Personal #tradeXpresso thread: Today is a special day, as it’s been more than 10 years since I’m doing my current job. Before turning a professional page, it’s time to look back at the difference the #ChiefEconomist team and I made in @Trade_EU. At least 10 things came to mind:
1. #SMEs were not seen as important. Now they are key for @Trade_EU! econpapers.repec.org/paper/risdgtce…
2. #Services trade data didn’t have #ModesOfSupply! Now they do! Thanks to @EU_Eurostat @wto @RBKoopman @riina_kerner trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/20…
4. We didn’t have a comprehensive knowledge about #PreferenceUtilisation in our FTAs! Now #PUR is a KPI in @Trade_EU! Thanks to great work from EU delegations, our statisticians and #LarsNilsson, my best Deputy!
5. Our #procurement database was an empty file. Now we have over 1 million of firm-level data! Thanks to #ZornitsaKutlinaDimitrova and @everis_en!
6. We didn’t know how many EU #jobs were supported by @Trade_EU. Now we know! Thanks to @jmrcantuche and @EU_ScienceHub colleagues! ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publica…
7. We didn’t know the #trade potential of #Mode5services! Thanks to all my co-authors and @MarinaFoltea , now we do! trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/20…
8. #Consumer gains from #trade were always assumed but never quantified! Thank you, @osguinea @l_isella trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/20…
9. #ROSA wasn’t part of the “bouquet” of trade tools we offer to EU #exporters. Now (soon) #RoOs will be simpler to understand. ec.europa.eu/trade/import-a…
Last but not least, 10yrs ago there was no in-house modelling capacity in DG Trade. Now we do full-fledged (dynamic) CGE, partial equilibrium, econometrics, and even #trade forecasting! Big thanks to a great #ChiefEconomistTeam!
