrial policy by focusing on the Battery IPCEIs. The article includes an in-depth case study of the Battery IPCEIs, using secondary literature and 11 expert interviews. It concludes that IPCEIs represent a gradual regulatory-developmental turn within EU industrial policy by drawing on developmental state theory in a European context, critical EU integration literature, and global production networks research. In response to geoeconomic competition and the region’s lack of productive capacities, the EU is indirectly facilitating the development of European battery innovation and production networks by issuing direct state aid at the national level. However, the EU’s participation in the subsidy race and the global green-tech race via “green” industrial policy indicates only a partial shift in the relationship between states and markets. |
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| spelling | en-USA Regulatory‐Developmental Turn Within EU Industrial Policy? The Case of the Battery IPCEIsGräf, Helenabatteries; competition policy; developmental state; European Union; global production networks; industrial policy; IPCEIs; subsidiesCopyright (c) 2024 Helena Gräfhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.8188DOIhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/8188URLHasVersionhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/8188/3925URLHasVersionhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/downloadSuppFile/8188/3963URLHasVersionhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.8188DOI2024-09-19en-USThe European automotive industry is transitioning from combustion engines to electric vehicles but lags behind international competitors. This geoeconomic competition has contributed to the revival of industrial policy in the EU. However, EU competition policy restricts more vertical industrial policy approaches. In this context, the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) have emerged as a novel governance tool. This article examines this transformation in EU industrial policy by focusing on the Battery IPCEIs. The article includes an in-depth case study of the Battery IPCEIs, using secondary literature and 11 expert interviews. It concludes that IPCEIs represent a gradual regulatory-developmental turn within EU industrial policy by drawing on developmental state theory in a European context, critical EU integration literature, and global production networks research. In response to geoeconomic competition and the region’s lack of productive capacities, the EU is indirectly facilitating the development of European battery innovation and production networks by issuing direct state aid at the national level. However, the EU’s participation in the subsidy race and the global green-tech race via “green” industrial policy indicates only a partial shift in the relationship between states and markets.Cogitatio Pressapplication/pdfen-USPolitics and Governance; Vol 12 (2024): The Geoeconomic Turn in International Trade, Investment, and Technology2183-246310.17645/pag.i383engjournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501literatureVoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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| title | A Regulatory‐Developmental Turn Within EU Industrial Policy? The Case of the Battery IPCEIs |
| title_full | A Regulatory‐Developmental Turn Within EU Industrial Policy? The Case of the Battery IPCEIs |
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| title_short | A Regulatory‐Developmental Turn Within EU Industrial Policy? The Case of the Battery IPCEIs |
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| topic | batteries; competition policy; developmental state; European Union; global production networks; industrial policy; IPCEIs; subsidies |
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