CGE Models vs Educated Guesswork: The Case of the EU-Korea FTA
Johannes Schwarzer | 17 January 2017
Blog,
Trade | Tags:
CETA,
TPP,
TTIP A September 2016 research note by the European Commission on the effects of the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement has recently been picked up in social media by various commentators. Amid rising skepticism around trade agreements and a tendency to question established wisdom, its 2-fold message is balm for the
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Trade and Employment. An Overview
Johannes Schwarzer | 29 February 2016
Discussion Notes,
External,
Trade | Tags:
Employment The bulk of economic research on the impacts of trade has for a long time neglected aggregate effects on jobs. While research grants an important role of trade for employment, empirical studies often struggle to attribute employment outcomes to trade policies in the long run.
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Save our Steel! Save our Jobs?
Johannes Schwarzer | 13 November 2015
Blog,
Trade | Tags:
Anti-Dumping,
China,
EU,
Steel,
Tariffs EU member States have recently intensified their calls upon the European Commission to deploy trade defence measures to stem the rising tide of cheap imports of steel from China. It is contended that the slowdown of the Chinese domestic economy has prompted steel manufacturers to
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Services Trade and Employment
Johannes Schwarzer | 7 June 2015
Discussion Notes,
Trade | Tags:
Employment,
Global Value Chains,
Services Trade Driven by spectacular technological advances and the emergence and intensification of global value chains, trade in services has been the most dynamic part of global trade over recent years. All regions of the world have witnessed growth in services trade, albeit at different paces. Europe
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At Whose Service? Jobs and Services Trade in Developing Countries
Johannes Schwarzer | 17 November 2014
Blog,
Trade | Tags:
Development,
Employment,
Poverty,
Services Trade,
WTO Services-led Employment Growth? Creating jobs to match their ever increasing, relatively young labor forces is probably the biggest challenge that developing countries are facing in the medium term. Reducing unemployment is perhaps the most effective tool to achieve a wide range of development goals, such
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