The role of IFCs in the changing world
Geographical barriers continue to tumble. Elise Donovan says IFCs will be crucial to uphold the pillars of international trade, investment, and business
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GLOBAL TRADE
Discussing how geopolitical relationships affect trade, with a focus on supply chains, trade finance and crossborder payments
Talking about competitiveness in Europe: productivity not protection
The European Commission put EU competitiveness at the top of the agenda. Filippo di Mauro and Marco Matani argue that productivity, financial soundness, and quality orientation are the most important factors
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The European Union: answering the call of history
In her State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen outlines the main priorities and flagship initiatives for the year to come, building on the EU’s successes and achievements of the past
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Non-economic objectives, globalisation, and multilateral trade cooperation
Trade and investment policy is increasingly becoming politicised. Bernard Hoekman, Petros Mavroidis and Douglas Nelson present pragmatic suggestions to sustain multilateral trade cooperation
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Lessons from the Germany shock: consequences of uncoordinated policies
Harald Fadinger, Philipp Herkenhoff and Jan Schymik evaluate the German labour market reforms of the early-2000s and the consequences of uncoordinated economic policies in a currency union
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Digital trade is good for growth: can it also solve our ESG challenges?
Digital trade is good for growth. Pamela Mar argues that digitalising trade could enable SMEs to a be future ready, environmentally, and socially conscious businesses
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The manufacturing jobs boom that isn’t
Niclas Poitiers argues that the US Inflation Reduction Act shows that massive subsidies are not leading to massive manufacturing job creation
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Are we witnessing the end of Erdoğanomics?
Is the tide finally turning for Turkey? Cem Soner argues that avoiding a financial crisis is only the first step forward
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Deep trade agreements and firms’ exports
Matteo Neri-Lainé, Gianluca Orefice and Michele Ruta discuss the effect of deep trade agreements in integrating developing countries’ economies
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The Russian war economy: macroeconomic performance
The Russian economy has performed better than many expected since the war in Ukraine started. Marek Dabrowski argues that the financial burden will be felt for some time
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