The Implications of New German and EU Policies for the Transatlantic Trade Relationship

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Speakers
Philip Luck, Director of the Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Matthias Krämer, Head of the Department of External Economic Policy, The Federation of German Industries (BDI)
Silvia Merler, Nonresident Fellow, Bruegel
Alexander Privitera, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, AGI

Moderator
Peter Rashish, Vice President and Director, Geoeconomics Program, AGI

This webinar will focus on the evolution of German and EU trade, fiscal, defense, and industrial policies and their implications for the United States and the global economy. Among the issues that will be addressed are the importance of economic security vs. free trade in German and EU trade policy, the ramifications of the Draghi and Letta Reports for the EU as a geoeconomic actor, and the transatlantic and global economic consequences of the proposed new German debt rules and investment spending.

Philip A. Luck is director of the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business. He served in the Biden-Harris administration as the deputy chief economist at the U.S. Department of State. Dr. Luck is an expert on the economics of international trade, global supply chains, and international migration policy. He has spent his career in public service, both in government and academia. At the Department of State, Dr. Luck led analytical efforts to combat sanctions and export control evasion, increase global supply chain resilience, combat economic coercion, as well as improve migration policy design and implementation. Prior to joining the U.S. Department of State, Philip was an assistant professor of economics at the University of Colorado, Denver. Dr. Luck’s research focuses on the international organization of production—specifically, how international trade and migration impact the structure of firms, supply chains, demand for skills, labor market dynamics, and aggregate welfare. His research has been published in leading economic journals, including the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, and Review of International Economics. His work has also been covered in major publications including the New York Times, The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and RealClear Markets. A devoted teacher, he has taught at Drexel University and Claremont McKenna College as well as the University of Colorado, Denver. He graduated with honors in economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and earned MSc and PhD degrees in economics from the University of California, Davis.

Silvia Merler is a Non-resident fellow at Bruegel and the Head of ESG and Policy Research at Algebris Investments. She joined Bruegel as Affiliate fellow in August 2013. Her main research interests include international macro and financial economics, central banking and EU institutions and policy making. Before joining Bruegel, she worked as Economic Analyst in DG Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission (ECFIN). There she focused on macro-financial stability as well as financial assistance and stability mechanisms, in particular on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), providing supportive analysis for the policy negotiations.

Alexander Privitera is a Geoeconomics Non-Resident Senior Fellow at AGI. He is a columnist at BRINK news and professor at Marconi University. He was previously Senior Policy Advisor at the European Banking Federation and was the head of European affairs at Commerzbank AG. He focuses primarily on Germany’s European policies and their impact on relations between the United States and Europe. Previously, Mr. Privitera was the Washington-based correspondent for the leading German news channel, N24. As a journalist, over the past two decades he has been posted to Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, and Rome. Mr. Privitera was born in Rome, Italy, and holds a degree in Political Science (International Relations and Economics) from La Sapienza University in Rome.

This event will convene via Zoom. Please contact AGI Program Associate Mr. Jack Fornasiero at jfornasiero@aicgs.org with any questions.

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This event is made possible by support from the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.