Since the 1950s, world trade has grown much faster than global economic production. Meanwhile, China has surpassed … Germany as the leading export nation. Continuing trade liberalisation on a multilateral level has made this increasing global … integration possible. Regional initiatives, such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Trans-Pacifi c …

At the end of July 2013 the photovoltaic (PV) trade conflict between China and the European Union was resolved through … export quantity should help to calm PV markets for the time being. Yet the fundamental disequilibria which led to the trade … and the dynamics of global PV markets. If unresolved, further trade conflicts will be inevitable. In solving their …

would be affected by restrictions on trade and investment relations. As a result, German exporters would suffer from …

choice but to continue to rely on Chinese suppliers. Moreover, improvements in the bilateral trade deficit could not be … ascribed to a targeted tariff policy. Nor did manufacturers relocate to the U. S. Instead, trade frictions depressed U. S …. business investment. If anything, it may be said that the American managed trade strategy vis-à-vis China has diverted US …

useful but not sufficient, and trade sanctions in the WTO framework pose dangers of disguised protectionism. More promising … but still imperfect avenues are Free Trade Agreements that could be used to enforce minimum ILO labour standards and … transparent certifications, e.g. for fair trade products. …

International trade conflicts continue to simmer in times of the coronavirus crisis. Most recently, in mid-May, the US … cars and car parts from the EU, escalating the transatlantic trade conflict. Economic policy simulations show that such an … to counterbalance the macroeconomic impact of a trade war, putting Germany potentially at a relative disadvantage in this …