Mia Mikic
miamikic.bsky.social
Mia Mikic
@miamikic.bsky.social

Trade economist; Research Associate @Waikato University; promoting gender equality via trade; networking via ARTNeT; member of fmg-geneva.org; and of TradeExperettes more at miamikic.page

Economics 67%
Business 13%
Factsheet - EU-India Free Trade Agreement: Main benefits - Trade and Economic Security policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-rel...
Factsheet - EU-India Free Trade Agreement: Main benefits
Strengthening economic and political ties at a time of rising geopolitical tensions and global economic challenges.
policy.trade.ec.europa.eu

Sensible discussion on most recent events in trade and geopolitics podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...
Greenland, Trump and trade coercion
Podcast Episode · Trade Bites · 28/01/2026 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com

It has always been down to empirical research, rather than the theorem, but now we know (again!)

www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
America’s Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs? - Kiel Institute
www.kielinstitut.de

Reposted by Robert Wolfe

In the meantime, while everyone is distracted ...
Russia unleashed another massive barrage of missiles and drones on Kyiv overnight, knocking out power, water and heating to much of the Ukrainian capital and plunging it deeper into crisis amid the harshest winter of the war. ft.trib.al/zFk1UNt

Reposted by Mia Mikić

Russia unleashed another massive barrage of missiles and drones on Kyiv overnight, knocking out power, water and heating to much of the Ukrainian capital and plunging it deeper into crisis amid the harshest winter of the war. ft.trib.al/zFk1UNt

Why Is This Man Smiling?
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Why Is This Man Smiling?
Because he may be getting exactly what he wants
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“UNINVESTABLE” — have we found the 2026 Word of the Year… in January?
RFK Jr. has said previous dietary guidelines were untrustworthy because advisers had ties to food-industry groups. But so do several advisers on his dietary guidelines — just different parts of the industry, including red meat and dairy.
Kennedy Said His Dietary Advisers Would Have ‘No Conflicts of Interest.’ Some Did.
www.nytimes.com

This is well worth reading even though it only deepens our depression and frustration
The Looting of US Foreign Policy open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The Looting of US Foreign Policy
Goodbye, national interest. Hello, ego gratification and profits for the ruling clique.
open.substack.com

Gen Z Is Making Politics Hopeful Again by Ngaire Woods @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/xP222r9?refe...
Gen Z Is Making Politics Hopeful Again
Ngaire Woods highlights global efforts by youth-led movements to confront leaders who ignore popular demands.
prosyn.org

@artnet.bsky.social
Dear ARTNeT members and colleagues,

Wishing all ARTNeT members a prosperous and fulfilling year 2026, with heartfelt thanks for your invaluable participation and support as we celebrate 20 years of the ARTNeT community and its activities.

Best wishes,
ARTNeT secretariat
Told you so.

Sherry Stephenson and I recently published a blog @ARTNeT highlighting how trade agreements in the Asia Pacific have not kept pace with those in other regions in pro-actively promoting and defending the trade interests of Indigenous Peoples.
Check it at artnet.unescap.org/trade/advoca...

Enabling Services Trade through Digital Trade Regulatory integration: Sharing Experience from Asia-Pacific

📅When: 4 December 2025, 11:30 - 13:00 CET
📍Where: Geneva (Hybrid) at the WTO-World Bank Trade in Services for Development: A Global Conference.
Register: www.unescap.org/events/2025/...

Join us for the 5th Session of the FMG High-Level Dialogue Series on the Future of WTO Reform
Guest: Ambassador Amina Mohamed, Chair TNIF
🗓️ Thursday, 23 October 2025
🕒 15:00–16:00 CET
🎙️ Moderator: Patrick Low (FMG)
🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#WTO #TradePolicy #Multilateralism

Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.
www.nytimes.com

We’ve known the problem. We’ve tested the solutions. Now scale them. I contributed to this piece on closing the digital gender gap—affordability + skills + norm change + design that includes women from day one.
🔗 www.developmentaid.org/news-stream/...
Women have limited access to digital technologies. How can this change? | Experts’ Opinions
Women in developing countries face significant challenges in accessing digital technology, ranging from financial constraints to restrictive social norms. What solutions can help to bridge this digita...
www.developmentaid.org

Proud to contribute to this DevelopmentAid expert view. Bottom line: without gender-responsive policy, digitalization deepens gaps. With it, we unlock skills, markets, and agency for millions of women. Time to act.
🔗 www.developmentaid.org/news-stream/...

#ICT4D #Inclusion
Women have limited access to digital technologies. How can this change? | Experts’ Opinions
Women in developing countries face significant challenges in accessing digital technology, ranging from financial constraints to restrictive social norms. What solutions can help to bridge this digita...
www.developmentaid.org

Looking forward to this event to present and discuss work that took Sherry Stephenson and me many months to complete. We would appreciate your participation in the event. More information and the link to the registration below, but just in case copy it here too: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Kimmel: "Disney has asked me to read the following statement and I agreed to do it. 'To reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account ... '"

in case you read Korean...or can use Google translate...my interview after APEC SOM3

I guess there is no need to make a movie based on Lewis's 'It can't happen here'. It is just a reality show now.

Friends on Multilateralism Group Webinar featuring
the OECD Supply Chain Resilience Review. Presenter Marion Jansen and discussant Peter Draper.
Wednesday 23rd July 2025, 10:00-11:30 pm (Geneva)
To Register:
us02web.zoom.us/.../WN_X8XDN...
ID: 882 7456 5200
Passcode: 123123
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I Don't Disapprove of Trump's Strategy, Because He Doesn't Have One
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I Don't Disapprove of Trump's Strategy, Because He Doesn't Have One
When you're a Tariff Man, you don't need reasons
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The PM should invite Mark Carney for an official visit and address to Parliament before Trump’s visit.

It would show Britain backs Canada against Trump’s damaging trade war. Now is the time to stand with the Commonwealth, not stand in Trump’s shadow like Nigel Farage.

The Economic Consequences of Destroying Harvard
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The Economic Consequences of Destroying Harvard
Freedom is on the line. But so are jobs.
open.substack.com

Sharing this insightful piece by John Clarke t.co/l0wudQD6Tv
https://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/critical-thinking-in-time-of-the-breaking-of-nations-europes-test/
t.co

Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain?
economist.com/graphic-deta...
from The Economist
Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain?
Our footloose index ranks the most attractive countries for graduates
economist.com