Dr. Axel Berger
Research programme: Transformation of Economic and Social Systems
Function: Senior Researcher
Specialization: Political Scientist
Work areas:
- International Investment Agreements
- Free Trade Agreements
- Global Value Chains
- G20
Responsibilities in education and training:
- Global Economic Governance (MGG Academy, Postgraduate Training Programme)
- International Political Economy (Bonn University)
Vita
| since 1/2018 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems" |
| 2011-12/2017 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher Department "World Economy and Development Financing" |
| 2009-2011 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher Department "Training" |
| 2007-2008 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher Assistant to the Director on European Development Policy and China’s Environmental Policy |
| 2007 | Adelphi Consult Project Manager Corporate social responsibility, European environmental policy and environmental management systems |
| 2007 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) / InWEnt Participant of the Managing Global Governance Programme Project study: "China and the global governance of foreign direct investment" |
| 2006 | Adelphi Consult Research Assistant / Project Manager Corporate social responsibility and environmental management systems |
| 2000-2005 | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Master of Arts Political Science, Economics and Modern History |
Refereed Publications
- Morin, Jean-Frédéric / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
The multilateralization of PTAs’ environmental clauses: scenarios for the future
in: Manfred Elsig / Michael Hahn / Gabriele Spilker (eds.), The shifting landscape of global trade governance, World Trade Forum, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 207-233 - Morin, Jean-Frédéric / Dominique Blümer / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
Kick-starting diffusion: explaining the varying frequency of PTAs’ environmental clauses by their initial conditions
published on World Economy 15 May 2019 - Berger, Axel / Karl P. Sauvant / Silvia Karina Fiezzoni / Rodrigo Polanco Lazo / Matthew Stephenson / Akihiko Tamura / Pavel Trunin (2018)
Moving the G20’s investment agenda forward
in: Transnational Corporations Review 10 (3), 262–267 - Berger, Axel / Julia Leininger / Dirk Messner (eds.) (2018)
The G20 in 2017: born in a financial crisis - lost in a global crisis?
Global Summitry (Special Issue) (forthcoming) - Berger, Axel / Julia Leininger / Dirk Messner (2018)
Introduction: The G20 in 2017: born in a financial crisis - lost in a global crisis?
in: Global Summitry (Special Issue) ed. by Axel Berger / Julia Leininger / Dirk Messner (forthcoming) - Berger, Axel / Simon Evenett (2018)
The Trump-induced G20 stress test on trade: did the German presidency pass?
published on Global Summitry 17 May 2018 - Berger, Axel (2015)
Hesitant embrace: China’s recent approach to international investment rule-making
in: The Journal of World Investment & Trade 16 (5-6), 843 –868 - Brüntrup, Michael / Waltina Scheumann / Axel Berger / Lidija Christmann / Clara Brandi
(2014)
What can be expected from international frameworks to regulate large-scale land and water acquisitions in sub-Sahara Africa?
in: Law and Development Review 7 (2), 433-471 - Berger, Axel / Doris Fischer / Rasmus Lema / Hubert Schmitz / Frauke Urban (2013)
China–Europe relations in the mitigation of climate change: a conceptual framework
in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 42 (1), 71-98 - Lema, Rasmus / Axel Berger / Hubert Schmitz (2013)
China’s impact on the global wind power industry
in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 42 (1), 37–69 - Berger, Axel / Matthias Busse / Peter Nunnenkamp / Martin Roy (2013)
Do trade and investment agreements lead to more FDI? Accounting for key provisions inside the black box
in: International Economics and Economic Policy 10 (2), 247-275 - Berger, Axel / Matthias Busse / Peter Nunnenkamp / Martin Roy (2012)
Attracting FDI through BITs and RTAs: does treaty content matter?
in: Karl P. Sauvant / Jennifer Reimer (eds.), FDI Perspectives: issues in international investment, 2nd ed. (Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment November 2012), 155-156 - Berger, Axel et al. (2011)
More stringent BITs, less ambiguous effects on FDI? Not a bit!
in: Economics Letters 112/2011, 270-272 - Berger, Axel (2011)
The politics of China's investment treaty-making-programm
in: Tomer Broude / Marc L. Busch / Amelia Porges (eds.), The politics of international economic law, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 162-185
Non-refereed Publications
- Berger, Axel / Sebastian Gsell (2019)
How can an international framework for investment facilitation contribute to sustainable development?
(Briefing Paper 15/2019) - Berger, Axel (2019)
G20 Summit in Osaka: the drought years of international cooperation
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 6/2019, 44-47 - Berger, Axel (2019)
Der G20-Gipfel in Osaka: die Dürrejahre internationaler Kooperation
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 6/2019, 44-47 - Bauer, Steffen / Axel Berger / Gabriela Iacobuta (2019)
With or without you: how the G20 could advance global action towards climate-friendly sustainable development
(Briefing Paper 10/2019) - Berger, Axel / Sebastian Gsell / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2019)
Investment facilitation for development: a new route to global investment governance
(Briefing Paper 5/2019) - Berger, Axel (2019)
The political economy of Chinese investment treaties
in: Ka Zeng (ed.), Handbook on the international political economy of China, Cheltenham/Northhampton: Elgar, 151-168 - Evenett, Simon J. / Sait Akman / Axel Berger / Eduardo Bianchi / Carlos Primo Braga / Marcela Cristini7 Kamala Dawar / Matthias Helble / Galina Kolev / Jurgen Matthes / Maximilian Mendez-Parra / Claudia Schmucker / Johannes Schwarzer / Aki Tamura / Tu Xinquan (2018)
Mend it, don't end it: the case for upgrading the G20's pledge on protectionism
published on T20 Argentina 2018 - Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo / Axel Berger / Wallace S. Cheng / Santiago Díaz de Sarralde Miguez / Christian von Haldenwang / Tobias Hentze / Lucia Tajoli / Akihiko Tamura / Wei Wenfang (2018)
New industrial revolution: upgrading trade and investment frameworks for digitalization
published on T20 Argentina 2018 - Berger, Axel / Karl P. Sauvant / Silvia Karina Fiezzoni / Rodrigo Polanco / Matthew Stephenson / Akihiko Tamura / Pavel Trunin (2018)
Moving the G20’s investment agenda forward
published on T20 Argentina 2018 - Berger, Axel (2018)
What’s next for the investment facilitation agenda?
published on Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (Columbia FDI Perspectives: Perspectives on topical foreign direct investment 224) - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Dominique Bruhn (2017)
Environmental provisions in trade agreements: promises at the trade and environment interface
(Briefing Paper 16/2017) - Berger, Axel / Claudia Schmucker (2017)
Bye-bye America, Konnichiwa Japan
published on Handelsblatt Global 13.07.2017 - Berger, Axel (2017)
Showdown in Hamburg
published on Diplomatisches Magazin 01.06.2017 - Berger, Axel (2017)
Showdown in Hamburg
published on Diplomatisches Magazin 01.06.2017 - Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn (2017)
Vietnam’s preferential trade agreements: implications for GVC participation and upgrading
in: Claire H. Hollweg / Tanya Smith / Daria Taglioni (eds.), Vietnam at a crossroads: engaging in the next generation of global value chains, Washington, D.C.: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, 81-98 - Akman, M. Sait / Axel Berger / Uri Dadush / Simon Evenett / Lise Johnson / Maximiliano Mendez-Parra / Raul Ochoa / Claudia Schmucker (2017)
Key policy options for the G20 in 2017 to support an open and inclusive trade and investment system
published on G20 Insights March 31, 2017 - Neligan, Adriana / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Diego Navarro / Fernando Blumenschein / Isabel Jandeisek / Johannes Blankenbach / Josef Wieland / Joshua Wickerham / Lise Johnson / Philipp Harms / Uri Dadush (2017)
Fostering the sustainability of Global Value Chains (GVCs)
published on G20 Insights March 28, 2017 - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Dominique Bruhn / Manjiao Chi (2017)
Towards “greening” trade? Tracking environmental provisions in the preferential trade agreements of emerging markets
(Discussion Paper 2/2017) - Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn / Andrea Bender / Julia Friesen / Katharina Kick / Felix Kullmann / Robert Roßner / Svenja Weyrauch (2016)
Deep preferential trade agreements and upgrading in global value chains: the case of Vietnam
(Studies 92) - Berger, Axel (2016)
A multilateral investment agreement: a road to nowhere?
in: G20 Hangzhou Summit 2016: proposals for trade, investment, and sustainable development outcomes, Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), 63-70 - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2016)
Die G20 und die Zukunft des Welthandelssystems
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2016) - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2016)
The G20 and the future of the global trading system
(Briefing Paper 10/2016) - Dieter, Heribert / Rolf J. Langhammer / Marc Bungenberg / Andreas Freytag / Catherine Grant Makokera / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2016)
After the WTO conference in Nairobi: what is the future of the World Trade Organisation?
in: ifo Schnelldienst 69 (5), 3-17 - Dieter, Heribert / Rolf J. Langhammer / Marc Bungenberg / Andreas Freytag / Catherine Grant Makokera / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2016)
Die WTO-Ministerkonferenz in Nairobi: das Ende der Welthandelsorganisation oder der Aufbruch in eine neue Ära?
in: ifo Schnelldienst 69 (5), 3-17 - Berger, Axel (2015)
Developing countries and the future of the international investment regime
Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH - Berensmann, Kathrin / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2015)
Post-2015: Die 2030-Agenda für nachhaltige Entwicklung braucht adäquate weltwirtschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 11/2015) - Berger, Axel (2015)
Finanzierung globaler Entwicklung: Können Internationale Investitionsabkommen ausländische Direktinvestitionen erhöhen?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 8/2015) - Clara Brandi / Axel Berger / Dominique Bruhn (2015)
Between minilateralism and multilateralism: opportunities and risks of pioneer alliances in international trade and climate politics
(Briefing Paper 16/2015) - Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger / Dominique Bruhn (2015)
Zwischen Minilateralismus und Multilateralismus: Chancen und Risiken von Vorreiterallianzen in der internationalen Handels- und Klimapolitik
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2015) - Berensmann, Kathrin / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2015)
Post 2015: the need for an enabling global economic governance framework
(Briefing Paper 15/2015) - Berger, Axel (2015)
Financing global development: Can foreign direct investments be increased through international investment agreements?
(Briefing Paper 9/2015) - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
What should development policy actors do about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)?
(Briefing Paper 1/2015) - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
Die Transatlantische Handels- und Investitionspartnerschaft (TTIP): was sollte die Entwicklungspolitik tun?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2015) - Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2014)
TTIP : opportunities and risks for global development
in: Annual Report 2013-2014: 50 years of building bridges between research and practice, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 40-43 - Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2014)
TTIP : Chancen und Risiken für globale Entwicklung
in: Jahresbericht 2013-2014: 50 Jahre Brücken bauen zwischen Theorie und Praxis, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 40-43 - Knörich, Jan / Axel Berger (2014)
Friends or foes? Interactions between Indonesia’s international investment agreements and national investment law
(Studies 82) - Berger, Axel (2014)
EU-China bilateral investment agreement negotiations
in: EURObiz Journal of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, May/June 2014, 11-13 - Messner, Dirk / Axel Berger / Carmen Richerzhagen (2013)
Neue Paradigmen der Entwicklungspolitik: Urbanisierung im Zeitalter des Klimawandel
in: Dirk Messner / Armin Frey / Thomas Jäger / Manfred Fischedick / Thomas Hartmann-Wendels (Hrsg.), Globalisierungsgestaltung und internationale Übereinkommen, Wiesbaden: Springer, VS, 59-98 - Berger, Axel (2013)
Investment rules in Chinese PTIAs: a partial “NAFTA-ization” reintegration
in: Rainer Hofmann / Stephan Schill / Christian Tams (eds.), Preferential trade and investment agreements: from recalibration to reintegration, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verl.-Ges., 297-333 - Berger, Axel (2013)
The futile debate over a multilateral framework for investment
published on Columbia FDI Perspectives 102 - Berger, Axel (2013)
Do we really need a multilateral investment agreement?
(Briefing Paper 9/2013) - Berger, Axel (2013)
Brauchen wir wirklich ein multilaterales Investitionsabkommen?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 2/2013) - Berger, Axel (2013)
Investment rules in Chinese preferential trade and investment agreements: is China following the global trend towards comprehensive agreements?
(Discussion Paper 7/2013) - Lema, Rasmus / Axel Berger / Hubert Schmitz (2012)
China’s impact on the global wind power industry
(Discussion Paper 16/2012) - Berger, Axel / Julia Harten (2012)
Welche Chancen bieten die neuen internationalen Investitionsabkommen der EU für Entwicklungsländer?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 10/2012) - Berger, Axel / Julia Harten (2012)
What opportunities do the New EU international investment agreements offer for developing countries?
(Briefing Paper 12/2012) - Berger, Axel / Deborah Brautigam / Philipp Baumgartner (2011)
Why are we so critical of China’s engagement in Africa?
in: Thomas Fues / LIU Youfa (eds.), Global governance and building a harmonious world: a comparison of European and Chinese concepts for international affairs (Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) , Studies 62), 189-194 - Berger, Axel et al. (2010)
Do trade and investment agreements lead to more FDI? Accounting for key provisions inside the black box
Kiel Working Papers 1647 - Berger, Axel (2010)
Der Blick nach draußen: verbesserte Durchsetzungsfähigkeit von Marktzugangsrechten in China nach Lissabon?
in: Marc Bungenberg / Jörn Griebel / Steffen Hindelang (Hrsg.), Internationaler Investitonsschutz und Europarecht, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verl.-Ges., 201-210 - Berger, Axel (2010)
China’s new bilateral investment treaty programme: substance, rational and implications for international investment law making
in: Chinese Journal of International Economic Law 17 (1) - Berger, Axel et al. (2010)
More stringent BITs, less ambiguous effects on FDI? Not a bit!
Kiel: Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Working Papers 1621) auch erschienen als: WTO Staff Working Paper ERSD-2010-10 http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/ersd201010_e.pdf - Berger, Axel / Thomas Fues (2010)
The Global Governance School: laying the foundations for dialogue and cooperation in a changing world
in: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) : Annual Report 2009-2010, 54-55 - Berger, Axel / Thomas Fues (2010)
Welt im Wandel: die Global Governance School legt Grundlagen für Dialog und Kooperation
in: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) : Jahresbericht 2009-2010, 54-55 - Berger, Axel (2008)
China and the global governance of foreign direct investment
(Discussion Paper 10/2008)
Opinion Pieces
- Nakagawa, Junji / Sait Akman / Axel Berger / Eduardo Bianchi / Manjiao Chi / Uri Dadush / Jean Dong / Gabriel Felbermayr / Andreas Freytag / Anabel Gonzalez / Bernard Hoekman / David Laborde / Sandra Rios / Sabyasachi Saha / Claudia Schmucker / Akihiko Tamura / Mark Wu (2019)
Reinvigorating the WTO as a negotiating forum
published on T20 Japan March 2019 - Berger, Axel / Ahmad Ghouri / Tomoko Ishikawa / Karl P. Sauvant / Matthew Stephenson (2019)
Towards G20 guiding principles on investment facilitation for sustainable development
published on T20 Japan March 2019 - Grimm, Sven / Axel Berger (2019)
The year ahead in 2019: think local when acting globally
published on International Development Blog 9. Januar 2019 - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2018)
The G20 summit and the future of the World Trade Organization
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 3 December 2018) - Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2018)
Was bedeutet Trumps America-first-Handelspolitik für den globalen Süden?
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung - Sauvant, Karl P. / Axel Berger (2018)
Putting FDI on the G20 Agenda
published on www.project-syndicate.org Aug 3, 2018 - Berger, Axel (2018)
Handelspolitik: auf wackligen Füßen
in: Frankfurter Rundschau 14.02.2018 - Berger, Axel (2018)
How will they impact developing countries?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 23 March 2018 - Berger, Axel (2017)
The future of multilateralism is at stake
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 11 December 2017 - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2017)
We only have one planet – quo vadis environmental protection in trade agreements?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 25 September 2017) - Berger, Axel / Claudia Schmucker (2017)
Bye-bye America, Konnichiwa Japan
published on Handelsblatt Global 13.07.2017 - Berger, Axel (2017)
What remains of the G20 Hamburg Summit?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 10.07.2017) - von Weizsäcker, Franz / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2017)
Trade policy in the digital age
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 3 April 2017) - Berger, Axel (2017)
The G20 Foreign Ministers‘ Meeting: Rebuilding the Social Fabric of International Cooperation
Published on: T20blog, 23.02.2017 - Berger, Axel (2017)
The role of the G20 in fostering multilateralism
Published on: T20blog, 22.02.2017 - Berger, Axel (2017)
G20 Engagement Groups call for Open and Inclusive Societies
Published on: T20blog, 15.02.2017 - Berger, Axel (2017)
The G20 and Africa
Published on: T20blog, 31.01.2017 - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2017)
Is world trade facing a spiral into isolationism?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 19 January 2017) - Berger, Axel / Hugh Jorgensen (2016)
Introducing the T20 blog – how to get engaged
Published on: T20blog, 03.11.2016 - Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2016)
Chancen für die Benachteiligten
published on Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung 8.9.2016 - Berger, Axel / Peter Wolff (2016)
G20-Gipfel in Hangzhou – was ist zu erwarten?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 02.09.2016) - Berger, Axel / Henning Klodt (2016)
CETA and investment protection reform: winds of change or gentle breeze?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 7 March 2016) - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
Welthandel im Umbruch
in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung 21.11.2015, 1 - Berger, Axel (2015)
TTIP and investment protection: reason for failure or impetus for reform?
published on Cato Online Forum October 2015 - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
Das Pazifikbündnis setzt die EU unter Druck
published on Zeit online 14. Oktober 2015 - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
TPP blazes a trail: how should the EU respond?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 14 October 2015) - Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn (2015)
Global economic integration at all costs?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 27 July 2015) - Berger, Axel (2015)
European trade policy at an impasse
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 2 March 2015) - Berger, Axel (2015)
Im Hintertreffen
in: Frankfurter Rundschau 24. Februar 2015 - Berger, Axel / Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen
(2015)
The transatlantic trade and investment partnership, investor-state dispute settlement and China
New York: Columbia Center of Sustainable Investment (FDI Perspectives 140) - Berger, Axel (2014)
The consequences of a crumbling TTIP
published on www.euractive.com, 19.12.2014 - Berger, Axel (2014)
What if TTIP fails?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 1 December 2014) - Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger (2014)
TTIP: Implikationen des Abkommens für Drittländer
published on Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Blogbeitrag) - Berger, Axel (2014)
The case for an EU-China investment treaty
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 10.06.2014) - Berger, Axel (2014)
Comment: why an EU-China investment agreement would not be such a bad thing
published on Borderlex - Berger, Axel (2014)
Weniger ist mehr
in: Frankfurter Rundschau 5. März 2014, 10 - Berger, Axel (2014)
The transatlantic free trade agreement – the dispute over dispute settlement
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 4 March 2014). - Berger, Axel (2013)
Wem nützt das EU-China-Investitionsabkommen?
in: Neue Züricher Zeitung, 21.11.2013, 23 - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Julia Kubny (2013)
What are the implications of the planned US-EU free trade agreement for developing countries?
published on KfW Development Research (Development in Brief 18) - Berger, Axel (2013)
The real significance of a China-EU investment treaty
published on Caixin Online, 15.10.2013 - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Julia Kubny (2013)
Welche Folgen hat das geplante Freihandelsabkommen zwischen USA und EU für Entwicklungsländer?
published on Entwicklungspolitik Kompakt 18 (14. Oktober 2013) - Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2013)
Das Ende von Doha
in: Handelsblatt 8.7.2013, 17 - Berger, Axel (2013)
Investment treaties and the search for market access in China
in: Investment Treaty News 4 (3), 8-9 - Berger, Axel (2008)
China's new bilateral investment treaty programme: substance, rational and implications for international investment law making
Conference "The politics of international economic law: the next four years, Washington D.C., November 14-15 - Berger, Axel (2008)
Sino-African Bilateral Investment Treaties: Implications for Economic Development
Paper presented at the 12th EADI General Conference "Global Governance for Sustainable Development : The Need for Policy Coherence and New Partnerships", 24-28 June 2008, Geneva. - Berger, Axel / Walter Kahlenborn (2007)
Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen: status quo Report Deutschland 2007
Berlin: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit - Berger, Axel / Anna Brüderle (2004)
Schöne neue Wissens-Welt? Eine empirische Untersuchung über die Stellung der Entwicklungsländer im globalen Wettbewerb um Wissen
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Projects
- Fair Globalisation
- Investment Facilitation for Sustainable Development
- Bilateral and regional trade and investment agreements
- Regionalism – Opportunities and Challenges
- Deep Preferential Trade Agreements and Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Evidence from Vietnam
- Reframing international rules for foreign direct investment
- The Impact of Emerging Power: China-EU cooperation and global governance
Contact
E-mail Axel.Berger@die-gdi.de
Phone +49 (0)228 94927-247
Fax +49 (0)228 94927-130
In the Media
EU und Japan unterzeichnen historisches Freihandelsabkommen
ARD-Tagesthemen
17 July 2018
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The Trump-Induced G20 Stress Test on Trade: Did the German Presidency Pass?
Berger, Axel / Simon Evenett (2018)
published on: Global Summitry, 17 May 2018
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Hesitant embrace: China’s recent approach to international investment rule-making
Berger, Axel (2015)
in: The Journal of World Investment & Trade 16 (5-6), 843 –868
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Moving the G20's investment agenda forward
Berger, Axel / Kalk Sauvant (2018)
T20 Argentina Policy Brief
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What’s next for the investment facilitation agenda?
Berger, Axel (2018)
Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 22
23 April 2018
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