The “Brussels effect” in a fragmenting world

Date
November 13, 2025, 9:00 AM to 9:45 AM EST
Virtual Event
Nicolas Véron (PIIE) and Anu Bradford (Columbia Law School)
Event Summary

In 2012, Anu Bradford coined the expression “Brussels effect,” echoing earlier intra-US references to a similar “California effect”—namely that the global significance of the European market allowed the European Union to shape market regulations worldwide. Is this concept still relevant in a world that appears to have entered a phase of fragmentation?

HOST 
Nicolas Véron
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

GUEST
Anu Bradford 
Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization, Columbia Law School

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Europe faces a turbulent new era of economic, security, and governance challenges. Join Nicolas Véron, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, for What Now, Europe?, a virtual series and podcast with experts and practitioners diving into Europe's future in a changing world.

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