Mia Mikic
@miamikic.bsky.social
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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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 '...
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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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
FMG | Friends of Multilateralism Group
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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-...
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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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...
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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The Autocracy Index: Trump’s Disregard for Congress Has Reached a New Level www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Iran War Worsens America's Democratic Erosion
Measuring America’s democratic erosion.
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Factsheet - EU-India Free Trade Agreement: Main benefits - Trade and Economic Security policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-rel...
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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Sensible discussion on most recent events in trade and geopolitics podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...
Greenland, Trump and trade coercion
Podcast Episode · Trade Bites · 28/01/2026 · 36m
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It has always been down to empirical research, rather than the theorem, but now we know (again!) www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
America’s Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs? - Kiel Institute
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In the meantime, while everyone is distracted ...
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 7mo agoRussia unleashed another massive barrage of missiles and drones on Kyiv overnight, knocking out power, water and heating to much of the Ukrainian capital and plunging it deeper into crisis amid the harshest winter of the war. ft.trib.al/zFk1UNt
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.
Kennedy Said His Dietary Advisers Would Have ‘No Conflicts of Interest.’ Some Did.
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“UNINVESTABLE” — have we found the 2026 Word of the Year… in January?
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...
The Looting of US Foreign Policy
Goodbye, national interest. Hello, ego gratification and profits for the ruling clique.
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Gen Z Is Making Politics Hopeful Again by Ngaire Woods @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/xP222r9?refe...
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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@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
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...
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/...
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
Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.
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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/...
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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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
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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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...
Kimmel: "Disney has asked me to read the following statement and I agreed to do it. 'To reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account ... '"
in case you read Korean...or can use Google translate...my interview after APEC SOM3
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.
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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