@pigunes.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. of Economics at University of Sussex. Research Fellow at the CITP. Formerly OECD and KOF, ETH Zurich. HEC Lausanne. International trade, trade policy, digital trade, AI, labour economics.
@pigunes.bsky.social📢 My new piece: Who really pays for US forced-labour tariffs?Key findings:
🇺🇸 The US gains modestly (+0.26% welfare)
🌍 Smaller economies bear larger costs
🤝 Individual retaliation fails to offset US gains, but collective retaliation turns them into a 0.43% loss
Read more: citp.ac.uk/publications...
@pigunes.bsky.socialMy piece on protectionism is now out with @uktpo.org's Beginner’s Guide series.
Protectionism is back at the centre of trade policy debates — but how does it affect us as consumers or workers?
The answer 👉 www.uktpo.org/2026/09/16/a...
#TradePolicy#Protectionism#Tariffs#InternationalTrade