Dr. Axel Berger

Photo: Axel Berger ist Politikwissenschaftler und stellvertretende Direktor (interim) des German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).

Dr. Axel Berger

Abteilung
Forschendes Direktorium

Funktion
Stellvertretender Direktor (interim)

Fachrichtung
Politikwissenschaft

Arbeitsgebiete

International Investment Agreements
Free Trade Agreements
Global Value Chains
G20
Implementation of the Agenda 2030

Regionalexpertise

Afrika
Ostasien

Aufgaben in Aus- und Weiterbildung

Global Economic Governance (MGG Academy, Postgraduate Training Programme)
International Political Economy (Bonn University)

Vita

seit 04/2022	German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (bis 06/2022 Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Stellvertretender Direktor (interim)
01/2018-03/2022	Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Forschungsprogramm "Transformation der Wirtschafts- und Sozialsysteme"
2011-12/2017	Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Abteilung "Weltwirtschaft und Entwicklungsfinanzierung"
2009-2011	Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Abteilung "Ausbildung"
2007-2008	Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Assistent der Geschäftsführung zu den Themen europäische Entwicklungspolitik und chinesische Umweltpolitik
2007	Adelphi Consult Projektmanager Corporate Social Responsibility, Europäische Umweltpolitik und Umweltmanagementsysteme
2007	Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) / InWEnt Teilnehmer des Managing Global Governance Programme Projektstudie: "China and the global governance of foreign direct investment"
2006	Adelphi Consult Forschungsassistent / Projektmanager Corporate Social Responsibility und Europäische Umweltpolitik
2000-2005	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Magister Artium Politische Wissenschaften, Volkswirtschaftslehre und Zeitgeschichte

Referierte Publikationen

Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Jakob Schwab (2026)
The Investment Facilitation Index (IFI): quantifying domestic investment facilitation frameworks
in: World Trade Review, first published 02.02.2026
Berger, Axel / Manjiao Chi (2025)
Introduction: Law, Politics, and Economics of International Disciplines on Investment Facilitation for Development
in: Axel Berger / Manjiao Chi (eds.), The making of an International Investment Facilitation Framework: legal, political and economic perspectives: Cambridge University Press, 1-12
Berger, Axel / Florian Gitt / Ali Dadkhah (2025)
Domestic Investment Facilitation Frameworks: measuring their extent and variation
in: Axel Berger / Manjiao Chi (eds.), The making of an International Investment Facilitation Framework: legal, political and economic perspectives: Cambridge University Press, 15-45
Berger, Axel / Manjiao Chi (eds.) (2025)
The making of an International Investment Facilitation Framework: legal, political and economic perspectives
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2023)
Why “South”/“North” framings are not useful in a shifting world order
in: CEBRI Journal 2 (8), 217-237
Berger, Axel / Sait Akman / Bozkurt Aran / Carlos P. Braga / Rajeev Kher / Douglas Lippoldt / Stormy-Annika Mildner / Arun Nair / Claudia Schmucker / Maarten Smeets (2023)
Reforming the WTO through inclusive and development-friendly plurilaterals
in: Journal of World Trade 57 (6), 875-888
Berger, Axel (2023)
China’s International investment agreement policy: from rule-taker to rule-maker?
in: Henry Gao / Damian Raess / Ka Zeng (eds.), China and the WTO: a Twenty-Year Assessment, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 452-467
Berger, Axel / Manjiao Chi / Bernard Hoekman / Makane Moïse Mbengue / Karl P. Sauvant / Matthew Stephenson (2021)
Facilitating sustainable investment to build back better
in: Journal of World Trade 5 (6), 883 – 894
Stender, Frederik / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab (2021)
The trade effects of the economic partnership agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: Early Empirical insights from panel data
in: Journal of Common Market Studies 59 (6), 1495-1515
Berge, Tarald Laudal / Axel Berger (2021)
Do investor-state dispute settlement cases influence domestic environmental regulation? The role of respondent state bureaucratic capacity
in: Journal of International Dispute Settlement 12 (1), 1-41
Berger, Axel / Wan-Hsin Liu (2021)
Can the G20 serve as a launchpad for a multilateral investment agreement?
in: The World Economy 44 (8), 2284-2302
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Jean-Frédéric Morin / Jakob Schwab (2020)
The trade effects of environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements
in: Beverelli, Cosimo / Jürgen Kurz / Damian Raess (Eds.), International Trade, Investment, and the Sustainable Development Goals, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 111-139
Brandi, Clara / Jakob Schwab / Axel Berger / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2020)
Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?
in: World Development 129 (May 2020), article 104899
Berger, Axel / Andrew F. Cooper / Sven Grimm (2019)
A decade of G20 summitry: assessing the benefits, limitations and future of global club governance in turbulent times
in: South African Journal of International Affairs 26 (4), 493-504
Blümer, Dominique / Jean-Frédéric Morin / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
Environmental provisions in trade agreements: defending regulatory space or pursuing offensive interests?
in: Environmental Politics 29(5), 866-889
Morin, Jean-Frédéric / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
The multilateralization of PTAs’ environmental clauses: scenarios for the future?
in: Manfred Elsig / Michael Hahn / Gabriele Spilker (eds.), The shifting landscape of global trade governance, World Trade Forum, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 207-232
Morin, Jean-Frédéric / Dominique Blümer / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
Kick-starting diffusion: explaining the varying frequency of PTAs’ environmental clauses by their initial conditions
in: World Economy 42 (9), 2602-2628
Berger, Axel / Karl P. Sauvant / Silvia Karina Fiezzoni / Rodrigo Polanco Lazo / Matthew Stephenson / Akihiko Tamura / Pavel Trunin (2018)
Moving the G20’s investment agenda forward
in: Transnational Corporations Review 10 (3), 262–267
Berger, Axel / Julia Leininger / Dirk Messner (eds.) (2018)
The G20 in 2017: born in a financial crisis - lost in a global crisis?
in: Global Summitry 3 (2), 110-123
Berger, Axel / Julia Leininger / Dirk Messner (2018)
Introduction: The G20 in 2017: born in a financial crisis - lost in a global crisis?
in: Global Summitry 3 (2), 110-123
Berger, Axel / Simon Evenett (2018)
The Trump-induced G20 stress test on trade: did the German presidency pass?
in: Global Summitry 3 (2), 124-140
Berger, Axel (2015)
Hesitant embrace: China’s recent approach to international investment rule-making
in: The Journal of World Investment & Trade 16 (5-6), 843 –868
Brüntrup, Michael / Waltina Scheumann / Axel Berger / Lidija Christmann / Clara Brandi (2014)
What can be expected from international frameworks to regulate large-scale land and water acquisitions in sub-Sahara Africa?
in: Law and Development Review 7 (2), 433-471
Berger, Axel / Doris Fischer / Rasmus Lema / Hubert Schmitz / Frauke Urban (2013)
China–Europe relations in the mitigation of climate change: a conceptual framework
in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 42 (1), 71-98
Lema, Rasmus / Axel Berger / Hubert Schmitz (2013)
China’s impact on the global wind power industry
in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 42 (1), 37–69
Berger, Axel / Matthias Busse / Peter Nunnenkamp / Martin Roy (2013)
Do trade and investment agreements lead to more FDI? Accounting for key provisions inside the black box
in: International Economics and Economic Policy 10 (2), 247-275
Berger, Axel / Matthias Busse / Peter Nunnenkamp / Martin Roy (2012)
Attracting FDI through BITs and RTAs: does treaty content matter?
in: Karl P. Sauvant / Jennifer Reimer (eds.), FDI Perspectives: issues in international investment, 2nd ed. (Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment November 2012), 155-156
Berger, Axel et al. (2011)
More stringent BITs, less ambiguous effects on FDI? Not a bit!
in: Economics Letters 112/2011, 270-272
Berger, Axel (2011)
The politics of China's investment treaty-making-programm
in: Tomer Broude / Marc L. Busch / Amelia Porges (eds.), The politics of international economic law, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 162-185

Nicht-referierte Publikationen

Putz, Lena-Marie / Paula von Haaren / Axel Berger / Rafael de Moraes Baldrighi / Guísela Pereira (2026)
Mobilising and scaling local climate action
(Policy Brief 5/2026)
von Haaren, Paula / Axel Berger (2026)
What do the 2015 SDG negotiations teach us for a beyond-2030 framework?
(Discussion Paper 1/2026)
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2026)
Entwicklungspolitik neu aufstellen
in: Internationale Politik (1/2026)
Berger, Axel (2025)
The diminishing importance of the G7: permanent or temporary?
in: in: Andrea Freytag / Peter Draper (Hrsg.), The Elgar Companion to the G7, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 365-376
von Haaren, Paula / Axel Berger / Bambang Brodjonegoro / Lena-Marie Putz (2025)
Financing for sustainability transformations in disruptive times
(Policy Brief 35/2025)
Berger, Axel / Priyadarshi Dash / Paula von Haaren / Lena-Marie Putz / André de Mello e Souza (2025)
International cooperation policy for sustainability transformations in disruptive times
(Policy Brief 22/2025)
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Eszter Kollar (eds.) (2025)
Justice in Global Economic Governance: normative and empirical perspectives on promoting fairer globalisation
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Berger, Axel / Andrea Bjorklund / Manjiao Chi (2025)
Justice and the Global investment regime
in: Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Eszter Kollar (eds.), Justice in Global Economic Governance: Normative and Empirical Perspectives on Promoting Fairer Globalisation, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 21-31
Löpelt, Sarah / Axel Berger (2025)
Dreizehn Erkenntnisse zum Kapazitätsaufbau für die Nachhaltigkeitstransformation: Bedarfe, Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze in Deutschland und im internationalen Kontext
Potsdam: Wissenschaftsplattform Nachhaltigkeit 2030 (wpn2030), Impulspapier 6
Berger, Axel / Mashayekhi, Mina / Smeets, Maarten (2025)
Development perspectives of the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement
Columbia FDI Perspectives (406), New York: Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Akman, Sait / Axel Berger / Carlos Primo Braga / Andreas Freytag / Stormy-Annika Mildner / Claudia Schmucker / Maarten Smeets (2024)
Trade and the environmental poly-crisis: making the World Trade Organization fit to better deal with trade and environment
T20 Brasil, Task Force 6 (Strengthening Multilateralism and Global Governance), Policy Brief
von Geibler, Justus / Katharina Gröne / Toni Gnanko / Sarah Löpelt / Christa Liedtke (unter Mitarbeit von Jean-Henri Huttarsch / Axel Berger / Mark Lawrence / Kim Paczkowski / Stephan Ramesohl (2024)
Ökologische Plattformökonomie: politische Gestaltungsoptionen für nachhaltigen Konsum und Verbraucher:innenschutz by Design
Ergebnisse des DNS-Labs der wpn2030 in Kooperation mit dem Wuppertal Institut vom 29. November 2023, Potsdam: Wissenschaftsplattform Nachhaltigkeit 2030
Berger, Axel / Grayson Fuller/ Jorge Gómez-Paredes / Sarah Löpelt / Tabea Waltenberg (2024)
New forms of International partnerships to reduce negative spillover effects in support of global sustainability
T20 Brasil, Task Force 6 (Strengthening Multilateralism and Global Governance), Policy Brief
von Haaren, Paula / Ariel Macaspac Hernandez / Axel Berger (2024)
The EU’s support for the global Sustainable Development Agenda: how to accelerate progress until 2030
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 66-69
Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Jakob Schwab (2024)
The Investment Facilitation Index (IFI): quantifying domestic investment facilitation frameworks
Geneva: International Trade Centre
Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2023)
The updated Investment Facilitation Index
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Akman, Sait M. / Bozkurt Aran / Axel Berger et al. (2023)
Reforming the WTO through inclusive and development-friendly approaches: how to make plurilateral initiatives work for all
in DGAP Policy Brief No. 26
Berger, Axel / Sören Hilbrich / Gabriele Köhler / Yannik Sudermann (2023)
The implementation of the G7 and G20 gender equality goals in Germany. Update 2023
Berlin: Deutscher Frauenrat
Berger, Axel / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2023)
A decade of T20 and its contributions
in: Tetsushi Sonobe / Nicolas J. A. Buchoud / Riznaldi Akbar et al. (eds.), A World in Crisis, a World in Progress: Growing Better Together: Lessons from a Decade of Think20, Tokio: Asian Development Bank Institute, 30-35
Berger, Axel / Leonie Maria Droste / Linda Lütkes / Tabea Waltenberg (2023)
Overcoming negative spillover effects: the G20's role in support of global sustainability
in: Global Solutions Journal 9, 82-89
Berger, Axel / Ann-Margret Bolmer / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Marius Metz / Guillaume Robardet / Julia Schäfer / Marie-Lisa Schneider / Frank Schönberg (2023)
Implementation of the WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement: identification of reform needs and development policy measures
(Policy Brief 7/2023)
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2023)
Think tank networks: research-based recommendations for action for the G7 and G20
in: Annual Report 2021-2022 - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 39-43
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2023)
Think-Tank-Netzwerke: wissenschaftsbasierte Handlungsempfehlungen für G7 und G20
in: Jahresbericht 2021-2022 - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 39-43
Berger, Axel / Ann-Margret Bolmer / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2022)
Implementing an investment facilitation for development agreement: how to self-assess implementation gaps and technical assistance needs
Geneva: International Trade Centre
Berger, Axel / Alexandros Ragoussis (2022)
Is foreign direct investment losing clout in development?
(Briefing Paper 2/2022)
Berger, Axel / Yardenne Kagan / Karl P. Sauvant (eds.) (2022)
Investment facilitation for development: a toolkit for policymakers
Geneva: International Trade Centre (ITC), 2nd edition
Beisheim, Marianne / Axel Berger / Lars Brozus / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Ronja Scheler / Silke Weinlich (2022)
The G7 and multilateralism in times of aggression: Maintaining and strengthening cooperative and inclusive approaches for the global common good
in: T7 Task Force International cooperation for the global common good (March 2022)
Berger, Axel (2022)
What foreign investors want: findings from an investor survey of investment facilitation measures in Latin America and the Caribbean
Geneva: International Trade Centre (ITC)
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Axel Berger (2022)
Deutsche G7-Präsidentschaft: Ambition in schwierigem Umfeld
in: Welternährung (02/2022), 17.02.2022
Akman, M. Sait / Bozkurt Aran / Axel Berger et al. (2021)
Making plurilateral initiatives work for all: reforming the WTO through inclusive and development-friendly approaches
in: Task Force 7: Towards Reformed Multilateralism: Transforming Global Institutions and Frameworks
Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2021)
Adoption of investment facilitation measures for development
published on iap.unido.org, 10.10.2021
Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2021)
Quantifying investment facilitation at country level: introducing a new index
(Discussion Paper 23/2021)
Akman, Mehmet Sait / Axel Berger / Fabricio Botti et al. (2021)
Boosting G20 cooperation for WTO reform: leveraging the full potential of plurilateral initiatives
in: Task Force 3: Trade Investment and Growth
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2021)
WTO reform: the role of the G20
in: Ettore Greco / Fabrizio Botti / Nicola Bilotta (Hrsg.), Global governance at a turning point. The role of the G20, Rom: Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 39-69
Berger, Axel / Imme Scholz / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Sait Akman / Jann Lay / Gustavo Martinez / Stormy Mildner / Amrita Narlikar / Andrea Ordóñez / Claudia Schmucker / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Sébastien Treyer (2021)
Proposals to make the T20 a more impactful, effective, and continuous think tank process
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Berger, Axel / Karl Sauvant (2021)
Investment facilitation for development: a toolkit for policymakers
Genf: International Trade Centre
Berger, Axel / Manjiao, Chi (2021)
The EU-China comprehensive agreement on investment: stuck half-way?
in: Columbia FDI Perspectives (No. 299)
Leininger, Julia / Christoph Strupat / Yonas Adeto / Abebe Shimeles / Wilson Wasike (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic and structural transformation in Africa: evidence for action
(Discussion Paper 11/2021)
Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger / Aaron Cosbey / Susanne Dröge / Manfred Elsig / Ilaria Espa / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2020)
Trade and climate change: a key agenda for the G20
T20 Saudi Arabia, Task Force 7 (G20 Support for SDGs and Development Cooperation), Policy Brief
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Frederik Stender / Edward K. Brown / Philomena Apiko / Sean Woolfrey (2020)
Advancing EU-Africa cooperation in light of the African Continental Free Trade Area
Brussels: European Think Tank Group (September 2020)
Ndung’u, Njuguna / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Uri Dadush / Fatima Olanike Kareem / Olayinka Idowu Kareem / David Luke / Simon Mevel / Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi / Abebe Shimeles / Frederik Stender / Wilson Wasike (2020)
Africa’s diversification and its trade policy transformation
T20 Saudi Arabia, Task Force (Trade, Investment, and Growth), Policy Brief
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Manfred Elsig / Anwarul Hoda / Xinquan Tu (2020)
Improving key functions of the World Trade Organization: fostering open plurilaterals, regime management and decision-making
T20 Saudi Arabia, Task Force (Trade, Investment, and Growth), Policy Brief
Berger, Axel / Dominique Blümer / Clara Brandi / Manjiao Chi (2020)
Towards greening trade? Environmental provisions in emerging markets’ preferential trade agreements
in: Negi, Archna / Jorge Antonio Pérez-Pineda / Johannes Blankenbach (Eds.), Sustainability Standards and Global Governance, Singapore: Springer, 61-81
Bauer, Steffen / Axel Berger / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
With or without you: how the G20 could advance global action toward climate-friendly sustainable development
in: Global Solutions Journal (2020/5), 115-121
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Frederik Stender (2020)
Das EU-Mercosur-Abkommen: Chancen und Risiken für eine nachhaltigere EU-Handelspolitik
Schriftliche Anhörung von Sachverständigen zum Antrag der Fraktion BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN, Drucksache 17/7370
Stender, Frederik / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab (2020)
The trade effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: early empirical insights from panel data
(Discussion Paper 7/2020)
Berger, Axel / Sören Hilbrich / Gabriele Köhler (2020)
The implementation of the G7 and G20 gender equality goals in Germany
(Discussion Paper 5/2020)
Berger, Axel (2020)
The EU-China investment agreement negotiations: rationale, motivations, and contentious issues
in: Li, Yuwen / Tong Qi / Cheng Bian (eds.), China, the EU and international investment law: reforming investor-state dispute settlement, Abington: Routledge, 11-25
Axel Berger / Sebastian Gsell / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2020)
Investment Facilitation für nachhaltige Entwicklung: ein neuer Ansatz für internationale Investitionspolitik
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2020)
Berger, Axel (2019)
Nachhaltigkeit in globalen Wertschöpfungsketten: längst kein schmückendes Beiwerk, sondern ein Muss
in: Audit Committee Quarterly 4/2019, 33-35
Berger, Axel (2019)
Globale Wertschöpfung, globale Verantwortung? Nachhaltigkeit in globalen Wertschöpfungsketten
Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Berger, Axel / Sebastian Gsell (2019)
How can an international framework for investment facilitation contribute to sustainable development?
(Briefing Paper 15/2019)
Berger, Axel (2019)
G20 Summit in Osaka: the drought years of international cooperation
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 6/2019, 44-47
Berger, Axel (2019)
Der G20-Gipfel in Osaka: die Dürrejahre internationaler Kooperation
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 6/2019, 44-47
Bauer, Steffen / Axel Berger / Gabriela Iacobuta (2019)
With or without you: how the G20 could advance global action towards climate-friendly sustainable development
(Briefing Paper 10/2019)
Berger, Axel / Sebastian Gsell / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2019)
Investment facilitation for development: a new route to global investment governance
(Briefing Paper 5/2019)
Berger, Axel (2019)
The political economy of Chinese investment treaties
in: Ka Zeng (ed.), Handbook on the international political economy of China, Cheltenham/Northhampton: Elgar, 151-168
Nakagawa, Junji / Sait Akman / Axel Berger / Eduardo Bianchi / Manjiao Chi / Uri Dadush / Jean Dong / Gabriel Felbermayr / Andreas Freytag / Anabel Gonzalez / Bernard Hoekman / David Laborde / Sandra Rios / Sabyasachi Saha / Claudia Schmucker / Akihiko Ta (2019)
Reinvigorating the WTO as a negotiating forum
T20 Japan, Task Force 8 (Trade, Investment and Globalization), Policy Brief (March 2019)
Berger, Axel / Ahmad Ghouri / Tomoko Ishikawa / Karl P. Sauvant / Matthew Stephenson (2019)
Towards G20 guiding principles on investment facilitation for sustainable development
T20 Japan, Task Force 8 (Trade, Investment and Globalization), Policy Brief (March 2019)
Evenett, Simon J. / Sait Akman / Axel Berger / Eduardo Bianchi / Carlos Primo Braga / Marcela Cristini7 Kamala Dawar / Matthias Helble / Galina Kolev / Jurgen Matthes / Maximilian Mendez-Parra / Claudia Schmucker / Johannes Schwarzer / Aki Tamura / Tu Xin (2018)
Mend it, don't end it: the case for upgrading the G20's pledge on protectionism
published on T20 Argentina 2018
Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo / Axel Berger / Wallace S. Cheng / Santiago Díaz de Sarralde Miguez / Christian von Haldenwang / Tobias Hentze / Lucia Tajoli / Akihiko Tamura / Wei Wenfang (2018)
New industrial revolution: upgrading trade and investment frameworks for digitalization
published on T20 Argentina 2018
Berger, Axel / Karl P. Sauvant / Silvia Karina Fiezzoni / Rodrigo Polanco / Matthew Stephenson / Akihiko Tamura / Pavel Trunin (2018)
Moving the G20’s investment agenda forward
published on T20 Argentina 2018
Berger, Axel (2018)
What’s next for the investment facilitation agenda?
Columbia FDI Perspectives 224 (Perspectives on topical foreign direct investment 224), New York: Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Dominique Bruhn (2017)
Environmental provisions in trade agreements: promises at the trade and environment interface
(Briefing Paper 16/2017)
Berger, Axel / Claudia Schmucker (2017)
Bye-bye America, Konnichiwa Japan
published on Handelsblatt Global 13.07.2017
Berger, Axel (2017)
Showdown in Hamburg
published on Diplomatisches Magazin 01.06.2017
Berger, Axel (2017)
Showdown in Hamburg
published on Diplomatisches Magazin 01.06.2017
Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn (2017)
Vietnam’s preferential trade agreements: implications for GVC participation and upgrading
in: Claire H. Hollweg / Tanya Smith / Daria Taglioni (eds.), Vietnam at a crossroads: engaging in the next generation of global value chains, Washington, D.C.: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, 81-98
Akman, M. Sait / Axel Berger / Uri Dadush / Simon Evenett / Lise Johnson / Maximiliano Mendez-Parra / Raul Ochoa / Claudia Schmucker (2017)
Key policy options for the G20 in 2017 to support an open and inclusive trade and investment system
published on G20 Insights March 31, 2017
Neligan, Adriana / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Diego Navarro / Fernando Blumenschein / Isabel Jandeisek / Johannes Blankenbach / Josef Wieland / Joshua Wickerham / Lise Johnson / Philipp Harms / Uri Dadush (2017)
Fostering the sustainability of Global Value Chains (GVCs)
published on G20 Insights March 28, 2017
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Dominique Bruhn / Manjiao Chi (2017)
Towards “greening” trade? Tracking environmental provisions in the preferential trade agreements of emerging markets
(Discussion Paper 2/2017)
Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn / Andrea Bender / Julia Friesen / Katharina Kick / Felix Kullmann / Robert Roßner / Svenja Weyrauch (2016)
Deep preferential trade agreements and upgrading in global value chains: the case of Vietnam
(Studies 92)
Berger, Axel (2016)
A multilateral investment agreement: a road to nowhere?
in: G20 Hangzhou Summit 2016: proposals for trade, investment, and sustainable development outcomes, Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), 63-70
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2016)
Die G20 und die Zukunft des Welthandelssystems
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2016)
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2016)
The G20 and the future of the global trading system
(Briefing Paper 10/2016)
Dieter, Heribert / Rolf J. Langhammer / Marc Bungenberg / Andreas Freytag / Catherine Grant Makokera / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2016)
After the WTO conference in Nairobi: what is the future of the World Trade Organisation?
in: ifo Schnelldienst 69 (5), 3-17
Dieter, Heribert / Rolf J. Langhammer / Marc Bungenberg / Andreas Freytag / Catherine Grant Makokera / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2016)
Die WTO-Ministerkonferenz in Nairobi: das Ende der Welthandelsorganisation oder der Aufbruch in eine neue Ära?
in: ifo Schnelldienst 69 (5), 3-17
Berger, Axel (2015)
Developing countries and the future of the international investment regime
Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Berensmann, Kathrin / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2015)
Post-2015: Die 2030-Agenda für nachhaltige Entwicklung braucht adäquate weltwirtschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 11/2015)
Berger, Axel (2015)
Finanzierung globaler Entwicklung: Können Internationale Investitionsabkommen ausländische Direktinvestitionen erhöhen?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 8/2015)
Clara Brandi / Axel Berger / Dominique Bruhn (2015)
Between minilateralism and multilateralism: opportunities and risks of pioneer alliances in international trade and climate politics
(Briefing Paper 16/2015)
Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger / Dominique Bruhn (2015)
Zwischen Minilateralismus und Multilateralismus: Chancen und Risiken von Vorreiterallianzen in der internationalen Handels- und Klimapolitik
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2015)
Berensmann, Kathrin / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2015)
Post 2015: the need for an enabling global economic governance framework
(Briefing Paper 15/2015)
Berger, Axel (2015)
Financing global development: Can foreign direct investments be increased through international investment agreements?
(Briefing Paper 9/2015)
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
What should development policy actors do about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)?
(Briefing Paper 1/2015)
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
Die Transatlantische Handels- und Investitionspartnerschaft (TTIP): was sollte die Entwicklungspolitik tun?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2015)
Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2014)
TTIP : opportunities and risks for global development
in: Annual Report 2013-2014: 50 years of building bridges between research and practice, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 40-43
Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2014)
TTIP : Chancen und Risiken für globale Entwicklung
in: Jahresbericht 2013-2014: 50 Jahre Brücken bauen zwischen Theorie und Praxis, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 40-43
Knörich, Jan / Axel Berger (2014)
Friends or foes? Interactions between Indonesia’s international investment agreements and national investment law
(Studies 82)
Berger, Axel (2014)
EU-China bilateral investment agreement negotiations
in: EURObiz Journal of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, May/June 2014, 11-13
Messner, Dirk / Axel Berger / Carmen Richerzhagen (2013)
Neue Paradigmen der Entwicklungspolitik: Urbanisierung im Zeitalter des Klimawandel
in: Dirk Messner / Armin Frey / Thomas Jäger / Manfred Fischedick / Thomas Hartmann-Wendels (Hrsg.), Globalisierungsgestaltung und internationale Übereinkommen, Wiesbaden: Springer, VS, 59-98
Berger, Axel (2013)
Investment rules in Chinese PTIAs: a partial “NAFTA-ization” reintegration
in: Rainer Hofmann / Stephan Schill / Christian Tams (eds.), Preferential trade and investment agreements: from recalibration to reintegration, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verl.-Ges., 297-333
Berger, Axel (2013)
The futile debate over a multilateral framework for investment
published on Columbia FDI Perspectives 102
Berger, Axel (2013)
Do we really need a multilateral investment agreement?
(Briefing Paper 9/2013)
Berger, Axel (2013)
Brauchen wir wirklich ein multilaterales Investitionsabkommen?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 2/2013)
Berger, Axel (2013)
Investment rules in Chinese preferential trade and investment agreements: is China following the global trend towards comprehensive agreements?
(Discussion Paper 7/2013)
Lema, Rasmus / Axel Berger / Hubert Schmitz (2012)
China’s impact on the global wind power industry
(Discussion Paper 16/2012)
Berger, Axel / Julia Harten (2012)
Welche Chancen bieten die neuen internationalen Investitionsabkommen der EU für Entwicklungsländer?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 10/2012)
Berger, Axel / Julia Harten (2012)
What opportunities do the New EU international investment agreements offer for developing countries?
(Briefing Paper 12/2012)
Berger, Axel / Deborah Brautigam / Philipp Baumgartner (2011)
Why are we so critical of China’s engagement in Africa?
in: Thomas Fues / LIU Youfa (eds.), Global governance and building a harmonious world: a comparison of European and Chinese concepts for international affairs (Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) , Studies 62), 189-194
Berger, Axel et al. (2010)
Do trade and investment agreements lead to more FDI? Accounting for key provisions inside the black box
Kiel Working Papers 1647
Berger, Axel (2010)
Der Blick nach draußen: verbesserte Durchsetzungsfähigkeit von Marktzugangsrechten in China nach Lissabon?
in: Marc Bungenberg / Jörn Griebel / Steffen Hindelang (Hrsg.), Internationaler Investitonsschutz und Europarecht, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verl.-Ges., 201-210
Berger, Axel (2010)
China’s new bilateral investment treaty programme: substance, rational and implications for international investment law making
in: Chinese Journal of International Economic Law 17 (1)
Berger, Axel et al. (2010)
More stringent BITs, less ambiguous effects on FDI? Not a bit!
Kiel: Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Working Papers 1621) auch erschienen als: WTO Staff Working Paper ERSD-2010-10 http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/ersd201010_e.pdf
Berger, Axel / Thomas Fues (2010)
The Global Governance School: laying the foundations for dialogue and cooperation in a changing world
in: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) : Annual Report 2009-2010, 54-55
Berger, Axel / Thomas Fues (2010)
Welt im Wandel: die Global Governance School legt Grundlagen für Dialog und Kooperation
in: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) : Jahresbericht 2009-2010, 54-55
Berger, Axel (2008)
China and the global governance of foreign direct investment
(Discussion Paper 10/2008)

Meinungsbeiträge

Berger, Axel (Interview) (2026)
Energiekrise bedroht die Ernährung
in: General-Anzeiger, 04.04.2026
Berger, Axel (2026)
WTO-Gipfel in Kamerun endet im Desaster: Welthandel unter größtem Druck seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
published on fr.de/wirtschaft/gastwirtschaft, 03.04.2026
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2026)
After Yaoundé: sobering pragmatism
published on blogs.idos-research.de, 31.03.2026
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2026)
Der Welthandel sucht seine Organisation
published on faz.net/premium/weltwirtschaft, 26.03.2026
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2026)
Was bei der WTO-Ministerkonferenz auf dem Spiel steht
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 23.03.2026
Berger, Axel / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2026)
Partnerschaften statt Einflusssphären
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 12.01.2026
Berger, Axel (2025)
Deutschland braucht Handelsbeziehungen mit neuen Partnern
published on https://www.fr.de, 17.10.2025
Berger, Axel (2025)
Wie weiter mit der krisengeschüttelten Welthandelsorganisation?
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 29.09.2025
Berger, Axel / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2025)
Investment Facilitation for Development: what Should FfD4 Deliver?
published on blogs.idos-research.de, 07.04.2025
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2025)
Politik für eine regel-basierte multipolare Welt
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 24.02.2025
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2024)
Vom Zukunftsgipfel in New York zur Hamburg Sustainability Conference
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 30.09.2024
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2024)
60 Jahre Forschung, Politikberatung und Ausbildung am IDOS
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 11.03.2024
Berger, Axel / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2024)
Investment Facilitation for Development: what’s at stake at the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization?
published on blogs.idos-research.de, 23.02.2024
Wisskirchen, Alma / Axel Berger (2023)
Ein Wegbereiter für den SDG-Gipfel?
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 04.09.2023
Altenburg, Tilman / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2023)
Der internationale Subventionswettlauf um grüne Technologien
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 17.04.2023)
Berger, Axel (2023)
Reformiert die Weltbank!
in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 17.03.2023
Berger, Axel (2023)
Mehr Impulse für Nachhaltigkeit bitte!
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 16.01.2023)
Berger, Axel (2022)
Globale Nachhaltigkeit im Blick behalten
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 20.06.2022
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Axel Berger (2022)
Deutsche G7-Präsidentschaft: Ambition in schwierigem Umfeld
in: Welternährung (02/2022), 17.02.2022
Berger, Axel / Sven Grimm (2021)
Promoting a green and just recovery - leveraging the potential of G20 and G7 cooperation
published on blogs.die-gdi.de, 27.10.2021
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab / Frederik Stender (2021)
The jury is still out on the economic partnership agreements
published on jcms.ideasoneurope.eu, 16.08.2021
Keijzer, Niels / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger / Frederik Stender (2020)
Warum die deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft die Panafrikanische Freihandelszone in den Fokus rücken sollte
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 07.09.2020
Berger, Axel (2020)
International economic cooperation: the G7 as a bridge-builder
published on www.ispionline.it, 10.06.2020
Berger, Axel / Andrew Cooper / Sven Grimm (2020)
After one decade of G20 summitry: what future of global club governance in turbulent times?
published on blogs.die-gdi.de 23. Januar 2020
Grimm, Sven / Axel Berger (2019)
The year ahead in 2019: think local when acting globally
published on International Development Blog, 09.01.2019
Berger, Axel / Sven Grimm / Matthew Oxenford / Stephen Pickford / Ye Yu (2018)
The G20 @ 10 conference: assessing the benefits, limitations and the future of global club governance in turbulent times
published on blogs.die-gdi.de 19. November 2018
Berger, Axel / Sven Grimm (2018)
T20 - cooperation to overcome the challenges to multilateralism?
published on blogs.die-gdi.de 19. September 2018
Berger, Axel / Sven Grimm (2018)
The G20 after the Buenos Aires Summit: it's still relevant!
published on blogs.die-gdi.de 5. Dezember 2018
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2018)
Der G20-Gipfel und die Zukunft der Welthandelsorganisation
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 03.12.2018)
Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2018)
Was bedeutet Trumps America-first-Handelspolitik für den globalen Süden?
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
Sauvant, Karl P. / Axel Berger (2018)
Putting FDI on the G20 Agenda
published on www.project-syndicate.org Aug 3, 2018
Berger, Axel (2018)
Handelspolitik: auf wackligen Füßen
in: Frankfurter Rundschau 14.02.2018
Berger, Axel (2018)
Welche Auswirkungen haben sie für Entwicklungsländer?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 23.03.2018
Berger, Axel (2017)
Die Zukunft des Multilateralismus steht auf dem Spiel
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 11.12.2017)
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2017)
Wir haben nur einen Planeten – quo vadis Umweltschutz in Handelsabkommen?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 25.09.2017)
Berger, Axel (2017)
What remains of the G20 Hamburg Summit?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 10.07.2017)
von Weizsäcker, Franz / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2017)
Handelspolitik im digitalen Zeitalter
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 03.04. 2017)
Berger, Axel (2017)
The G20 Foreign Ministers‘ Meeting: Rebuilding the Social Fabric of International Cooperation
Published on: T20blog, 23.02.2017
Berger, Axel (2017)
The role of the G20 in fostering multilateralism
Published on: T20blog, 22.02.2017
Berger, Axel (2017)
G20 Engagement Groups call for Open and Inclusive Societies
Published on: T20blog, 15.02.2017
Berger, Axel (2017)
The G20 and Africa
Published on: T20blog, 31.01.2017
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2017)
Der Welthandel vor der Abschottungsspirale?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 19.01.2017)
Berger, Axel / Hugh Jorgensen (2016)
Introducing the T20 blog – how to get engaged
Published on: T20blog, 03.11.2016
Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2016)
Chancen für die Benachteiligten
published on Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung 8.9.2016
Berger, Axel / Peter Wolff (2016)
G20-Gipfel in Hangzhou – was ist zu erwarten?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 02.09.2016)
Berger, Axel / Henning Klodt (2016)
CETA und die Reform des Investitionsschutzes: Frischer Wind oder laues Lüftchen?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 07.03.2016)
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
Welthandel im Umbruch
in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung 21.11.2015, 1
Berger, Axel (2015)
TTIP and investment protection: reason for failure or impetus for reform?
published on Cato Online Forum October 2015
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
Das Pazifikbündnis setzt die EU unter Druck
published on Zeit online 14. Oktober 2015
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
TPP schafft Fakten: Wie sollte die EU reagieren?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 13.10.2015)
Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn (2015)
Weltwirtschaftliche Integration um jeden Preis?
Bonn, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 27.07.2015)
Berger, Axel (2015)
Die europäische Handelspolitik in der Sackgasse
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 02.03.2015)
Berger, Axel (2015)
Im Hintertreffen
in: Frankfurter Rundschau 24. Februar 2015
Berger, Axel / Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen (2015)
The transatlantic trade and investment partnership, investor-state dispute settlement and China
New York: Columbia Center of Sustainable Investment (FDI Perspectives 140)
Berger, Axel (2014)
The consequences of a crumbling TTIP
published on www.euractive.com, 19.12.2014
Berger, Axel (2014)
Was, wenn TTIP scheitert?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 01.12.2014)
Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2014)
TTIP: Implikationen des Abkommens für Drittländer
published on Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Blogbeitrag)
Berger, Axel (2014)
Das EU-China-Investitionsabkommen: Es ist einen Versuch wert
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 10.06.2014)
Berger, Axel (2014)
Comment: why an EU-China investment agreement would not be such a bad thing
published on Borderlex
Berger, Axel (2014)
Weniger ist mehr
in: Frankfurter Rundschau 5. März 2014, 10
Berger, Axel (2014)
Das Transatlantische Freihandelsabkommen – Der Streit um die Streitbeilegung
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 04.03.2014)
Berger, Axel (2013)
Wem nützt das EU-China-Investitionsabkommen?
in: Neue Züricher Zeitung, 21.11.2013, 23
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Julia Kubny (2013)
What are the implications of the planned US-EU free trade agreement for developing countries?
published on KfW Development Research (Development in Brief 18)
Berger, Axel (2013)
The real significance of a China-EU investment treaty
published on Caixin Online, 15.10.2013
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Julia Kubny (2013)
Welche Folgen hat das geplante Freihandelsabkommen zwischen USA und EU für Entwicklungsländer?
published on Entwicklungspolitik Kompakt 18 (14. Oktober 2013)
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2013)
Das Ende von Doha
in: Handelsblatt 8.7.2013, 17
Berger, Axel (2013)
Investment treaties and the search for market access in China
in: Investment Treaty News 4 (3), 8-9
Berger, Axel (2008)
China's new bilateral investment treaty programme: substance, rational and implications for international investment law making
Conference "The politics of international economic law: the next four years, Washington D.C., November 14-15
Berger, Axel (2008)
Sino-African Bilateral Investment Treaties: Implications for Economic Development
Paper presented at the 12th EADI General Conference "Global Governance for Sustainable Development : The Need for Policy Coherence and New Partnerships", 24-28 June 2008, Geneva.
Berger, Axel / Walter Kahlenborn (2007)
Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen: status quo Report Deutschland 2007
Berlin: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit
Berger, Axel / Anna Brüderle (2004)
Schöne neue Wissens-Welt? Eine empirische Untersuchung über die Stellung der Entwicklungsländer im globalen Wettbewerb um Wissen
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

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