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About

Andreas Freytag

Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, University of Stellenbosch

CV

  • Andreas Freytag is Professor of Economics at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Honorary Professor at the University of Stellenbosch and Visiting Professor at the Institute of International Trade, University of Adelaide.
  • He is also Director of Tutwa Europe, member of the CESifo Research Network, a STIAS Fellow, a Senior Fellow at Kings College’s DAFM, Senior Research Fellow at ECIPE, Brussels, and a Senior Research Associate at SAIIA, Johannesburg.
  • Freytag is also founding member of the G20 Trade and Investment Research Network.
  • Freytag has obtained his diploma from the University of Kiel, his doctorate as well his Habilitation from the University of Cologne.
  • He has published a number of books and articles in first-class peer-reviewed journals on economic policy, international trade policy, development economics and international policy coordination. He contributes to blogs and has a weekly column on wiwo-online, a German magazine.

Policy Briefs

G7 Germany 2022

Sustainable and Resilient Agricultural Value Chains: Addressing Multiple Vulnerabilities With a New Partnership Approach

Sustainable Economic Recovery
Policy area: Food and Agriculture
Mehmet Sait Akman (G20 Studies Centre, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)), Fabrizio Botti (Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)), Clara Brandi (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Michael Brüntrup (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Markus Dietrich (GIZ – Inclusive Business Action Network), Ilaria Espa (Università della Svizzera Italiana), Andreas Freytag (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Robert Koopman (World Trade Organization), Stormy Mildner (Aspen Institute), Bettina Rudloff (German Institute for International and Security Affairs)
G20 Indonesia 2022

Exploration Of New Methodologies And Configurations For An Effective Wto And To Strengthen The Multilateral Trading System

TF1 - Open Trade and Sustainable Invesment and Industry
Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Rajeev Kher (Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)), Arun S.Nair, Mohamad D. Revindo (Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia/LPEM FEB UI), Dandy Rafitrandi (Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)), Yoshua Caesar Justinus (Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia/LPEM FEB UI), Yudhi Dharma Nauly (Indonesian Customs and Excise Training Center), Andreas Freytag (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Stellenbosch
G20 Japan 2019

Reinvigorating the WTO as a Negotiating Forum

TF8 - Trade, Investment, and Globalization
Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Akihiko Tamura (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan), Anabel Gonzalez (The Peterson Institute for International Economics), Andreas Freytag (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Axel Berger (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Bernard Hoekman (European University Institute), Claudia Schmucker (German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)), David Laborde Debucquet (Markets, Trade and Institutions Division- International Food Policy Research Institute), Eduardo Bianchi (Escuela Argentina de Negocios – Instituto Universitario), Gabriel Felbermayr (Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)), Jean Dong (Australia-China Belt & Road Initiative (ACBRI)), Junji Nakagawa (University of Tokyo), Manjiao Chi (University of International Business and Economics, Beijing), Mark Wu (Harvard Law School), Sabyasachi Saha (Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)), Sandra Rios (Centro de Estudos de Integração e Desenvolvimento (CINDES)), Uri Dadush (Policy Center for the New South; Bruegel; University of Maryland)
G20 Argentina 2018

Mitigating the Adjustment Costs of International Trade

TF7 - Trade, Investment and Tax Cooperation
Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Andreas Freytag (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Clara Brandi (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Johannes Schwarzer (Council on Economic Policies), M. Sait Akman (Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)), Miriam Kautz (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Peter Draper (Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide), Peter Rashish (AICGS – Johns Hopkins University), Rob Vos, Uri Dadush (Policy Center for the New South; Bruegel; University of Maryland)
G20 Italy 2021

Domestic distortions through industrial subsidies: Reframing the G20’s potential perspective

TF3 - Trade, Investment, and Growth
Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Peter Draper (Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide), Andreas Freytag (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Henry Gao (Singapore Management University), Miriam Kautz (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Naoise McDonagh (Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide), Matthias Menter (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Xinquan Tu (University of International Business and Economics (UIBE))
G20 Italy 2021

Boosting G20 cooperation for WTO reform: Leveraging the full potential of plurilateral initiatives

TF3 - Trade, Investment, and Growth
Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Mehmet Sait Akman (G20 Studies Centre, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)), Axel Berger (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Fabrizio Botti (Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)), Peter Draper (Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide), Andreas Freytag (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Claudia Schmucker (German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP))
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Industrial subsidies as a major policy response since the global financial crises: Consequences and remedies

TF1 - Trade, Investment, and Growth
Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Peter Draper (Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide), Andreas Freytag (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Henry Gao (Singapore Management University), Naoise McDonagh (Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide), Simon Evenett (University of St. Gallen)
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

The need for WTO reform: Where to start in governing world trade?

TF1 - Trade, Investment, and Growth
Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
M. Sait Akman (Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)), Axel Berger (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Fabrizzio Botti (T20 Italy), Peter Draper (Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide), Andreas Freytag (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Pier Carlo Padoan (T20 Italy), Claudia Schmucker (German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP))

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