Inflation Reduction Act vs. Green Deal: Transatlantic Divergences on the Energy Transition
Patrick Lenain | 20 March 2023
Monetary,
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Decarbonization,
Energy,
Industrial Policy,
Protectionism,
Tax Expenditures The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has caused significant transatlantic tensions since its signing by Joe Biden in August 2022. The White House aims to break with the country’s high levels of fossil fuel consumption and switch to clean energy - a change that Europeans
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Trade Protection – What Impact on Jobs and Wages?
Nicolas Benoit and
Patrick Lenain | 23 December 2022
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Protectionism,
Trade Liberalization,
Unemployment,
Wages New research indicates that import tariffs by the US on China increased employment and wages in the targeted industries. The benefits are counterbalanced, however, by several costs to the economy as a whole.
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International Economic Cooperation in Troubled Times: A Call for Strong Action by the G20
Axel Berger,
Uri Dadush,
Andreas Freytag,
Simon Evenett,
Christian von Haldenwang,
Ricardo Meléndez Ortiz,
Raúl Ochoa,
Karl P. Sauvant and
Agustin Redonda | 26 November 2018
Fiscal,
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Employment,
G20,
Investment,
Protectionism,
Services Trade,
Tax Competition,
Tax Expenditures The leaders of the G20 will meet on 30 November and 1 December in Buenos Aires for their annual summit. They need to acknowledge that the last two years have been characterized by strong headwinds for the world economy. This time, however, it is not
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Mend It, Don´t End It: The case for upgrading the G20’s pledge on protectionism
Johannes Schwarzer,
Simon Evenett,
Sait Akman,
Axel Berger,
Eduardo Bianchi,
Carlos Primo Braga,
Marcela Cristini,
Kamala Dawar,
Matthias Helble,
Galina Kolev,
Jürgen Matthes,
Maximiliano Mendez-Parra,
Claudia Schmucker,
Akihiko Tamura and
Tu Xinquan | 3 September 2018
Trade,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Protectionism,
Services Trade Despite neutering the official monitoring of protectionism, unmistakable evidence assembled from state sources demonstrates that G20 members routinely violate their “no protectionism” pledge.
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Resource Scarcity, Export Restrictions and the Multilateral Trading System
Gilles Carbonnier | 10 April 2013
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Commodities,
Protectionism,
WTO The turn of the millennium marked a shift towards higher commodity prices and greater price volatility, as a result of high demand for natural resources from emerging economies combined with export restrictions and financial speculation. A recent Chatham House report highlights that, over the past
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