Paris School of Economics @PSEinfo & INRAE @INRAE_france
Research: corporate taxation, trade agreements, agricultural and environmental econ, market power...
1/ New research: 46% of pesticides embedded in EU agricultural consumption originate from imports, despite imports constituting only 17% of consumption. This includes substances prohibited in the EU. This regulatory gap fuels leakage effects and hurts EU competitiveness 🧵
"Comme le réchauffement clim l’érosion de la biodiversité à travers les #pesticides est une externalité globale
L’🇪🇺 n’a pas le choix
si elle veut élever ses standards
elle ne peut pas laisser entrer les produits qui ne les respectent pas"
@Mathieu_Parenti
https://t.co/OmoKuUwYBC
1/ New research: 46% of pesticides embedded in EU agricultural consumption originate from imports, despite imports constituting only 17% of consumption. This includes substances prohibited in the EU. This regulatory gap fuels leakage effects and hurts EU competitiveness 🧵
“We looked at pesticides because similarly to carbon they have externalities in their production use (e.g. loss of biodiversity for pesticides, global warming for carbon).” 💬 @GiuliaVaraschin
Check out the latest article by @ElodieLamer in @TaxNotes! 👇
https://t.co/vwVrmmPGK2
1/ New research: 46% of pesticides embedded in EU agricultural consumption originate from imports, despite imports constituting only 17% of consumption. This includes substances prohibited in the EU. This regulatory gap fuels leakage effects and hurts EU competitiveness 🧵
7/ The full policy note presents estimates of appropriate border tax calibrations based on a quantitative trade model: https://t.co/RWlNUnkZOa... @taxobservatory@CarlGaigne@INRAE_Intl
6/ We evaluate two policy instruments with distinct WTO compatibility considerations: (1) a Leakage Border Adjustment Mechanism designed to neutralize competitive distortions, and (2) a Phytosanitary Border Adjustment Mechanism which prices pesticide externalities in imports.
🚨𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 | 2025 RIEF Doctoral Meetings
March 27-28 in Aix-en-Provence
Global issues related to Trade, Macro, Migration, Taxation, Environment + Urban econ.
https://t.co/en2a49J12U
Deadline: Nov. 30th
➡️ Papers will be assigned a senior discussant