Erika Szyszczak
@szyszczak.bsky.social
Professor Emerita; Fellow of UKTPO.
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Italy's Corriere della Sera with key observations and data, picking up on Brad and my work.
The newspaper highlights how China's aggressive export-led growth model, which is hammering the German economy, is having serious knock-on effects for Italy.
The German crisis is a European crisis.
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The newspaper highlights how China's aggressive export-led growth model, which is hammering the German economy, is having serious knock-on effects for Italy.
The German crisis is a European crisis.
1/x
February 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Italy's Corriere della Sera with key observations and data, picking up on Brad and my work.
The newspaper highlights how China's aggressive export-led growth model, which is hammering the German economy, is having serious knock-on effects for Italy.
The German crisis is a European crisis.
1/x
The newspaper highlights how China's aggressive export-led growth model, which is hammering the German economy, is having serious knock-on effects for Italy.
The German crisis is a European crisis.
1/x
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🇨🇦 PM Trudeau is coming to Europe this week to boost ties.
One way is to support exporters on both sides to make use of CETA's preferential tariffs
Overall, traders make use of only 58% of CETA tariff reductions, compared to 78% for South Korea and 70% for Japan.
One way is to support exporters on both sides to make use of CETA's preferential tariffs
Overall, traders make use of only 58% of CETA tariff reductions, compared to 78% for South Korea and 70% for Japan.
February 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🇨🇦 PM Trudeau is coming to Europe this week to boost ties.
One way is to support exporters on both sides to make use of CETA's preferential tariffs
Overall, traders make use of only 58% of CETA tariff reductions, compared to 78% for South Korea and 70% for Japan.
One way is to support exporters on both sides to make use of CETA's preferential tariffs
Overall, traders make use of only 58% of CETA tariff reductions, compared to 78% for South Korea and 70% for Japan.
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
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If you could, please help us regain our following
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Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hard to believe the Tsunami happened 20 years ago today here in Khao Lak 💔
December 26, 2024 at 8:34 AM
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Hard to believe the Tsunami happened 20 years ago today here in Khao Lak 💔
December 26, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Hard to believe the Tsunami happened 20 years ago today here in Khao Lak 💔
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So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
December 24, 2024 at 9:14 AM
So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
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If you are interested on where donations go, also worth noting that being referred to crisis means guests are one step closer to coming out of homelessness through hotel referral and seeking support
www.justgiving.com/page/lina-s-...
www.justgiving.com/page/lina-s-...
December 16, 2024 at 12:06 AM
If you are interested on where donations go, also worth noting that being referred to crisis means guests are one step closer to coming out of homelessness through hotel referral and seeking support
www.justgiving.com/page/lina-s-...
www.justgiving.com/page/lina-s-...
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From the Godfather of the Economic Statecraft Mafia
December 13, 2024 at 2:13 PM
From the Godfather of the Economic Statecraft Mafia
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Save the Date: Discussion Regarding a Proposal for a WTO Agreement for the Supply of Public Goods – 20 December 2024 @keiwashdc.bsky.social
Save the Date: Discussion Regarding a Proposal for a WTO Agreement for the Supply of Public Goods - 20 December 2024 - Knowledge Ecology International
Friday 20 December 2024 10:00am-11:00am ET // 16:00-17:00 CET Knowledge Ecology International will host a discussion regarding a proposal for a World Trade Agreement on the supply of public goods. The...
www.keionline.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Save the Date: Discussion Regarding a Proposal for a WTO Agreement for the Supply of Public Goods – 20 December 2024 @keiwashdc.bsky.social
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New EU law prohibiting products made with forced labour published in EU Official Journal today
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Regulation - EU - 2024/3015 - EN - EUR-LexLog inEnglish
eur-lex.europa.eu
December 12, 2024 at 6:21 AM
New EU law prohibiting products made with forced labour published in EU Official Journal today
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
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WTO Director-General's annual report on trading system now out. Trade restrictions up, a lot; in parallel, shows increase in trade-facilitating measures. Report also has lengthy section on "general economic support" aka subsidies with contribution from Global Trade Alert
www.wto.org/english/news...
www.wto.org/english/news...
WTO report shows increase in trade restrictions against backdrop of unilateral policies
The WTO Director-General's annual overview of global trade developments shows a sharp rise in the coverage of trade-restrictive measures by WTO members between mid-October 2023 and mid-October 2024, c...
www.wto.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:38 PM
WTO Director-General's annual report on trading system now out. Trade restrictions up, a lot; in parallel, shows increase in trade-facilitating measures. Report also has lengthy section on "general economic support" aka subsidies with contribution from Global Trade Alert
www.wto.org/english/news...
www.wto.org/english/news...
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Perhaps we need a different path?: academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
December 11, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Perhaps we need a different path?: academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
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Truly nerdy. A new US paper repeats its view that WTO litigation can’t say whether an “essential security measure” is legal. It calls for a definitive interpretation to that effect. It suggests a “rebalancing” solution via nullification and impairment. I did warn you.
docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages...
docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages...
December 11, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Truly nerdy. A new US paper repeats its view that WTO litigation can’t say whether an “essential security measure” is legal. It calls for a definitive interpretation to that effect. It suggests a “rebalancing” solution via nullification and impairment. I did warn you.
docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages...
docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages...
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The European People’s Party is dropping its efforts to water down the EU’s new anti-deforestation rules, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO.
EPP abandons push to weaken anti-deforestation rules
The center-right group will drop efforts to gut the key Green Deal law, but wants the EU to commit to reconsidering in the future.
www.politico.eu
December 3, 2024 at 10:50 AM
The European People’s Party is dropping its efforts to water down the EU’s new anti-deforestation rules, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO.
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MYANMAR: Khaing Zar Aung, Burmese trade unionist in exile : “Workers are now in slavery-like conditions, but factory owners know that foreign brands won’t leave” www.equaltimes.org/khaing-zar-a...
Khaing Zar Aung, Burmese trade unionist in exile: “Workers are now in slavery-like conditions, but factory owners know that foreign brands won't leave”
On 1 February 2021, the world watched as a military coup unfolded in Myanmar (Burma). The elected government was overthrown and replaced by a military junta, which remains in power today nearly four y...
www.equaltimes.org
November 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM
MYANMAR: Khaing Zar Aung, Burmese trade unionist in exile : “Workers are now in slavery-like conditions, but factory owners know that foreign brands won’t leave” www.equaltimes.org/khaing-zar-a...
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Agree with most of this. Particularly the importance for middle-rank powers like the UK of defending rules-based trade.
In an ideal world, countries would simply refuse to bargain with Trump over tariffs.
In an ideal world, countries would simply refuse to bargain with Trump over tariffs.
Thanks to the good folk of @uktpo.org my take on how the UK should respond to Trump on trade. Expect a series of trade conflicts, so be clear up front that our commitment is to global trade rules and our major flows, and don't see ourselves as brokers or special blogs.sussex.ac.uk/uktpo/2024/1...
How Trump affects UK Trade Policy « UK Trade Policy ObservatoryUntitled Document
The UK Trade Policy Observatory offers a wide range of expertise and services to help support government departments, national
and international organisations and businesses to strategise and develop ...
blogs.sussex.ac.uk
November 8, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Agree with most of this. Particularly the importance for middle-rank powers like the UK of defending rules-based trade.
In an ideal world, countries would simply refuse to bargain with Trump over tariffs.
In an ideal world, countries would simply refuse to bargain with Trump over tariffs.
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So. this, here, is an interresting case showing how terrible the next 5 years will be without a lot of public pressure.
Why is a law aiming at protecting world forests from extractive activities, that was voted last mandate, about to get destroyed before its date of application?
Why is a law aiming at protecting world forests from extractive activities, that was voted last mandate, about to get destroyed before its date of application?
The EU's deforestation law is one of the biggest achievements of the EU Green Deal
The EPP is trying to critically weaken and delay it
MEPs: hands off the #EUDR! Next week, vote NO to the amendments and NO to the delay
The world's forests can't wait.
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...
The EPP is trying to critically weaken and delay it
MEPs: hands off the #EUDR! Next week, vote NO to the amendments and NO to the delay
The world's forests can't wait.
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...
EPP fiddles while forests burn - Greenpeace European Unit
The European People's Party is seeking last-minute changes that would make a mess of the EU's deforestation law, one of the big wins from the EU Green Deal
www.greenpeace.org
November 7, 2024 at 8:27 PM
So. this, here, is an interresting case showing how terrible the next 5 years will be without a lot of public pressure.
Why is a law aiming at protecting world forests from extractive activities, that was voted last mandate, about to get destroyed before its date of application?
Why is a law aiming at protecting world forests from extractive activities, that was voted last mandate, about to get destroyed before its date of application?
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#CSDDD: Business want the European Commission to put out an early due diligence guide– or delay the rules
By Rob Francis 👇
borderlex.net/2024/11/05/c...
By Rob Francis 👇
borderlex.net/2024/11/05/c...
CSDDD: Business wants early due diligence guidance - or delay in rules
borderlex.net
November 6, 2024 at 2:00 AM
#CSDDD: Business want the European Commission to put out an early due diligence guide– or delay the rules
By Rob Francis 👇
borderlex.net/2024/11/05/c...
By Rob Francis 👇
borderlex.net/2024/11/05/c...
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My concern with scrapping the £2 max bus fare but more money for the NHS is that the former was something making life easier, the latter might not actually be in any way noticeable.
Modern politics can't just be about the big stuff.
Modern politics can't just be about the big stuff.
October 28, 2024 at 9:19 AM
My concern with scrapping the £2 max bus fare but more money for the NHS is that the former was something making life easier, the latter might not actually be in any way noticeable.
Modern politics can't just be about the big stuff.
Modern politics can't just be about the big stuff.
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I think next week will see the first visit of members of the European Parliament International Trade Committee to London since 2016. They're interested in the reset. But are also going to be asking questions of those they meet as to the level of UK commitment. www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
INTA Delegation to the UK to exchange on EU-UK economic and trade relations | Highlights | Home | INTA | Committees | European Parliament
Main page of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA). Latest news, links to documents and videos of meetings.
www.europarl.europa.eu
October 25, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I think next week will see the first visit of members of the European Parliament International Trade Committee to London since 2016. They're interested in the reset. But are also going to be asking questions of those they meet as to the level of UK commitment. www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
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A group of 225 global NGOs from more than 40 countries has issued a statement urging the European Parliament and EU governments to reject a proposal that would delay the implementation of the EU’s ambitious anti-deforestation law by a year:
225 NGOs call on EU to reject delay to deforestation law
A group of 225 global NGOs from more than 40 countries has issued a statement urging the European Parliament and EU governments to reject a proposal that would delay the implementation of the EU’s amb...
news.mongabay.com
October 23, 2024 at 9:35 PM
A group of 225 global NGOs from more than 40 countries has issued a statement urging the European Parliament and EU governments to reject a proposal that would delay the implementation of the EU’s ambitious anti-deforestation law by a year:
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The last of Indonesia’s #tigers, < 400 hang on to survival in patches of rainforest in #Sumatra. Endangered by #poaching and #deforestation for #palmoil and timber. Boycott the brands destroying their home. #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/20/t... @palmoildetectives.bsky.social
October 22, 2024 at 11:48 AM
The last of Indonesia’s #tigers, < 400 hang on to survival in patches of rainforest in #Sumatra. Endangered by #poaching and #deforestation for #palmoil and timber. Boycott the brands destroying their home. #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/20/t... @palmoildetectives.bsky.social
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Curious about trade & labor rights? My OA, double-hitter book review of Tonia Novitz's Trade, Labour, and Sustainable Development & Kevin Middlebrook's The International Defense of Workers is out at the WTR: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Tonia Novitz, Trade, Labour, and Sustainable Development: Leaving No One in the World of Work Behind Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024 - Kevin J. Middlebrook, The International Defense of Workers: Labor R...
Tonia Novitz, Trade, Labour, and Sustainable Development: Leaving No One in the World of Work Behind Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024 - Kevin J. Middlebrook, The International Defense of Workers: Labor R...
www.cambridge.org
October 24, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Curious about trade & labor rights? My OA, double-hitter book review of Tonia Novitz's Trade, Labour, and Sustainable Development & Kevin Middlebrook's The International Defense of Workers is out at the WTR: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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My overview of the economic impact of Brexit, now published in the Oxford Research Encylopedia of Economics and Finance
oxfordre.com/economics/di...
oxfordre.com/economics/di...
October 24, 2024 at 9:33 AM
My overview of the economic impact of Brexit, now published in the Oxford Research Encylopedia of Economics and Finance
oxfordre.com/economics/di...
oxfordre.com/economics/di...
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Trumps proposed tariffs would decrease real consumption - what people can afford to buy considering rising prices - by 1.8% - 3% in the US, leading to a welfare loss for the US of $567bn annually -or $1,691 a year per person.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Are you better off than four years ago? Why US voters should – but can’t – say yes
Many are still feeling the pinch of inflation while the fruits of growth disproportionately go to the better off
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Trumps proposed tariffs would decrease real consumption - what people can afford to buy considering rising prices - by 1.8% - 3% in the US, leading to a welfare loss for the US of $567bn annually -or $1,691 a year per person.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...