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Global Economic Dynamics

Newsletter of March 2017

We help make complex economic dynamics transparent and understandable. The project examines the causes and effects of economic trends, as well as the connections linking one trend to another.

 

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EU-Japan: Free Trade Agreement Commitment to Economic Cooperation

A new study of the ifo Institute on behalf of Bertelsmann Stiftung shows that both sides could gain additional benefit from a free trade agreement. More importantly, however, the agreement would signal a clear commitment to economic cooperation and free trade in the era of Brexit and Trump. read more

 

Blog Post

Brexit Has Just Been Triggered – What Happens Next?

The UK is officially leaving the European Union. We take a closer look at how this works and what happens next. read more

 

Blog Post

TFA: The Trillion Dollar Trade Deal That Just Came into Force

TFA: the one trillion dollar trade deal that hardly anyone noticed, have you? We take a closer look at the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) to provide you with the latest info on what it is about and the 3 reasons why the TFA is an important step in terms of trade diplomacy and governance of international trade. read more

 

Blog Post

How Blockchain Technology Could Revolutionize International Trade

While International trade has grown immensely over the past 20 years and exceeded USD 18 trillion in 2014, in many ways it is still dominated by old-fashioned paper-based methods rather than the latest technology. The emergence of the blockchain technology and smart contracts promises to resolve current inefficiencies, bearing the potential to save global trade trillions of dollars. read more

 

Blog Post

GED Mini-Series: Inclusiveness in the Global Trading System – How Did We Get Here?

Over the course of this four-blogpost miniseries, we delve deeply into the history of global trade and trade agreements, the effects of such deals and the current trends in global trading to see what can be done to steer the economic community towards a more inclusive system. Click here for Part One of this series. read more

 
 
 

 

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