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Sebastian Benz

@BenzSeb

Head of Research & Programmes at Foundation for Family Businesses. Former @oecd and @ifo_Institut. Views are my own. RT not endorsement.

Joined March 2014
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Just released! 📚 Discover the 🆕 edition of the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index & learn about #ServicesTrade Policy Trends up to 2023! 🔎 Read the full publication ⤵️ oe.cd/STRI #OECDSTRI
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Marion Jansen@MJansenEcon14 Feb 2023
STRI update released: check how the world of services trade is faring in what some are calling the new era of globalization.
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@OECD14 Feb 2023
The 2023 update of the OECD #ServicesTrade Restrictiveness Index is here! 🔹🆕 Report (with services trade policy trends up to 2023) 🔹50+ Country Notes 🔹20+ Sector Notes 🔹Compare your country & policy simulator tools 🔹& more! Explore #OECDSTRI 👉oe.cd/STRI
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PostDoc opportunity in Economics at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. Please share widely and please feel free to ask any question about this. Deadline 28 February 2023. Info and EJM post below jobs.ac.uk/job/CXI867/adam-s… econjobmarket.org/positions/…
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What have been the main drivers of services tradability in the last 20 years? 📖 🧵 Follow this thread to learn more about: 🔹 The changes observed in service tradability 🔹 The corresponding trade cost reduction & its key drivers. Full paper ➡️ oe.cd/il/4IU
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Global #ServicesTrade has been growing faster than global GDP & trade in goods. 📈 A 🆕 study highlights the key drivers of this change in services tradability over the last 20 years. Discover the paper! 📘⤵️ oe.cd/il/4IU
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Has exporting services across national borders & to far-away destinations become less costly? ⛴️🌍 💡 Discover our brand 🆕 Trade Policy Paper: Shedding light on the drivers of services tradability, analysing trends & determinants of cross-border #ServicesTrade. 📖👇
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Sonia Cabral@soncabral24 Oct 2022
Shedding light on the drivers of services tradability over two decades | Sebastian Benz @BenzSeb , Alexander Jaax, Yoto V. Yotov @YotovG | OECD Trade #Policy Papers oecd-ilibrary.org/trade/shed… via @OECD @OECDeconomy @OECDtrade @oecd #trade #services #EconTwitter #economics
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Members of the OECD Trade Committee were back at our Paris headquarters this week! A great opportunity to engage & discuss recent #trade developments.
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@OECDeconomy26 Sep 2022
SOON: Watch the release of the @OECD Interim Economic Outlook with OECD SG @MathiasCormann and Acting Chief Economist @santospereira_a at 10:30 CEST! 🎥 Watch live here: bit.ly/3C57s64 #OECD #EconomicOutlook
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Marion Jansen@MJansenEcon30 Jun 2022
Excellent exchanges with trade and agricultural experts discussing challenges in global trade during two day meeting at @OECDtrade and @OECDagriculture. Thanks to @rarjonaEU, @EdouardBourcieu, @PaquetMF and @emilyjblanchard for joining us in Paris,
Román Arjona (@rarjonaEU) profile pictureRomán Arjona@rarjonaEU30 Jun 2022
Lots of insights 💡exchanged at today's meeting with like-minded Chief Economists on how to make the most of #trade #TiVA and #firmlevel data to anticipate and monitor #supplychain disruptions @MJansenEcon @OECDtrade 🇺🇸@emilyjblanchard 🇨🇦 @PaquetMF 🇪🇺@EdouardBourcieu
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🗨️ At today's launch of the new @OECD-@FAO #AgOutlook, OECD Secretary-General @MathiasCormann called for an immediate end to Russia's war against Ukraine amidst rising food prices. ➡️ oe.cd/4AA
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📖 The Price of War 💡 The Editorial by #OECD Chief Economist & Deputy Secretary-General @LauBooneEco introduces the key messages of the #EconomicOutlook and the prospects for the global economy. Read it here ⤵️ fal.cn/3pn1U

The Price of War

By Laurence Boone, OECD Chief Economist and Deputy Secretary-General. The world is set to pay a hefty price for Russia’s war against Ukraine. A humanitarian crisis is unfolding before our eyes, lea…

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#Russia’s war against #Ukraine is a big shock to the world economy: 🆕 #EconomicOutlook expects global #growth to slow sharply to 3⃣% in 2022 and 2⃣.8⃣% in 2023, from 5⃣.8⃣% last year. Compare #GDP projections for G20 & non-G20 economies & read more 👉oe.cd/EOjun22
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@OECDeconomy8 Jun 2022
The 🆕 @OECD #EconomicOutlook has been released: #Russia’s war against #Ukraine will substantially slow the global economic recovery & push up inflation. The world is set to pay a high price because of this #war. Read here ➡oe.cd/EOjun22 1/7
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Jane Korinek@jane_trade9 May 2022
Women are more concerned than men about cybersecurity, which influences their online behaviour, e.g. by less engagement in online financial services. But they make up only 7% of cybersecurity experts in Europe. Watch the replay: suerf.org/gender-money-finan…
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Very niche🧵 Who invented the 4 modes of services supply? I took a deep dive into historical Uruguay Round negotiating documents following contributions from @ScheeleJonathan @AmyPorges @henrysgao @RMelendezOrtiz Short answer: it was an evolution, crystallised by the EU 1/14
Richard Baldwin (@BaldwinRE) profile pictureRichard Baldwin
@BaldwinRE13 Feb 2022
Dear Trade Twitterati Pls. Who invented the 4 modes of trade categorization? | @TradeEconomista @TradeExperettes @TradeSplaining @tradereporter @snlester @SimonEvenett @alanbeattie @bbaschuk @ChadBown @SoumayaKeynes
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Looking for the latest data on #ServicesTrade? The 🆕 OECD STRI Explorer is an interactive web tool that can be used to compare regulatory regimes across countries, simulate the impact of policy reforms, and create graphs & tables. 📊➡️ oe.cd/STRI
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Marion Jansen@MJansenEcon7 Feb 2022
Implementation of the @WTO disciplines on services domestic regulation can lead to annual trade costs savings of USD 150 billion (issuu.com/oecd.publishing/do…). Methodology by @OECDtrade colleagues @BenzSeb and Alexander Jaax now peer reviewed available here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Everyone is in #ServicesTrade, from manufacturing to digital, from agriculture to mining. All Economic sectors need good functioning services providers in their supply chain. That is why every Governement should pursue regulatory reforms to remove existing barriers.@Trade_EU @wto
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Ambitious efforts to ease #ServicesTrade barriers could yield substantial benefits. On avg, services trade costs could decline by 6-16% in the medium-term if countries continue to pursue regulatory reforms. Learn more 👉 oe.cd/STRI
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Ambitious efforts to ease #ServicesTrade barriers could yield substantial benefits. On avg, services trade costs could decline by 6-16% in the medium-term if countries continue to pursue regulatory reforms. Learn more 👉 oe.cd/STRI
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