The Kiel Institute is expanding its international trade focus with the appointment of a new professor who will conduct research on global container shipping and global supply chains, among other topics. Inga Heiland (35) will take over both the...

In the long term, the Russian economy would be much more severely affected by a decoupling of its trade relations from the US and its partners than those of the allies. According to a simulation, Russia's economic output would be almost ten percent...

Calculations by the Kiel Institute show which trade sanctions would hit the Russian economy the hardest. A trade stop with gas would result in a slump in Russian economic output of just under 3 percent, while a trade stop with oil would result in a...