Ein Siebtel aller deutschen Exporte wird von der Elektroindustrie getätigt. Mit einem Ausfuhrvolumen von 166 Mrd. Euro im Jahr 2014 gehört sie zu den weltweit vier größten Lieferanten elektrotechnischer und elektronischer Produkte und Systeme und ist damit ein unmittelbarer Profiteur von...

Der ifo Konjunkturtest für Februar beinhaltete Sonderfragen zu den Erwartungen deutscher Unternehmen bezüglich der Handelspolitik der neuen US-Administration. Die Mehrzahl der befragten Unternehmen erwartet zwar protektionistische Maßnahmen seitens der US-Regierung, befürchtet aber keine...

When President Trump came into office the US administration launched a detailed analysis of American trade relations. It aimed to identify "unfair trade practices" that are supposedly increasingly being used by other countries, and that are economically damaging to America. This study simulates...

Recent years have witnessed an ever-increasing resort to export restrictions in the markets for raw materials, causing heightened uncertainty about supply availability together with friction among trading partners. Poor transparency can amplify and compound the effects of restrictive trade...

In addition to cross-border supply, the Agreement covers three additional types of transactions, i.e. the supply of services via consumer movements abroad as well as the presence of foreign firms and foreign service professionals in the respective markets. At the same time, the GATS accommodates...

The incidence of export taxes, prohibitions and other measures that raise export prices, limit export quantities or place conditions on exporting is on the rise. Transparency can help mitigate the negative effects of export restrictions by enabling affected stakeholders to better understand and...

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...