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Global value chains
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Date:
1 Jun 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
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Project duration:
01.06.2022 - 31.12.2022
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Partners:
CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, ISPI - Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, London School of Economics, University of Innsbruck, University of Göttingen, Università del Piemonte Orientale
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Aga Skowronek
Economist
Aga Skowronek is an Economist at CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, working predominantly in fiscal and social policy projects. They are currently researching net wealth taxes as part of the “Wealth taxation, including net-wealth, capital and exit taxes” project.
Projects from this author:
- Upgrade of the ESPON’s Territorial Impact Assessment methodology – towards new innovative approaches
- Democratic transformation from an intersectional perspective: exploring the impact of socioeconomic status and social identity on women’s experiences of the Polish transformation
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The challenges of VAT beyond VAT in the Digital Age
This study should consider possible improvements to the EU VAT system and assess their feasibility and likely consequences, based on the analysis of its current weaknesses, gaps, inefficiencies. As requested by the ToR, this requires a forward-looking analysis and prospective reflection, combined with and based on the retrospective assessment of the current situation. The study requires, on the one side, a thorough re-assessment of well-known problems of the EU VAT systems, which have been discussed for years by policymakers, scholars and in courts and tribunals, the solutions to which have already been long proposed in the academic as well as policy arena. On the other side, it requires a fresh view to identify new solutions to old problems, new problems and their possible solutions, as well as potential unknown problems, i.e. those that may appear in the future given the current economic, political and legal evolution and the megatrends of the EU and global society. Operationally, the activities needed to achieve the objectives of the study are straightforward. For each of the areas or angle of analysis, the study team will have to: Identify existing weaknesses and challenges of the EU VAT system, including those that may appear in the future given the likely evolution of the current situation. Design solutions to the problems identified. Assess the feasibility and consequences of the solutions identified.
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Jan Hagemejer
President of CASE Management Board, Macroeconomics & Trade Director
Jan Hagemejer’s areas of expertise are international trade as well as macroeconomic and structural issues. He graduated from University of Warsaw where he also obtained his PhD and habilitation, as well as from Purdue University (MA in Economics). He works as an associate professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw. Prior to … <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/global-value-chains/">Continued</a>
Projects from this author:
- Upgrade of the ESPON’s Territorial Impact Assessment methodology – towards new innovative approaches
- Study to Quantify the Excise Gap
- Drivers of involuntary part-time employment in the EU
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Marek Peda
Vice-president of CASE Management Board
Projects from this author:
- Overview of policy and regulation on climate change and OSH in the European Union
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How the EU should prepare for the enlargement in terms of governance, policies and investments: options and choices made from a territorial perspective
In its 2023 enlargement package, the European Commission recommended that the Council open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. Moreover, it recommended that the Council grant Georgia the status of candidate country and open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria has been achieved. The … Continued
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The means for cities and regions to support the energy transition in the Mediterranean
Since February 2022, the war in Ukraine has significantly reshaped the geopolitical landscape and exacerbated the multiple challenges and tensions in the Mediterranean region. The conflict has highlighted the vulnerability of traditional energy supply routes, and the need to reassess future energy development strategies in the Mediterranean region. Like the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical uncertainties … Continued
The idea of European strategic autonomy has its origins in the fields of security and defense, but has started to resonate beyond these areas extending to foreign and trade policies. The Covid pandemic and more recently the Russian invasion in Ukraine, have made clear the vulnerability of global value chains and the need to maintain functioning and resilient supply chains and trade flows during such crises.
The study should focus on Open Strategic Autonomy and explore the foundations of a contemporary European supply of raw materials, energy and critical goods. It should address the following questions:
- Which raw materials are particularly important for the EU – especially against the background of the green transformation – and at the same time critical in terms of supply?
- Where are these currently obtained from and what alternative sources are there?
- What (economic) importance could raw material partnerships in the EU have?
- How can the EU, whenever possible, work strategically with trade partners and, when necessary, defend its interests and take autonomous trade decisions offsetting other countries’ unfair practices and undue interferences?
One aim of the study is to provide an overview of critical raw materials bearing in mind the focal points of the (political) debate. It shall analyse the potential of bilateral/regional raw material agreements.
The study shall focus on how international trade and investment can help address EU’s vulnerabilities relating to energy, raw materials and critical goods (including agricultural products like grain) and on the importance of global value chains for the strategic sectors concerned. It shall analyse how international agreements as well as legislative and other tools so far address these items and, in particular, the question of raw materials dependency of the EU. It should also look at the EU’s open strategic autonomy and internal economic initiatives (like the Chip’s act and the Industrial Strategy) and identify possible synergies. Finally, the study should provide an overview on possible cooperation with like-minded third countries.
Project partners: CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research, ISPI – Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, London School of Economics, University of Innsbruck, University of Göttingen, Università del Piemonte Orientale
Client: European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA)