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KCG Fellows Presented Research at the European Trade Study Group Conference in Warsaw

4th October 2018
KCG Secretary
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KCG researchers Dr. Julian Hinz and Thilo Kroeger joined the 20th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group on September 13-15, 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. The conference is as of now the largest annual conference on international trade in the world. It provides an ideal platform for trade scholars to present their up-to-date research results and progress and to exchange knowledge and insights with other experts in the field.[...]

Mexico-US New Trade Deal: A Step Forward in the Right Direction

7th September 2018
KCG Secretary
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In late August, Mexico and the US reached a new trade deal. New provisions regarding local content requirements, the wage level for local workers, digital data, and the access to farm products etc. are expected to be included in the new trade deal. The progress made in advancing the Mexico-US trade deal has been generally perceived as a good sign against[…]

Fifth Coordinator Meeting in Kiel

30th August 2018
KCG Secretary
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On August 6, 2018 the fifth Coordinator Meeting of the three Leibniz ScienceCampi in Kiel took place at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Dr. Mirjam S. Gleßmer and Dr. Gun-Brit Thoma from the Kiel Science Outreach Campus (KiSOC) and Dr. Wan-Hsin Liu from the Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG) participated in the meeting. Dr. Christiane Gerlach from the Evolutionary Medicine of the Lung (EvoLung) joined the discussion via a conference call[…]

KCG Seminar on Extensive Margin of Trade by Julian Hinz

23rd August 2018
KCG Secretary
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With intensifying global trends towards protectionism, it becomes even more important than before to provide reliable research evidence on determinants of international trade and on their economic and social consequences. This requires the application of adequate (and creative) research methods for data analysis, taking limitations and difficulties of different potential research methods best into account[…]