Global trade is under pressure: former @wto.org Chief Economist Ralph Ossa explains why small, open economies such as 🇨🇭 Switzerland need to defend and adapt the rules-based system during these turbulent times. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch

Our @mghodsi.bsky.social, @gfelbermayr.bsky.social, @yotoyotov.bsky.social, @heiderkariem.bsky.social report on #Iran was just released by @insm.de. Thanks for the great work and cooperation. www.insm.de/aktuelles/pu...

Aufhebung der EU-Sanktionen würde Irans BIP langfristig um mehr als 80% steigern. Gleichzeitig könnte BIP in EU & AT um 0,3% bzw. 0,5% wachsen. @gfelbermayr.bsky.social @heiderkariem.bsky.social @mghodsi.bsky.social #RobertStehrer @wiiw.ac.at @yotoyotov.bsky.social für @insm.de buff.ly/Jg5aELp

🏢Data from #Chinese cities, combined with modeling, paints an actionable picture of the #building #CO2 emissions. Without intervention, emissions could rise by 2060. #Zero-carbon buildings cut annual CO₂, though it requires $446.8B in investment. 🔗🧪www.nature.com/articles/s44458-025-00024-4

Iran protests: Will the collapsing economy topple the regime? An interview with our economist and #Iran expert @mghodsi.bsky.social, conducted by @iipvienna.com President Hannes Swoboda. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSYh...

New VoxTalks Economics w/ @talknormal.co.uk: What’s next for Trump’s tariffs? @baldwinre.bsky.social and Gene Grossman discuss the future of tariffs, trade rules, and global economic spillovers in a conversation recorded at the CEPR Symposium in Paris. Listen here: cepr.org/multimedia/w... #EconSky

I like the world without — unnecessary noise — and — reading this — every two sentences. — All I ask is coffee, — silence, — and one honest human thought at a time.

🎤 President of the IIP Hannes Swoboda interviewing Mahdi Ghodsi @mghodsi.bsky.social on the current situation in Iran 🇮🇷. 🎥 The whole video will be on our Youtube channel soon!

ECIPE calculates that between 2021 and 2025 the EU “sacrificed” €183bn in exports and €291bn in gross domestic product due to its failure to ratify the agreement. ecipe.org/publications...

New paper out in #Nature @commssustain.nature.com with Rosie Hayward (ASCII) and Peter Klimek (Complexity Science Hub) titled: "United States and European Union aid cuts risk exacerbating links between aid, trade, and human and environmental crises" 👇

The new @centrefiw.bsky.social Policy Brief has been published "One Year of America First 2.0: Assessing the Effects of Trump’s Trade Policies” by @ho2604.bsky.social It analyses Trump’s new tariffs, record policy uncertainty, effects on the US dollar, trade flows, & more 🔗https://shorturl.at/2ZW2T

A study of whether the world trading system promotes tariff cooperation finds that countries internalize most, but not all, of their impacts on one another and reciprocate altruistic behavior, from Rodrigo Adão, John Sturm Becko, Arnaud Costinot, and Dave Donaldson www.nber.org/papers/w34658

When it comes to carbon budgets, 2026 will be one of the world’s last years in the black. Warming of more than 1.5°C will be more likely than not by the end of 2027econ.st/48UAW69 Illustration: Petra Péterffy

EU-Mercosur: Autos gegen Rinder – bleibt das Klima auf der Strecke? Der Handelsdeal polarisiert: Europa will mehr Autos und Maschinen exportieren. Lateinamerika liefert günstig Fleisch und Agrarprodukte. Doch was bedeutet das für Klima und Wirtschaft? 👉 https://bit.ly/4oV987A

Mehr Infos zu Mercosur gibt es auch hier in unserem Bulletin: www.oenb.at/Publikatione...

New at JIE: "Unilateral environmental policy and offshoring" by Simon J. Bolz, Fabrice Naumann (@fabricenaumann.bsky.social), Philipp M. Richter doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

🌍 The (De)Globalisation Dashboard is live! Track the shifting global economic order with interactive charts on trade, capital flows & migration. The dashboard offers a data-driven view of (de)globalization. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4930ejA #OeNB #GloMoDashboard

Trade Economist Network (TEN) at Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Many thanks to the organizers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. Interesting and stimulated discussions on 🇪🇺 Trade Policy. @wiiw.ac.at

WTO and IMF economists develop new indicator to measure global trade policy dynamics

Good summary of our new #forecast for Central, East and Southeast Europe: the economic model of CEE is changing, while rising defence spending will stimulate growth in the region. #Ukraine's economy is stuck in war, whereas #Russia is headed for stagnation. #cesee wiiw.ac.at/autumn-forec...

Thanks to everyone for making the 4th @centrefiw.bsky.social workshop @jku-economics.bsky.social a great success again! @ho2604.bsky.social @ineshelmecon.bsky.social @karinmayrdorn.bsky.social

📢 @centrefiw.bsky.social announces its 18. Research Conference ‘International Economics’! 📅 February 19-20, 2026 📍 @wuvienna.bsky.social 🎙️ Keynote: @lionel-fontagne.bsky.social ((University Paris 1, PSE) 📝 Submission deadline: Oct. 31, 2025 CfP ➡️ www.fiw.ac.at/event/18-fiw... #CallForPapers

Another successful FIW Research Retreat 🏔🥾📚 Many thanks to @centrefiw.bsky.social!

El resultado es mixto Sin duda, el modelo económico anterior era insostenible, lo que explica la victoria de Milei. Sin embargo, si bien su gobierno logró una estabilización a corto plazo y credibilidad internacional, la aceptación social de este programa sigue muy incierta. orf.at/stories/3404...

#Argentinien: Ökonom @pseud0safari.bsky.social über die Wirtschaftspolitik von Präsident Milei, der in Buenos Aires eine Wahlniederlage kassierte: „Während die Inflations- und Armutszahlen verbessert erscheinen, bleibt die gesamte wirtschaftliche Aktivität stagnierend.“ orf.at/stories/3404...

Looking forward to it! 📚🏔✨️🙌

Nice piece on the possibility of a coalition of the willing around heavy-industry carbon pricing, with quotes from my coauthor @cwolfram.bsky.social, a leader in this conversation. Talk of a global carbon pricing scheme grows louder ahead of COP30 www.ft.com/content/21b8... via @financialtimes.com

📙 Read the paper here: rethink-gsc.eu/knowledge-jo... 🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...

We study how trade policy can reduce global emissions. Unilateral carbon border taxes have limited efficacy at cutting foreign emissions. By contrast, coordinated trade penalties under a climate club prove highly effective. buff.ly/NEE3Uy8

How can FDI support green growth in the EU? Economists @mghodsi.bsky.social, Francesca Guadagno, Chiara Castelli with new insights: Companies invest where they can develop technologies of interest. So host countries should offer strong opportunities for green tech development. wiiw.ac.at/p-7346.html

Honored to present at the Asia Pacific Trade Seminars #APTS2025 at the University of Tokyo 🇯🇵(@utokyoofficial.bsky.social). Huge thanks to the organizers for a fantastic conference, inspiring papers, engaging discussions and brilliant people all around. -Many thanks to @wiiw.ac.at for the support!

Gravity Rules! ⏬️🍏✨️ Now, at the HS6 🔎 still does!

🚨 GRAVITY for UNDERGRADS🚨 Very happy to share “Gravity for Undergrads” - a Chapter, designed to introduce the gravity model to undergrads and novices in trade. It comes with data and code in Stata & R. I hope it is useful. Gravity rules 💪 yotoyotov.com/Gravity_Unde...

🌞 Good morning from sunny Milan! 🌞 This morning at the #TWINSEEDS WP6-7 Meeting at POLIMI, we’re diving into WP6 scenarios on EU regions, strategic autonomy and COVID-19's impact on #GlobalValueChains. Exciting talks ahead on recovery funding, strategic tariffs and geopolitical shifts in #EUTrade!

FIW spotlight with Robert Stehrer on the Effects of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on income and emissions in the EU and globally. 🔗 shorturl.at/Fp2DV #CBAM #EU @wiiw.ac.at

Hot off the press: New paper by Javier Flórez Mendoza, Oliver Reiter & Robert Stehrer, on the #EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and its effects on #trade, #welfare, #wages, and #CO2 emissions within and outside the EU. 1/2 Download the paper here: ➡️ shorturl.at/ei7bh