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Benedikt Heid

@benoheid.bsky.social
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German economist based in Spain at Universitat Jaume I 🇪🇺. CESifo Fellow. Interested in international trade, trade and investment agreements, wildlife conservation, cooking, food. And books, too many books. bi🏳️‍🌈 benediktheid.weebly.com

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 20/01/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Germany has joined France in saying it will ask the European Commission to explore unleashing the EU's so-called trade "bazooka" in response to Trump's threat to seize Greenland, according to five diplomats with knowledge of the situation. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/01/2026
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
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Owe Jessen @owejessen.de · 15/01/2026
Spread the word.
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Less than a week to submit your papers for the 19th Australasian Trade Workshop (#ATW19), hosted by Deakin Business School at @deakinuniversity.bsky.social in Melbourne, Australia. 1/n
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Dates: 20-21 March 2026. There is no registration fee. Please submit your papers until November 1. #EconSky #trade n/n
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
You can find the Call for Papers on ATW’s website sites.google.com/view/austral...
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Australasian Trade Workshop
The Australasian Trade Workshop (ATW) is an annual conference of trade economists in Australasia that is hosted by a different university in the region each year, co-ordinated by Benedikt Heid, Onur K...
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Coorganized by Onur Koska, Frank Stähler, and myself, ATW is likely the largest academic conference on international #trade in Australasia. 3/n
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
ATW is an annual conference of trade economists in Australasia that is hosted by a different university in the region each year. 2/n
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Less than a week to submit your papers for the 19th Australasian Trade Workshop (#ATW19), hosted by Deakin Business School at @deakinuniversity.bsky.social in Melbourne, Australia. 1/n
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 22/10/2025
Just to be clear, the case is about specific tariffs under IEEPA. Even if SCOTUS says these tariffs are illegal, Trump has loads of other tariffs options, so his claims here make no sense.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The secret to academic success is 20% grit, 80% sunk cost fallacy
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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 26/09/2025
Causal nihilism like this will get us nowhere, folks! At the very least, turn that value judgment into a quantitatively grounded estimate of sensitivity.
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Patricia Reguero Ríos @desbordes.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Is this mi primer artículo bisexual en el salto? Diría que sí...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 22/09/2025
A blue collar, apolitical friend in Michigan is mad when, because of Trump ending the de minimis exemption, UPS surpised him by demanding a tariff payment before it would deliver a part he ordered on EBay from the Czech Republic. This made it super clear to him who pays tariffs.
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Very useful discussion on the perils of using micro/cross-sectional parameter estimates in inferring the aggregate effects of policies/shocks. This is pervasive in Economics, yet the two effects can even have the opposite signs. (Example in next post.) voxdev.org/topic/method...
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The ‘missing intercept’ problem with going from micro to macro
Many applied microeconomics papers conclude with a back-of-the-envelope calculation that scales their cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level. These types of aggregate estimates are only vali...
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 29/08/2025
So the bell goes now for Round Two… (ding) www.reuters.com/legal/government/mo…
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Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
1) BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED 2) See you in the Supreme Court! 3) I have little faith in the Supreme Court
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Cédric Chambru @cedricchambru.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
📢 New initiative: we are launching a monthly virtual seminar in French Economic History to share and discuss the latest research in the field! 🌍 Open to all interested in #econhist. 👉 Info & updates: sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/h...
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El Salto @elsaltodiario.com · 26/08/2025
🚒Feijóo propone un registro de pirómanos, cuando solo el 7% de los incendios intencionados tienen esa causa
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Feijóo propone un registro de pirómanos, cuando solo el 7% de los incendios intencionados tienen esa causa
Mientras el líder de la oposición propone un plan contra incendios, que incluye perseguir a los pirómanos, el Gobierno aprobará este martes ayudas para las zonas afectadas.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 23/08/2025
"If we fight a grinding total war of attrition we'll need factories!" is the kind of statement that might be true in an economy-wide sense but is just populist protectionism in an army helmet when you reach for it one sector at a time to justify tariffs or subsidies you want to roll out anyway.
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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The EU has swallowed a lot already. It can’t compromise when it comes to the regulation of technology platforms that facilitate the spread of hate speech, disinformation & partisan propaganda. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law, sources say
President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act, two sources familiar with the matter said, over U.S. complaints that the law censors Americans and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Your occasional reminder -- as arrivals on student visas decrease 28% -- that tuition from foreign students counts as an export, which means that every rejected student visa is going to contribute to the US trade deficit. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Student Arrivals to US Continue to Plummet, With Asia Hit Especially Hard
Visitors to the US arriving on student visas plunged in July, falling year-on-year for a fourth straight month.
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Ein weiterer Schlag gegen die Rechtssicherheit in den USA. Man kann inzwischen von einem spezifischen Investionsrisiko in den USA sprechen. Für die US-Wirtschaft ein fatales Signal.
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Trump stoppt Windparkbau mit fadenscheinigen nationalen Sicherheitsinteressen. Eine de facto Enteignung bzw Entwertung ausländischer Direktinvestitionen. Ein Verhalten, das bisher oft in lateinamerikanischen Ländern diskutiert wurde. 1/n
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Ørsted: Trump-Regierung verhängt Baustopp für Offshore-Windpark Revolution Wind
Alle Fundamente und die meisten Turbinen stehen schon, doch der dänische Staatskonzern Ørsted darf sein Projekt »Revolution Wind« nicht fertigstellen. Die USA begründen ihren Eingriff mit der national...
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Sean Ehrlich @seandehrlich.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is exactly right. Trump hasn’t put into place the completely ridiculous tariff rates he’s threatened but he’s raised tariffs to the highest they’ve been in generations. In all of the chaos surrounding Trump’s trade policy, we shouldn’t lose sight of this fact
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Text of the US-EU trade deal is out: www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st... The most important thing is what's not there. Trump had boasted "They gave me $600 billion, and that’s a gift." But guess what? They didn't. He didn't get a penny.
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Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade
The United States and the European Union are pleased to announce that they have agreed on a Framework on
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Russian strike burnt 15,000 books at Ukrainian university in a single night on 18 August. The attack destroyed the library's newest collection of the Sumy State University. Every book was purchased over the past six years.⤵️ 📷Suspilne
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
correct link: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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In Defense of Jonathan Brown
Georgetown suspended a professor for a statement milder than one made by the president of the United States on social media. It should immediately end the practice of arbitrary suspensions without due...
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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
TACO damages everything he touches. #empiresuicidewatch 76
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 15/08/2025
More than 450 million Europeans. 29 countries. 1 shared freedom. This year, we mark 40 years of Schengen! The Schengen Agreement has reshaped how over 450 million Europeans live, work and travel.
Lake Konigsee on German-Austrian border © Adobe Stock, Michal Rezny Lake at the border between Norway and Sweden © Adobe Stock, WirestockMountain landscape in the Pieniny National Park at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. Pieniny Park is located on the border of Poland and Slovakia © Adobe Stock, proslgn Flock of sheeps moving down a valley in the French Alps on border with Switzerland © Adobe Stock, Aide
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María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
What’s happening now in Spain didn’t happen just 50 years ago at this scale in most of the country. Still it’s shocking how little the political debate focuses on the consequences of the climate emergency. My opinion piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Spanish people know deadly heatwaves are now an annual event. So why are our politicians in denial? | María Ramírez
We need everyday solutions like ‘cool banks’ and shaded areas, as well as serious policies on emissions, says María Ramírez, deputy managing editor of elDiario.es
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The old tweet for historical interest - I had no idea when I posted it that this had anything to do with stuff psychologists were doing. x.com/rlmcelreath/...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
You'll never guess who is *actually* paying for the tariffs.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 08/08/2025
The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities. It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree. Likely to enter force within days.
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Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Must read by @ricardohausmann.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
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Are Economists Architects or Auditors?
Ricardo Hausmann laments how the field’s appetite for imaginative problem-solving has given way to narrow, testable hypotheses.
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COPAFS @copafs.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
AEA Statement on Dismissal of BLS Comm. "The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions."
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 02/08/2025
Percentages, how do they work?
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Read this paragraph, please. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
Mr. Digre's company has long manufactured speakers in Minnesota for export, including to a major customer in Canada. His firm relies on certain materials from China, the only place to get many small components needed for speakers. But Mr. Digre must now pay a 55 percent tariff on those Chinese imports. As a result, manufacturing for that customer from the United States no longer makes sense. So Mr. Digre has shifted speaker production to a factory in China, where he will export directly to Canada and bypass the United States entirely.
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
By the way, neither for a "lex Netanyahu".
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
If not, the deal would go against WTO rules. We should not throw out the international legal order for a "lex Trump".
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Spot on thoughts by Sam. Fully agree with "my guess is that the EU will pretend any US-only tariff reductions are part of a staged “interim” deal ahead of the conclusion of a full FTA at some point in the future. All of the trade lawyers will be upset (sorry, trade lawyers)."
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/07/2025
"You won’t get anywhere in understanding the trade war if you insist on believing that Trump’s tariffs are a response to any legitimate grievances. And he failed to gain any significant concessions, mainly because Europe was already behaving well and had nothing to concede."
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I Coulda Made a Better Deal
What, exactly, did Trump get from Europe?
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Kirsten Ostermann @kirstenostermann.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
EU/US Trade Deal "The political agreement of 27 July 2025 is not legally binding. Beyond taking the immediate actions committed, the EU and the US will further negotiate, in line with their relevant internal procedures, to fully implement the political agreement." ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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EU-US trade deal explained
On 27 July 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald J. Trump agreed a deal on tariffs and trade.
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DetroitRudyOwens @detroitrudyowens.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The graph and clip you shared failed to point out that the administration's unilateral executive action claiming it has power to impose taxes (tariffs) on Americans are without basis in law and the Constitution. Congress and most media fail to state facts. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/major-erro...
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Benedikt Heid @benoheid.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Vorläufiges Ende des Zollstreits: Adieu, regelbasierte Handelspolitik taz.de/Vorlaeufiges...
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Vorläufiges Ende des Zollstreits: Adieu, regelbasierte Handelspolitik
Die Einigung im Zollstreit geht eindeutig zu Lasten der EU. Damit hat Trump Europa seine verquere Dealmaker-Logik aufgezwungen.
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Prashant Garg @prashantgarg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🚨 Tariffs on inputs = tax on downstream products.🚨 Here’s cement’s granular production network. A 50% duty on key inputs propagates costs through roads, buildings, data-centres, and renewable infrastructure. Public data, method & our paper in thread 🧵 0/8
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
It is now clear that average tariffs on August 1 are set to be higher than they were on "Liberation Day." Only a fool would look back to the chaos of early April and conclude that the problem was that the announced tariffs were too small. If you're not worried, you're not paying attention.
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Alex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Trump genuinely believes that tariffs are a free money hack that everyone except him just never noticed.
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