Stefanie Walter

I detect confusion between a Trumpian trade “deal” and a real trade agreement. A Trumpian deal is based on the assumption that governments can simply tell companies what transactions they will do, whether in trade or investment. Most governments cannot do that. 1/

How companies are responding to Trump’s tariffs Reuters is tracking how companies are responding to the threat posed by <a href=

Very interesting overview about how firms are reacting to the Trump tariffs.

www.reuters.com/graphics/USA... How companies are responding to Trump’s tariffs

Some optimistic take on where Europe stands in terms of security - and that actually, things are moving and quite a lot has been achieved.

🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live.

🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.

🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!

Swiss Trade Talks ‘Challenging,’ US Trade Representative Greer Says US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer discusses the new tariff rates announced by the Trump administration and the $40 billion trade deficit the US has with Switzerland. (Source: Bloomberg...

Link to the Greer interview: www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

Bloomberg with some background on the break-down of the CH-US trade deal that had been negotiated and officially agreed by the Swiss gov in early July - though Greer now says that to call this an agreement „is an overstatement“

The Call for Papers for the 2026 EPSS conference is now out!

epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

Join us in Belfast for #EPSS2026

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The first EPSS conference will be held in Belfast next year! We are keeping many things that people have loved in the past, but also innovating with some new formats. It will be great! ⭐️✨💫

Check it out and submit your @epssnet.bsky.social proposal by Nov 7!

This will be a great conference. Lots of good energy and new ideas. And a fabulous set of chairs.

More on the new conference formats as well as the other developments at EPSS here

epssnet.org/news/

Good time to join the listserv and sign up for membership

Join us in Belfast for a fantastic first conference of the @epssnet.bsky.social ! I’m co-chairing the IR section and am looking forward to your submissions 😊

Apparently also Trump‘s Golf Shirts…

Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal MAKING GLOBAL HISTORY: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union (EU), fundamentally rebalancing the economic

Believe it or not, the EU-US trade deal just got messier.

The White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events.

Let's take a closer look.

Massive, long-running, ongoing data public goods provision from Erik & collaborators.

Statt die regelbasierte Welthandelsordnung zu verteidigen, schlägt die EU in einen Deal ein, von dem unsicher ist, wie lange er hält, der von den Launen eines Populisten und nicht vom Recht regiert wird und der mit den Regeln der Welthandelsorganisation kaum vereinbar ist. 2/2

Trump reaps $50bn tariff haul as world ‘chickens out’ Only China and Canada have retaliated against US president’s tariff war

Can cooperative institutions be sustained if no-one is willing to incur costs in order to punish those breaking the rules? It doesn't seem (to date) that the international community is particularly committed to the rules that have governed trade since WW2.
www.ft.com/content/82e3...

Cool to have the Euro Cup in your home town 😀

Are the Contents of International Treaties Copied and Pasted? Evidence from Preferential Trade Agreements Abstract. Most accounts of international negotiations suggest that global agreements are individually crafted and distinct, while some emerging scholarship

I was thinking of this paper: academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

I know people have used Plagiarism software to measure similarity of preferential Trade agreements. Maybe also an option for your paper?

Global Negotiation Conference

This is the outcome of a cooperation between the Institute for Global Negotiations and the @ipz.bsky.social in the form of a Capstone course.

I am so very proud my students, who not only designed an excellent multilateral negotiation simulation on deep-sea-mining over the past months, but also expertly chaired the negotiations as 35 students at the IGN‘s Global Negotiation Conference played it today.

This is teaching at its best!

Thanks, Lisa! We are excited that the community views this development so positively.

And credit, where credit is due: This would not have been possible without the other members of the EPSA reform working group: @simonhix.bsky.social , @macartan.bsky.social and @markkayser.bsky.social.

Eine Politik der Nichtkooperation, wie Trump sie betreibt, führt in eine Sackgasse Warum ist Trumps «America first»-Rhetorik so erfolgreich, wenn seine Politik die USA langfristig zu schwächen droht?

Some thoughts on why "my country first" policies seem so appealing, and the risks they bring in the long run [in German].

We have a great job opportunity for an economic analyst focused on fiscal in our Brussels office BUT so far hardly any women have applied. Pls help us changed that and spread the word! Job posting: dezernatzukunft-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

"Crisis Conference Call": Die aktuelle Krise des Welthandelssystems | UZH Zentrum für Krisenkompetenz (CCC) | UZH

Link ist hier:
www.crisiscompetence.uzh.ch/de/events/Kr...

What a treat: A day away discussing all the great research being done in our team!

#IB-LSKolloquium

With @scherzinger.bsky.social @ta-huikuri.bsky.social @tommccraehunter.bsky.social @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social, Iryna Lukianova, Nicole Plotke-Scherly, Camilla Bellmann, Michael Stelzig & Max Schön.

Ja, sollte kommen, ich sag Bescheid.

Starting now!

Thanks, Dina!

#Recommend

Morgen, Mi 2.7.25 um 17 Uhr spreche ich im nächsten Crisis Conference Call mit Prof. Dr. Ralph Ossa, Ökonom an der @uzh-ch.bsky.social und ehemaliger Chefökonom der WTO über die Krise des Welthandelssystems.

Offen für Alle, Anmeldung zum Zoom-Call hier:
www.crisiscompetence.uzh.ch/de/events/Kr...