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The Costs and Benefits of Leaving the EU - an Animation Video on Brexit

Leaving the EU… wouldn’t all Britons benefit from that? They would be independent from any of Brussels’ regulations. The United Kingdom wouldn’t have to ship off millions of pounds to Brussels and could use these for their own priorities. Britons wouldn’t have to carry the can for other countries’ failures and pay for them. And Britain could set its own trade agreements with the rest of the world. read more

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Pascal Lamy on Trade Agreement “Generations”

Pascal Lamy (former Director-General at WTO) spoke on the three generations of trade agreements (“jurassic”, “modern” and “futuristic”) at the GED sponsored “Multilateral Regionalism and Emerging Markets - Opportunities and Risks in Global Trade” panel at the Global Economic Symposium in Kiel.

Pascal Lamy started by pointing out that opening trade leads to welfare improvements, assuming the fullfilment of a number of conditions. Thus, the important question is – according to him – how to remove obstacles to trade? read more

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Trade Talk at the Global Economic Symposium

On October 14^th, the Bertelsmann Stiftung hosted a session on “Multilateral Regionalism and Emerging Markets - Opportunities and Risks in Global Trade” at the Global Economic Symposium in Kiel. Session speakers included Andreas Esche (Director, Shaping Sustainable Economies Program in the Bertelsmann Stiftung); Joseph Francois (Managing Director, World Trade Institute); Bernard Hoekman (Professor, Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies); Pascal Lamy (honorary president, think tank Notre Europe and former Director-General, WTO) and Petra Pinzler (Berlin Correspondent, DIE ZEIT). read more

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Germany’s Export Surplus – a Blessing or Curse?

Since the start of the 21^st century, Germany has been generating high export and current account surpluses. But something that Germany has welcomed as a success that secures jobs is being increasingly criticized by the rest of the world. Especially in the rest of Europe, accusations are growing louder that German exports are displacing domestic products and thereby fueling unemployment in those countries. What are the causes and consequences of Germany’s export surplus? What are potential ways to reduce it? read more

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Who Wins and Who Loses with TPP

Our study on the economic impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) adds important findings on the impact of TPP for both its members and for, those not a party to the agreement.

This trade pact was recently signed by the US and 11 other Pacific Rim economies (Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam), representing some 37% of the world Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 10% of world population and 20% of world trade. read more

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TTIP & TPP – a good Agreement for Who?

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz spoke with GED’s Uli Schoof during a recent trip to Berlin regarding trade agreements, tariffs and transparency. In this part of the interview, Stiglitz talks about the two major multi-lateral agreements, TPP and TTIP and who they benefit. Stiglitz covers Big Pharma and intellectual property rights and discusses who benefits from the lack of transparency which has dominated the public’s perception of the negotiation of these agreements. read more