Caroline Freund

As a dean, it is heartbreaking when foreign students ask if they are safe studying here. As an economist, I worry about the effects on our great country. My latest thehill.com/opinion/educat…

Diversification is hard. China controls a large share of global supply and US controls a large share of global demand. Other countries want to replace China in production--not so much in consumption, despite consumption being the ultimate goal.

💸 Dean @CarolineFreund recently joined as an expert guest for a @planetmoney episode to discuss the bigger picture of trade policy. Freund also explains how "protectionism" can directly impact our daily consumption of basic goods like sugar. 🎧 ow.ly/IHzP50WNhWh #Tariffs

I’m against tariffs—a trade war would be terrible—but exaggerating their dangers could backfire. The biggest risk from raising tariffs has (so far) been dodged. thehill.com/opinion/financ…

International students bring a diversity of views & experiences + education is a major US export. Yet student visa appointments are scarce in select countries. Even allies like Japan. Makes me worry that student visas are now chips in trade negotiations. jp.usembassy.gov/visas/

Paper is here: cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Controlling for transshipment and de minimis, we show that China is being replaced by . . China in US market. As direct imports from China fall, goods entering through transshipment and de minimis increase. Chapter 4 in The State of Globalisation | CEPR

@MarkSimonHK This is owing to the 2018 tariffs. That is why it is the change in import share from 2017 to 2023. cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

The lack of knowledge here on de minims & transshipment is simply unbelievable. - Transhipment patterns take multiple months, years, to emerge. - @CarolineFreund is arguing that Chinese exporters, turned away in March, within a month had re-routed same goods, new packaging/on shore handling, via other nations. Doesn't work that way. - This is just awful work.

@Jefft41377774 @scottlincicome Adjusting 2023 data for de minimis and transshipment, this is the change in each country's import share between 2017 (before any exceptional tariffs on China) and 2023.

@CarolineFreund @scottlincicome This graph is confusing. Is this net over time?

Join us at the 2025 Johns Hopkins Geoeconomics Conference! 😀 🗓️Friday, May 2, 2-7 PM 🎤Keynote: @m_maggiori 💬Policy Panel: @gilliantett @pogourinchas @CarolineFreund @JayCShambaugh Henry Farrell 🥂Reception 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Register at eventbrite.com/e/johns-hopkin… 🔗: mediahost.sais-jhu.edu/saismedia/medi…

A great example of how University research saves lives. AI cameras developed and run out of UC San Diego spot wildfires before they spread. wsj.com/tech/ai/these-…

In this episode of "Driven to solve," professor @KyleLHandley addresses his research focus on the process of how policy is made – and in some cases, unmade – and how it can create uncertainty for people making economic, business or investment decisions: ow.ly/bXjo50UVN0W

Using product-level data, I estimated the share of US imports from Mexico and Vietnam that are likely to be transshipped from China. Full report here: 02072025-brief-identify-tariff-evasion-web.pdf

#3 in public universities! Two @GPS profs cited: Jennifer Burney "studying why certain racial and ethnic groups in the US face higher exposure to urban heat." Joshua Graff Zivin "examining the effects of extreme heat on labor" today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-d…

The 2024 @SusanShirk1 Lecture on U.S.-China Relations by @FareedZakaria, renowned CNN host and author, to speak on a new path to U.S.-China relations, will be livestreamed here today at 5:30 p.m. PDT. youtube.com/live/yONigEqhQ…

I learned a lot in Tokyo from our amazing @GPS_UCSD alumni! Originally an International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS) program, we continue to have strong links with Asia.

And some good news for US-China relations. The pandas are back at San Diego Zoo!

GPS was privileged to have alumna Liliana Ferrer-Silva ’91 — who serves as the Ambassador of Mexico to Thailand, concurrent in Cambodia — to address the Class of 2024. #GPSCommencement

Commencement marks the end of your time as a student at GPS, but it’s only the beginning of your journey to making your mark on global affairs. Congratulations, Class of 2024! #GPSCommencement #GPSProud

This incredible tool from @KyleLHandley @GPS_UCSD lets you examine Biden tariffs and trade. Examples: Immediate 100% tariffs on goods we don't import from China, like cars Delayed 25% tariffs on goods w/ hi dependence on China, like magnets kylehandley.shinyapps.io/BidenTariffAna…