Description
In 2019, KSE in cooperation with GIZ launched the Trade+, International Trade Research Center that is primarily focused on the issues of fostering Ukrainian exports, identifying promising markets and goods and deepening cooperation with strategic partners, developing recommendations for evidence-based trade and economic policy.
During 2019-2021, the Trade + Center implemented about 15 projects related to international trade, European integration, as well as broader economic issues.
Key research expertise:
- • Bilateral trade and trade under the WTO
- • EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and Free Trade Area (DCFTA)
- • Trade policy and implementation of Ukraine’s Export Strategy
- • Tariff and non-tariff barriers, application of trade defense measures
- • Global economic developments and foreign trade
- • Macroeconomic policy and trade
- • Innovation and productivity growth for export promotion, etc.
Major projects
In 2019-2021, Trade + successfully implemented the following projects:
- • What is the way for achieving greater trade liberalization with the EU: Ukraine’s usage of EU tariff quotas – German Society for International Cooperation GIZ
- • Analytical support of the Export Promotion Strategy of Ukraine – German Society for International Cooperation GIZ
- • Identification of promising markets and goods in order to increase and diversify Ukraine’s exports – German Society for International Cooperation GIZ
- • Analysis of the implementation of Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement – Embassy of Canada in Ukraine
- • Analysis of supply chains for goods that are of interest for Canadian companies – Embassy of Canada in Ukraine
- • Impact of trade defense measures on the caustic soda market – Integrites
- • The Ukrainian IT іector: an overview of publicly available data and gaps in market knowledge – TechUkraine, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, USAID Competitive Economy Program
- • Research on the development of creative industries in Ukraine – Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, USAID Competitive Economy Program
- • Potential economic benefits of Ukraine’s integration into the EU Digital Single Market – Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Ukrainian Center for European Policy
- • Development of domestic markets in the framework of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and DCFTA – Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
- • Support for tobacco control policy in Ukraine
- • Analysis and assessment of economic effects of amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine in the draft law №5600
- • Ukrainian review of the achievement of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement objectives – Government Office for Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Renaissance Foundation and the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine
- • Analysis of EU-Ukraine trade in services within DCFTA – Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, USAID Competitive Economy Program
Team
Strategic Advisor, Trade+, International Trade Research Center
Deputy Development Director
Head of Trade+, International Trade Research Center, Trade Policy Consultant
Research Associate, Foreign Trade Research Center Trade+
Senior Lecturer, Aston Business School, Chief Economist, Foreign Trade Research Center Trade+
Researcher, Trade+, International Trade Research Center
Analyst at Trade+, International Trade Research Center
Junior Analyst Trade + Center of the Kyiv School of Economics