Oliver Braunschweig

Oliver Braunschweig is responsible for fundraising and partnerships with Reatch – an independent initiative at the intersection of science and democracy. He is also a member of the Board of the National Coalition Building Institute Switzerland, an organization focused on reducing stereotypes and facilitating conflict resolution. Prior to joining Reatch, he was a Fellow with CEP, where his work focused on trade governance. Oliver was one of the co-founders and the co-president of oikos NYC, a student organization focused on sustainability in economics and management education; and he was one of the national coordinators of Rethinking Economics Switzerland, a national student organization focused on more pluralist and realistic economic education. He holds an MPhil and MA in Economics from the New School as well as a BA in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Basel. Having lived in the US for five years, Oliver has returned to Zurich, the place where he grew up. Mastodon

Latest Publications

To Advance Trade Policy, Strengthen the Role of Parliaments

 | 5 July 2024
Trade, Blog | Tags: Parliaments, Trade Agreements
In trade policy, parliaments generally play a lesser or even inexistent role. Strengthening their involvement can advance trade policymaking and help better align it with the public interest. This enhanced... continue reading

A Step into the Right Direction: The India-EFTA Trade Agreement

 | 1 May 2024
Trade, Blog | Tags: EFTA, Global Value Chains, India, Intellectual Property Rights, Trade Agreements
The new trade agreement between India and EFTA States includes commitments on an important yet often overlooked form of trade restrictions: local content requirements. ... continue reading

Striking a Balance on Local Content Requirements in Trade Agreements: The Case of the Energy Sector

 | 15 March 2024
Trade, Blog | Tags: Energy, Global Value Chains, Renewables
The new trade agreement between India and EFTA States includes commitments on an important yet often overlooked form of trade restrictions: local content requirements. ... continue reading

Balancing Export Pricing Commitments in FTAs: Towards Affordable, Secure, and Clean Energy

 | 6 November 2023
Trade, Blog | Tags: Commodities, Critical Minerals, Energy, Global Value Chains, Renewables
The minerals, metals, and products necessary to build renewable energy systems face an increasing number of export restrictions. This has been fueling fears of further disruptive policies down the road.... continue reading

Trade Governance for the Energy Future: Five Key Pillars for International Cooperation

 | 14 April 2023
Fiscal, Trade, Policy Briefs | Tags: Energy, Global Value Chains, Renewables
Building resilient and sustainable global value chains (GVCs) for the goods and services that underpin the energy transition is critical.... continue reading

A Dashboard for Biodiversity Risk Metrics

, and | 24 March 2022
Monetary, Policy Briefs | Tags: Biodiversity Risk, Central Banks
This policy brief calls on central banks and financial supervisors to build and use a dashboard of biodiversity metrics to assess biodiversity risks in terms of both dependencies and impacts.... continue reading

Cross-border Movement of People and Its Critical Role for Services Trade

 and | 28 February 2022
Trade, Blog | Tags: Mode 4, Services Trade, WTO
The importance of cross-border movement of people for services trade and the functioning of global value chains has been amply demonstrated during the COVID-19 crisis. While in normal times –... continue reading

Postponing the WTO Ministerial Conference – Making the Unexpected Breathing Space a Turning Point

 and | 6 December 2021
Trade, Blog | Tags: Agricultural Trade, Health, Services Trade, Trade Governance, WTO
The WTO 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), which was due to take place in Geneva from 30 November – 3 December, was postponed indefinitely last minute due to new COVID-19 travel... continue reading
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