🧵 (1/6) In a just released Peterson Institute blog, Maurice Obstfeld and I examine the limits of Trump’s desire to replace income taxes with tariffs. In short, a full replacement is impossible. And, if you push this policy to its limit, it would be bad by any metric. piie.com/blogs/realtime…

The second issue of Free Society magazine is now available! cato.org/free-society/s…

For more on the problems with Trump's tariff ideas, a just out blog post from Maurice Obstfeld and I Peterson Institute on piie.com/blogs/realtime… and a policy brief from Mary Lovely and I, piie.com/publications/p…

Dave Levy Richard Baldwin IMD @alanbeattie Adam Posen Beata Javorcik @C_Lombardelli Simon Lester Sam Lowe Soumaya Keynes Simon J. Evenett Dmitry Grozoubinski Doug Palmer Ana Swanson UN Trade and Development Dave Levy Salam, here is your unroll: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1804153… Enjoy :) 🤖

This issue of 'East Asia Forum Quarterly' details how far and fast global supply chains have had to morph to keep up with new customers more powerful than the mere consumer. Now available: doi.org/10.22459/EAFQ.… #supplychains #globalisation #EAFQ #journal

Is geopolitical rivalry rewiring global value chains? Global Trade Alert founder Simon J. Evenett says #trade data is lacking, which contributes to "misleading narratives." Check out the full report in the latest edition of the East Asia Forum Quarterly Link: bit.ly/3VW41sk

Service-export-led development bandwagon gaining speed! 👉Economist Mag article (yours truly quoted at end💪) economist.com/finance-and-ec… 👉Also see my 2020 paper 🔗 nber.org/system/files/w… cc: Adam Posen IMD Markus Brunnermeier Rikard Forslid Marion Jansen Beata Javorcik

How to increase transparency and improve digital economy regulation Digital Policy Alert Simon J. Evenett Johannes Fritz Global Trade Alert wef.ch/3yeR2od rt World Economic Forum

PSA: Future globalization is not what you (probably) think it is. 👉What do you need to know to understand the future of globalization? Today's Factful Friday 🔗linkedin.com/pulse/what-six… cc: IMD Adam Posen Adam Tooze Simon J. Evenett Beata Javorcik @alanbeattie Soumaya Keynes

Join us July 3rd for a discussion with the EU Chief Trade Enforcement Officer Denis Redonnet, European Commission alongside: - Simon J. Evenett, Universität St.Gallen (HSG) - @FreyaLemcke, DIHK Brussels - Cora Jungbluth, Bertelsmann Stiftung Moderator, Etienne Höra, Bertelsmann Stiftung globaleurope.eu/europes-future…

My musings (6 min read). ➡️Skill-biased with a reversal of fortunes (AI’s new skill twist). 👉GenAI commoditizes experience, training, & education – hallmarks of society’s most highly skilled workers and hands them to middleclass workers.. 🔗imd.org/ibyimd/artific… cc:@imd

Simon J. Evenett examines how international firms perceive & strategize around geopolitical risks, based on interviews with senior execs from 13 global businesses in manufac. & services, headquartered in China, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. 👇 devasmitajena.wixsite.com/trade-worm/pos…

💻Join us today at 5:00 – 6:00 pm CET for an online event "The EU Chief Trade Enforcement Officer: Charting the Course of Global Trade Dynamics" with: Denis Redonnet Simon J. Evenett @FreyaLemcke Cora Jungbluth Moderator, Etienne Höra, globaleurope.eu/europes-future…

EU Council conclusions: "To allow businesses to flourish, we will ambitiously reduce the bureaucratic and regulatory burden at all levels". How? here some pointers: ecipe.org/publications/k…

Awesome to be on the Economist Podcast "Money Talks" released today! 👉You'll want to listen to the whole 41 minutes, but Mom, you can skip to 22min 30 sec when I start. 🔥Flaming on about service-led development. 🔗economist.com/podcasts/2024/… The Economist IMD @piie

Just posted Factful Friday! 👉When did manufactured goods start to dominate world trade? @IMD linkedin.com/article/edit/7… cc: Adam Posen Dmitry Grozoubinski Chris Giles Christian Odendahl Adam Tooze Douglas Irwin @kevinhorourke Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel) Hanna C. Norberg Simon J. Evenett Simon Lester

The dangerously simple story about radical populists Very good by @alanbeattie ft.com/content/bfedc0… via @ft

#WTO also shows number of new "general economic support measures" (subsidies), by some members, but not volume. Old problem in what some members tell WTO, and what they allow it to say. Peter Ungphakorn (also @coppetainpu.bsky.social) Simon J. Evenett

Who most dominated world trade? 👉UK in 1800, US in 1948, or China today? My answer in today's Factful Friday 👇 🔗linkedin.com/posts/richard-… cc: @imd Adam Tooze Adam Posen Dmitry Grozoubinski Simon J. Evenett Simon Lester Sam Lowe @alanbeattie Doug Palmer Ana Swanson

When did the US Economy get bigger than China’s? 👀my Factful Friday🔗shorturl.at/aT2bZ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Until you know your world history back to 1820, you won’t really understand today’s US-China conflict." cc: IMD Adam Tooze Adam Posen