The Corona Effect: Structural Shifts and International Trade

This is followed by presentations of the most important points by OeNB and WKÖ authors in the following order (1 slide 2’ max. per author, pre-recorded):

Julia Wörz (OeNB): Current development of world trade
Barbara Tasch-Ronner (WKO): Recent developments in EU trade policy
Klaus Vondra (OeNB): Austrian economic development, price competitiveness and overview of foreign trade
Leonhard Pertl (WKO): Austria‘s foreign trade in goods – recent developments
Particia Walter (OeNB): Austria’s international trade in services
Florian Koller (WKO): Austrian foreign direct investment – recent developments

Heli Simola (BOFIT): The impact of COVID-19 on global value chains
Richard Bolwijn (UNCTAD): Structural Shifts of Investment in Global Value Chains
Gabriel Felbermayr (Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel): COVID-19 and the Resilience of Global Value Chains
Robert Stehrer (wiiw): Trade in COVID-19-related products in Austria and the EU27 during the pandemic
Martin Kaufman/ Niamh Sheridan (IMF): Impact of COVID-19 on EMDEs External Sectors: Transitory vs. ‘Scarring’ Effects
Alonso Alfaro-Urena (Central Bank of Costa Rica): Pandemics as a potential threat to the wide-ranging gains from FDI
Simon J. Evenett (University of St. Gallen): What Caused the Resurgence in FDI Screening

Steve Woolcock (LSE): The European Union’s role in the international trading system
Lisandra Flach (ifo): Lessons from the pandemic and the future of trade policy
Jean-Pierre Vidal (European Council): The genesis of the European Union”s economic response to the COVID-19 crisis
Niels Thygesen: The role of fiscal policies in the COVID-19 crisis: scope and limitations
István P. Székely (European Commission): Building-back-better after the COVID-19 crisis in Europe: The twin transition and cohesion

Alexandra Dimitrijevic (S&P Global Ratings): Global Debt Leverage: Near-Term Crisis Unlikely, Even as More Defaults Loom
Niclas Frederic Poitiers (Bruegel): COVID-19 as a catalyser for digitalisation and the challenges for digital trade
Gregory Offer (Imperial College): The future of automobile production