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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

📢 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...

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The United States’ forced-labour tariffs: Who really pays for them? | CITP

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My 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

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A Beginner’s Guide to Protectionism

This blog is part of our ‘Beginner’s Guide’ series; insightful, accessible explainers of all things trade. The author of this instalment is Pinar Gunes, an Assistant Professor in Trade and CITP resear...

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My new paper, When Tariffs Bite: The Short-Run vs Long-Run Welfare Effects of Trade Wars, is now on SSRN! Do tariffs become more damaging over time? Not necessarily. My main finding is that LR adjustment does not mechanically amplify the SR effect. For more detail 👇 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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When Tariffs Bite: The Short-Run vs Long-Run Welfare Effects of Trade Wars

This paper estimates short-run and long-run sector-specific trade elasticities using a panel of 170 countries and 22 manufacturing sectors over 1995-2022, and i

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Interested in how trade shapes our lives as consumers, workers, and citizens? Our online Diploma in International Trade Policy begins this September. I’m excited to co-convene “Inclusive Trade” module exploring who wins and who may be left behind. For more information 👉 citp.ac.uk/online-diplo...

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Diploma in International Trade Policy | CITP

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

📣 My second piece in @uktpo.org’s new Beginner’s Guide series. Read it to find out how #tariffs and other trade barriers are much more than the political debates we see in the daily headlines, and how they affect consumers directly 👇 www.uktpo.org/2026/06/10/b...

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Behind the Tariff Wall: Understanding Trade Barriers

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In my latest @thecitp.bsky.social blog I discuss what the EU’s proposed "Made in EU" draft really mean for the UK and if “trusted partner” status will protect UK industry in practice 👇 citp.ac.uk/publications...

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What “Made in Europe” really means for the UK | CITP

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

📣 I wrote the first piece in @uktpo.org’s new Beginner’s Guide series, exploring a fundamental question: why do countries trade? 🌍 It explains the basics in an accessible way and argues that trade is about mutual benefit, not just competition 🤝 Read it here 👉 www.uktpo.org/2026/04/08/w...

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Why do countries trade?

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It was a pleasure to attend the Annual UKTPO Conference in London yesterday and present our early-stage work, “Impact of Digital Trade on UK Female Employment” (with Javier Lopez-Gonzalez & Dongzhe Zhang). Grateful for the comments that will help shape its development. www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...

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The UKTPO Conference

The 8th Annual UKTPO Conference Reimagining Global Trade: New Rules, New Challenges When: 1 December 2025

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

📢 Interested in the critical link between international trade and sustainability? Join our next module, where we’ll explore the link between trade and environmental policies, climate change 🌍, critical minerals ⚒️, and the transition to a circular economy ♻️.

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I’m excited to share my recent publication with Suleyman Faruk Gozen and Mehmet Furkan Karaca. Our findings show that AI adoption raises sales for firms of all sizes, with stronger effects for exporters—lifting domestic sales for smaller firms and foreign sales for larger ones.

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

This is an interesting paper on the global distribution of authorship in economics journals. It shows that authors from low-income countries remain severely underrepresented and are far less likely to publish in top-tier outlets even controlling for citations. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The global distribution of authorship in economics journals

We assemble a dataset of the universe of economics and business journal articles published since 1980 to assess differences in the levels and trends o…

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Watch our webinar on gender and trade from last week for insightful presentations and discussions 👇

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Join our webinar today at 1pm BST. We will discuss trade and gender 👇

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🌍 Interested in gender and trade? Join our webinar tomorrow at 1 PM BST, which I’ll be chairing. Looking forward to a rich discussion on how trade can better promote gender equality and inclusion.

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Pinar Gunes @pigunes.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

📢 Join us online next Friday (17 October) at 1pm BST for a discussion on gender and trade!

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