The e-commerce sector is rapidly growing globally with the Asia-Pacific region accounting for 58 per cent of global retail e-commerce in 2022, and India, Singapore, China, and Japan leading this growth. The discussion on e-commerce and trade at the global level began in 1998 with the...

This Policy Brief explores the intertwined effects of trade and technological change (notably robotics and AI) on employment, highlighting a growing divergence between the number of jobs supported by exports and the declining labour intensity of exports in recent years. The decline in labour...

The European Union has implemented various trade policies in the textile and clothing sector, a major global employment generator, over the past three decades. This paper investigates how these evolving policies have impacted the four largest exporters of textiles and clothing to the EU. A...

Die Studie untersucht die technologische Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands im internationalen Vergleich anhand von Daten zur sektoralen Wertschöpfung sowie mittels Daten zum Handel mit Industriegütern. Sie zeigt, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft weiterhin stark auf die Produktion hochwertiger...

This paper examines the potential impact of border carbon adjustments on Trinidad and Tobago's exports. Despite its marginal contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, the country's high carbon intensity exposes the economy to global low-carbon transition risks. The paper aims to raise...

Im Rahmen der Außenhandelsstatistik wird der Warenverkehr zwischen Deutschland und den anderen Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union durch eine Befragung von Unternehmen erfasst. Neue innovative Verfahren und technischer Fortschritt im Statistischen Bundesamt und auf europäischer Ebene haben...

This policy brief looks into the future of EU-Southern Mediterranean trade relations. It evaluates the current trade and contractual instruments governing these relations and asks if they are sufficient or if more is needed to exploit trade opportunities and manage trade challenges in the...

Europe • Germany must once again see itself as an important part of and a leading nation within the EU. The new German government should consistently think and act in a European way on foreign trade issues. • Only a strong EU single market can compete on equal terms with the USA and China....

In light of recent pronouncements of tariff hikes in the United States (US) and the retaliatory responses of major economies such as China, Canada, and Mexico, this paper revisits the global value chains (GVC) experience of the Philippines amid the trade tensions between China and the US from...

Im Rahmen der Außenhandelsstatistik wird der Warenverkehr zwischen Deutschland und den anderen Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union durch eine Befragung von Unternehmen erfasst. Neue innovative Verfahren und technischer Fortschritt im Statistischen Bundesamt und auf europäischer Ebene haben...

The globalization of food trade has needed robust traceability systems to ensure consumer safety, quality and sustainability product. By fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging responsible resource use, traceability plays a key role in protecting the environment and...

Trade flows are the result of the interaction between buyers and sellers. Understanding how these firm-to-firm relationships form, survive, and evolve over time helps identify how countries can improve their export outcomes. Using a very granular dataset of United States import transactions from...

Die Corona-Pandemie und geopolitische Ereignisse, wie der russische Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine, wirken sich stark auf die Außenhandelsbilanz Deutschlands aus. Für Sachsen, mit einer Exportquote von rund 40% im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe, stellt sich die Frage, wie sich die Handelsstrukturen in...

The development of export-import activity at all levels of the national economic system is an important factor and the result of globalization and country integration in the world economy. The elaboration of sound public policy related to export-import activity is based on its assessment and...

I conduct a comprehensive analysis of China's international and domestic border effects. My results confirm the negative impact of administrative borders on exports. In my analysis, I account for multilateral resistance terms, which were omitted in previous relevant studies. My findings show...

Als Bestandteil der Weltwirtschaft sieht sich die deutsche Industrie drei Herausforderungen gegenüber. Erstens, der unilateralen Handelspolitik von "Trump 2.0" und ihre negativen Auswirkungen auf die globale Handelsordnung. Zweitens, der sinkenden globalen Nachfrage nach deutschen Exportgütern...

We extend a quantitative general equilibrium model of global trade networks to evaluate the economic impacts of various trade disruptions. Our analysis considers scenarios such as US-China trade wars, a broader Cold War 2.0 decoupling, Trump-era tariffs, and disruptions in the trade of critical...