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In this issue: Annual conference video; policy briefs – who pays for the US trade war with China, and European financial intergration through securitization; opinion - fixing the euro needs to go beyond economics; new working papers – international competition and rent sharing in French manufacturing, and investment incentives and tax competition under the AGI.
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Who pays for Trump’s trade war with China? Plus #EconPol2018 conference video
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As we enter our third year, the nine institutions which currently make up EconPol Europe have achieved significant success in line with our goals. EconPol was founded to contribute cross-border scientific research to the discussion of a future design of the European Union, and we have succeeded in reaching policy makers across member states as well as generating worldwide media coverage for our research. In 2019, we welcome five more associate institutions, expanding our network into Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. We are delighted to add the huge amount of economic expertise this will bring to our team, and look forward to officially announcing our new associates early next year.
Until then, we wish you the very warmest greetings of the season and a happy new year.
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EconPol annual conference video
Video from EconPol’s annual conference, held at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria in Brussels, is now available to view online.
Welcome address
Panel Discussion: Challenges of EU Trade Policy Making
Keynote speech
Plenary session: New Protectionism and its Costs
Simon J. Evenett (University of St. Gallen): New Protectionism: Forms, Scale, and Effects
Hylke Vandenbussche (KU Leuven): US-EU Trade: the Cost of non-TTIP
Stefano Schiavo (University of Trento): The Impact of Trade on European Firms and Workers
Gabriel Felbermayr (ifo Institute): The US-China Trade War: Effects on Europe
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Who is paying for the trade war with China?
Import tariffs introduced by the United States and China in September will see Chinese exporters bear approximately 75% of the costs, with the US extracting a net welfare gain of USD 18.4 billion, according to new EconPol research. The tariffs affect around 50% of Chinese products imported to the US, with a value exceeding USD 250 billion. The tariffs introduced by China affect around USD 60 billion worth of goods. The research shows these new tariffs, introduced on 24 September, will increase US consumer prices on affected Chinese products by an average of 4.5%, while the producer price of Chinese firms declines by 20.5%.
Press release
EconPol policy brief 11
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Also recently published by EconPol:
European financial integration through securitization
EconPol policy brief 10
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Fixing the euro needs to go beyond economics
The euro area is stuck in a situation of conflicts of interests between creditor and debtor countries, says EconPol researcher Anne-Laure Delatte. The political economy of such a situation requires coordinating creditor and debtor countries to distribute the burden of adjustment. Creditor countries require debtors to repay their debt with domestic resources, pushing for spending cuts and tax increases. In turn, debtors are better off if they can delay adjustment and rely on the official euro area safety net if needed. Read the full article.
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Investment incentives and tax competition under the AGI
The European Commission’s Allowance for Growth and Investment (AGI) has proposed investment incentives in its two-step approach towards the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB). In this latest EconPol working paper, the authors demonstrate that the AGI strengthens investment incentives in high-tax countries and decreases the CCCTB-induced investment push towards low-tax countries. They also demonstrate that the AGI decreases tax competition and that a sufficiently generous AGI reduces tax competition between countries when introduced with the CCCTB. Read more.
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