Flagship Publications
14 November 2023
Competition Policy
Strengthening Europe's Place in the World
Energy Transition & Climate Change
Competitiveness & Innovation
Finance & Tax
Digital Transformation
Trade & Market Access
Competing at Scale: EU Competition Policy fit for the Global Stage
Leaders of some of Europe’s largest employers have today called for an EU competition policy which would allow European businesses to compete successfully at scale in today’s globalised and fast-moving...
3 April 2019
Trade & Market Access
Business leaders from U.S., Europe and Japan support a revitalized multilateral trade system
Washington, Brussels, Tokyo - In a joint statement, the U.S.-based Business Roundtable (BRT), the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) and KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation) shared their support for the trilateral...
20 December 2018
Competition Policy
Shaping Competition Policy in the Era of Digitisation
In the digital economy, business models are focused on ecosystems of platforms. The amount of data that can now be processed and the power of algorithms can bring great benefits...
20 December 2017
Competitiveness & Innovation
Benchmarking Report 2017
The ERT Benchmarking Report presents with key figures a comprehensive overview of the main policy issues followed by industry leaders. This new edition highlights with more than 70 charts and...
3 November 2017
Digital Transformation
Proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation
The reform of the current ePrivacy Directive, as one of the key initiatives of the Digital Single Market strategy, is of utmost importance for ERT Members. We are however concerned...
13 September 2017
Energy Transition & Climate Change
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8 September 2017
Jobs, Skills & Impact
Digital Transformation
Building and transforming skills for a digital world
The ongoing digitisation of society and business enables new ways of living, producing and consuming. Some speak of a Fourth Industrial Revolution as new technologies disrupt current business models and...
30 May 2017
Competition Policy
Best practices in international merger control
ERT conducted a consultation exercise among its Member companies in October/November 2016 in order to gather feedback on their experiences of merger control internationally. This feedback has been distilled into...
12 May 2017
Digital Transformation
Building the European Data Economy
ERT welcomes the European Commission’s Communication on Building the European Data Economy, which constitutes one of the final deliverables announced in the Digital Single Market Strategy in May 2015. As...
27 January 2017
Competitiveness & Innovation
Benchmarking Report 2016
The 2016 edition of the ERT Benchmarking Report presents a comprehensive grading of Europe in the global context in terms of competitiveness, trade and investment, innovation, digital economy, energy and climate, employment...
Our Focus
ERT was born out of a desire for concerted and decisive action to create stronger economic cooperation across Europe. Our ambition remains the same: to promote sustainable growth and prosperity in Europe. We have eight focus areas dedicated to subjects that culminate in delivering practical advice to policymakers and governments.