In Zeiten zahlreicher globaler Krisen befindet sich die Europäische Union (EU) am Scheidepunkt. Nach den Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament und dem anschließenden Führungswechsel im Jahr 2024 werden die politischen Entscheidungen, die die EU treffen wird, die Zukunft des europäischen Projekts und die Rolle der EU als globaler Akteur in den kommenden Jahren bestimmen.
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2013) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 04. März 2013
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Dominique Bruhn (2017) Briefing Paper 16/2017
This paper provides new research insights and input for policy discussions at the interface of international trade and the environment.
Berger, Axel (2013) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 07. Oktober 2013
Forscher*innen am IDOS untersuchen Instrumente ökologischer Strukturpolitik und globale Regelwerke, welche entsprechende Transformationsprozesse unterstützen.
Online, 19. Januar 2021
The event focused on the potential value-added of a WTO Investment Facilitation Framework for Development. It is well established that countries seek to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), to advance their economic growth and development. However, since the bulk of any investment facilitation effort is undertaken at the national…
Supply chain research helps identify opportunities for companies in developing countries. It provides insights into the distribution of income between stages of the value chain and information about dependency relationships, knowledge transfer, or environmental impacts.
Ehemaliger Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Forschungsprogramm "Inter- und transnationale Zusammenarbeitn"
Geneva, 11. Oktober 2019
Discussions on investment facilitation, initiated at the 11 th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Buenos Aires, represent an opportunity both for countries aiming at improving their domestic frameworks to attract investments but also for the World Trade Organization (WTO) itself. While traditional international investment policy…
Bonn, 16. November 2023
With the rise of digital economies and digital innovations, issues surrounding data are becoming increasingly important in public debates around the world. While new challenges have emerged regarding data misuses in the past years, the political, legal and multilateral responses have been lagging, partly due to the complexity of these new…
Beisheim, Marianne / Axel Berger / Lars Brozus / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Ronja Scheler / Silke Weinlich (2022) Externe Publikationen
Bonn, 23. Mai 2019
Structured Discussions on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation are underway in the World Trade Organization (WTO), following a Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development endorsed by 70 members of the WTO’s 11 th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December 2017. If these discussions should,…
Brüntrup, Michael / Waltina Scheumann / Axel Berger / Lidija Christmann / Clara Brandi (2014) Externe Publikationen
Geneva, 27. September 2017
The G20 is a unique international platform that can overcome policy silo mentalities and bridge trade policy and other public policy objectives such as sustainable and inclusive growth. Often these broader objectives are neglected in trade policy debates. In fact, trade policy has emerged as one of the most contested policy fields during…
Alma Wisskirchen ist Politikwissenschaftlerin und ehemalige Wissenschaftliche Referentin der Geschäftsführung am German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
von Weizsäcker, Franz / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2017) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 03. April 2017
Um den heutigen Herausforderungen gerecht zu werden, muss Handelspolitik digitaler, transparenter und partizipativer werden.
Hannes Öhler ist Ökonom und ehemaliger Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des Forschungsprogramms "Inter- und transnationale Zusammenarbeit".
Special „Lieferketten nachhaltig gestalten”: Forschung über Lieferketten hilft, die Chancen für Unternehmen in Entwicklungsländern zu erkennen.
Berger, Axel / Yardenne Kagan / Karl P. Sauvant (eds.) (2022) Buchveröffentlichungen
Berger, Axel / Sebastian Gsell / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2019) Briefing Paper 5/2019
This policy brief provides an overview of the emerging policy debate about investment facilitation. We highlight that four key challenges need to be tackled in order to negotiate an Investment Facilitation Framework (IFF) in the WTO that supports sustainable development