During his electorial campaign, Donald Trump called for a „Border Tax Adjustment“. In theory, a Border Tax Adjustment should be trade neutral. In practice however a „Border Tax Adjustment“ would lead to a massive welfare loss for US-citizens. More ...
In the course of his protectionist policies, US-president Trump might attempt to further protect the US-market against the rest of the world by means of tariffs and other trade obstacles. If the US unilaterally increases their import tariffs e.g. by 20 percent, the American real earnings would in fact increase slightly. More ...
For decades, Germany has been generating large export surpluses. These surpluses are accompanied by an increase in foreign asset. However, there is no guarantee that these asset investments will maintain their value over the long term. More ...
One of the keystones of economic policy for the new US government is what is referred to as a border adjustment tax, which acts as a combination of higher import taxes and export subsidies. But how would this work and does it make sense? GED Explains! More ...
After nearly three weeks in office there is still plenty of uncertainty surrounding Trump's economic policy. As things stand at the moment, there are three aspects that are particularly relevant for economic development in Germany and Europe. More ...
Once he has taken office in January 2017, Donald Trump is planning to implement protectionist measures in order to reduce the American current account deficit and thus boost the US economy. In this post we will show that the USA actually needs a current account deficit at the moment. This is the only way of financing the high level of consumption and investment. More ...
Donald Trump has made it clear during the election that he will bring a new anti-trade economic policy to the White House. One aspect of this would be higher import duties for the US. What are the economic consequences of this? More ...
GED's own Christian Bluth shares the key points from his recent part in the Prague European Summit. The Videos of his talk about the importance of Schengen are available here. More ...
Over the last 25 years, Germany has increased its foreign trade ratio like almost no other country. But how does this affect domestic producers? More ...
Over the last 25 years, Germany has increased its foreign trade ratio like almost no other country. But how does this affect domestic producers? Our new Study has the answers! More ...
