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Mia Mikic

@miamikic.bsky.social
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Trade economist; Research Associate @Waikato University; promoting gender equality via trade; networking via ARTNeT; member of fmg-geneva.org; and of TradeExperettes more at miamikic.page

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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Did Sydney Sweeney set feminism back a century? profalexander.substack.com/p/did-sydney...
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Did Sydney Sweeney set feminism back a century?
What actually did, and why women, and any of us, can't have it both ways
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thanks to UN ESCAP for inviting Susan Stone and me to chat about contemporary trade issues affecting ESCAP members. We had great fun! Final messages: take a long view (Susan), and to do that, you have to focus on sharing and cooperating (Mia). www.unescap.org/podcast/navi...
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Navigating the new trade landscape
ESCAP - Expert Opinion : Navigating the new trade landscape
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
www.linkedin.com/posts/hamish...
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5.5 out of 10. That's the average score our expert contributors gave for New Zealand Inc's international engagement over the past 20 years, at the Wellington and Auckland book launches of &#39...
5.5 out of 10. That's the average score our expert contributors gave for New Zealand Inc's international engagement over the past 20 years, at the Wellington and Auckland book launches of 'Against the...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Having chaired my final General Assembly, I have now completed my term as Chair of the Board of the #FMG (Friends of Multilateralism Group). Its mission is particularly urgent today. fmg-geneva.org
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FMG | Friends of Multilateralism Group
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If you need an explanation of the US Sec 338 tariffs against Canada, this is a read for you (by Peter E. Harrell and Jennifer Hillman) www.wita.org/blogs/legal-...
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Prospective Legal Challenges to Trump's Section 338 Tariffs Against Canada - WITA
I have previously written about Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs against Canada, using Section 338 of the notorious Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. Today, I am pleased to present a guest...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Alan Wm. Wolff (my fellow #FMG Board member) has written a sharp piece tracing why US tariff power has always sat with Congress, not the president. Well worth the read as the #Section122/301 story continues to unfold. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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Why the Founding Fathers did not give the president the power to impose tariffs
There is no inherent presidential tariff power. That is solely the prerogative of the Congress. This has been true since the country was founded 250 years ago. The president has only what the Congress...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The Autocracy Index: Trump’s Disregard for Congress Has Reached a New Level www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | The Iran War Worsens America's Democratic Erosion
Measuring America’s democratic erosion.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Q&A: Iran War special - who will replace the Ayatollah?
Podcast Episode · Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files · 4 March · Bonus · 31m
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One of the best commentaries on the topic podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/c...
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Trump's Iran War: what's the actual plan?
Podcast Episode · Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files · 2 March · 44m
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Factsheet - EU-India Free Trade Agreement: Main benefits - Trade and Economic Security policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-rel...
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Factsheet - EU-India Free Trade Agreement: Main benefits
Strengthening economic and political ties at a time of rising geopolitical tensions and global economic challenges.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Sensible discussion on most recent events in trade and geopolitics podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...
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Greenland, Trump and trade coercion
Podcast Episode · Trade Bites · 28/01/2026 · 36m
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It has always been down to empirical research, rather than the theorem, but now we know (again!) www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
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America’s Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs? - Kiel Institute
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
In the meantime, while everyone is distracted ...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Why Is This Man Smiling? open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
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Why Is This Man Smiling?
Because he may be getting exactly what he wants
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
RFK Jr. has said previous dietary guidelines were untrustworthy because advisers had ties to food-industry groups. But so do several advisers on his dietary guidelines — just different parts of the industry, including red meat and dairy.
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Kennedy Said His Dietary Advisers Would Have ‘No Conflicts of Interest.’ Some Did.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
“UNINVESTABLE” — have we found the 2026 Word of the Year… in January?
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This is well worth reading even though it only deepens our depression and frustration The Looting of US Foreign Policy open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The Looting of US Foreign Policy
Goodbye, national interest. Hello, ego gratification and profits for the ruling clique.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Gen Z Is Making Politics Hopeful Again by Ngaire Woods @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/xP222r9?refe...
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Gen Z Is Making Politics Hopeful Again
Ngaire Woods highlights global efforts by youth-led movements to confront leaders who ignore popular demands.
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Told you so.
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Donald Trump stiffs farmers and China stiffs Donald Trump
US agriculture is at the bottom of the trade policy food chain
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
@artnet.bsky.social Dear ARTNeT members and colleagues, Wishing all ARTNeT members a prosperous and fulfilling year 2026, with heartfelt thanks for your invaluable participation and support as we celebrate 20 years of the ARTNeT community and its activities. Best wishes, ARTNeT secretariat
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Sherry Stephenson and I recently published a blog @ARTNeT highlighting how trade agreements in the Asia Pacific have not kept pace with those in other regions in pro-actively promoting and defending the trade interests of Indigenous Peoples. Check it at artnet.unescap.org/trade/advoca...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Enabling Services Trade through Digital Trade Regulatory integration: Sharing Experience from Asia-Pacific 📅When: 4 December 2025, 11:30 - 13:00 CET 📍Where: Geneva (Hybrid) at the WTO-World Bank Trade in Services for Development: A Global Conference. Register: www.unescap.org/events/2025/...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Join us for the 5th Session of the FMG High-Level Dialogue Series on the Future of WTO Reform Guest: Ambassador Amina Mohamed, Chair TNIF 🗓️ Thursday, 23 October 2025 🕒 15:00–16:00 CET 🎙️ Moderator: Patrick Low (FMG) 🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #WTO #TradePolicy #Multilateralism
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
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Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
We’ve known the problem. We’ve tested the solutions. Now scale them. I contributed to this piece on closing the digital gender gap—affordability + skills + norm change + design that includes women from day one. 🔗 www.developmentaid.org/news-stream/...
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Women have limited access to digital technologies. How can this change? | Experts’ Opinions
Women in developing countries face significant challenges in accessing digital technology, ranging from financial constraints to restrictive social norms. What solutions can help to bridge this digita...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Proud to contribute to this DevelopmentAid expert view. Bottom line: without gender-responsive policy, digitalization deepens gaps. With it, we unlock skills, markets, and agency for millions of women. Time to act. 🔗 www.developmentaid.org/news-stream/... #ICT4D #Inclusion
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Women have limited access to digital technologies. How can this change? | Experts’ Opinions
Women in developing countries face significant challenges in accessing digital technology, ranging from financial constraints to restrictive social norms. What solutions can help to bridge this digita...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Looking forward to this event to present and discuss work that took Sherry Stephenson and me many months to complete. We would appreciate your participation in the event. More information and the link to the registration below, but just in case copy it here too: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2025
Kimmel: "Disney has asked me to read the following statement and I agreed to do it. 'To reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account ... '"
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
in case you read Korean...or can use Google translate...my interview after APEC SOM3
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I guess there is no need to make a movie based on Lewis's 'It can't happen here'. It is just a reality show now.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Friends on Multilateralism Group Webinar featuring the OECD Supply Chain Resilience Review. Presenter Marion Jansen and discussant Peter Draper. Wednesday 23rd July 2025, 10:00-11:30 pm (Geneva) To Register: us02web.zoom.us/.../WN_X8XDN... ID: 882 7456 5200 Passcode: 123123
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/07/2025
The PM should invite Mark Carney for an official visit and address to Parliament before Trump’s visit. It would show Britain backs Canada against Trump’s damaging trade war. Now is the time to stand with the Commonwealth, not stand in Trump’s shadow like Nigel Farage.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I Don't Disapprove of Trump's Strategy, Because He Doesn't Have One open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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I Don't Disapprove of Trump's Strategy, Because He Doesn't Have One
When you're a Tariff Man, you don't need reasons
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
What Manufacturing Production Is Not Good For open.substack.com/pub/braddelo...
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What Manufacturing Production Is Not Good For
Why chasing factory jobs for their own sake really is a dead end—and what policymakers should do instead. It is unions and social-insurance states, not assembly lines, that hold the key to global...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Proud! artnet.unescap.org/trade/advoca...
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E-Forum: The Harmful Shift in Global Trade Relations and the Developing Asia-Pacific Countries | ARTNeT
E-Forum: Global trade is undergoing a troubling transformation, marked by an erosion of foundational principles such as non-discrimination and Most Favoured Nation (MFN) treatment. This shift, led by ...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The Economic Consequences of Destroying Harvard open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The Economic Consequences of Destroying Harvard
Freedom is on the line. But so are jobs.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Sharing this insightful piece by John Clarke t.co/l0wudQD6Tv
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https://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/critical-thinking-in-time-of-the-breaking-of-nations-europes-test/
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain? economist.com/graphic-deta... from The Economist
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Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain?
Our footloose index ranks the most attractive countries for graduates
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
www.instagram.com/reel/DIWriNa...
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Trump may well achieve his goal of reducing the US trade deficit, but via the worst possible way: engineering recession at home and removing America’s and USD’s status as trusted safe haven. It would be a poorer, hostile nation but with trade surplus. Sort of like Russia. Some win.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Be prepared youtu.be/A3hS93y7C0I?...
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PM Lawrence Wong on implications of US tariffs for Singapore | Full video
YouTube video by CNA
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 04/04/2025
Want to digest the tariff news in podcast form? Well today is your lucky day... I rejoin @chadpbown.com for this @trade--talks.bsky.social "tariff day" special. And we hear from Kathleen Claussen, Maury Obstfeld, and @douglasirwin.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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207. What happened on Trump’s tariff day
Podcast Episode · Trade Talks · 04/04/2025 · 29m
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Tony Addison @tonysangle.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
No doubt the good citizens of the Heard & McDonald Islands are alarmed by the 10% US tariff on their exports👇 Current inhabitants; the southern elephant seals, Antarctic fur seals, Leopard seals 🦭🦭🦭 Humans: 0 (unless David Attenborough is visiting this week) 🤷🏻‍♂️ #Australia
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
New, from me: Elon Musk is the biggest loser in Wisconsin. His brazen effort to buy a state supreme court did not just fail - it undermined his image of political kingmaker. This is the clearest indicator that voters are angry with Trump/Musk agenda. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
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The Biggest Loser in Wisconsin
The richest man in the world could not buy an election
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Aslak Berg @aslak.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Quoted in the FT today about prospects for a UK-US deal. The UK has offered a lot and seemingly got nothing- which doesn't mean there won't be opportunities in the future.
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
UPCOMING EVENT | FMG webinar on“Trump Trade Policy and WTO Reform” Wednesday 9 April, 14:00-15:30 (CET) Moderator: Stuart Harbinson, FMG member Panelists: Alan Wolff, FMG Wendy Cutler, FMG Jennifer Hillman, FMG William A. Reinsch, CSIS Register at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: FMG Webinar on Trump Trade Policy and WTO Reform. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: FMG Webinar on Trump Trade Policy and WTO Reform. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 21/03/2025
🆕 JOB AD! 🆕 TARIFFS are here. More are coming. Do you love working with DATA and making CHARTS? Do you want to use ECONOMICS in real time? @piie.com is hiring a Research Analyst for International Trade. Come and work for/with me. APPLY today 👉 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
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Mia Mikic @miamikic.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A double win - Paul and Chad Bown talking about trade, industrial policy (well of course also about incoherent Trump policy) - 👏 podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...
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206. Paul Krugman talks trade, industrial policy, and Trump
Podcast Episode · Trade Talks · 16/03/2025 · 42m
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Great essay on the decline of US soft power by Joseph Nye. "[Trump] is so obsessed with the problem of free riders that he forgets that it has been in America’s interest to drive the bus." Trump also doesn't consider that riders may take another bus, car share, or bike. The world is not static.
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Trump and the end of American soft power
Joseph Nye coined the term for the influence countries exert through attraction. Here he sets out why exclusive nationalism is likely to prove a losing strategy
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