Robin Baker
Email: robin.baker@ecipe.org
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Areas of Expertise: EU Trade Agreements Services Digital Economy
Robin Baker is an Economist at ECIPE. His research interests are focused on digital and services trade policy, as well as measuring the effects of trade agreements and other interventions. He is adept at working with a range of research methods, from surveys and interviews to CGE modelling, gravity equations, and other econometric techniques.
He has deployed these skills to analyse preferential utilisation rates, to quantify the impact of non-tariff measures, and to estimate the benefits of digital trade facilitation. He has worked on consultancy projects for a range of clients, including the European Parliament, the ASEAN Secretariat, and the Department for International Trade.
Prior to joining ECIPE, Robin completed an MSc in International Political Economy at the LSE. He also has an undergraduate degree in International Relations and Economics from the University of Exeter, where he was awarded a Dean’s Commendation for academic excellence.
ECIPE Policy Briefs
How Huawei Weathered the Storm: Resilience, Market Conditions or Failed Sanctions?
Huawei is exhibiting stoic resilience in the face of US sanctions, economic downturns, and the slow pace of 5G investments. There is a narrative that the company has been propped up by the Chinese government, but the key to Huawei’s resilience is multifaceted. Through pre-emptive stockpiling and ingenuity, the company has continued to fulfil its base station orders and defend its market shares abroad. Concurrently, Huawei has made an autonomous business decision...
ECIPE Occasional Papers
German Industrial Competitiveness and the Metaverse
The metaverse is the next iteration of the internet as an immersive, 3D, virtual, shared world where activities can be carried out with the help of extended reality services. But it is much more than headsets and virtual games. The metaverse is increasingly conceptualised in tandem with other advanced technologies, including AI, IoT, automation, and blockchain. Combined, these Industrie 4.0 innovations will be at the centre of German productivity growth over the...
ECIPE Occasional Papers
Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Industrie und das Metaverse
Das Metaverse ist die nächste Stufe des Internets, das virtuelle 3D-Umgebungen schafft, in denen virtuelle Erlebnisse mithilfe von erweiterten Realität durchgeführt werden können. Es geht nicht nur um Headsets und virtuelle Spiele, sondern auch um die zunehmende Verbindung des Metaverses mit anderen fortschrittlichen Technologien wie Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI), dem Internet der Dinge (IoT), Automatisierung und Blockchain. Insgesamt werden diese Innovationen...
Media Mention
European Council Think Tank Review – March 2024
Three ECIPE studies featured in March 2024 Tank Review curated by European Council
Media Mention
Digital Bridge Newsletter from Politico
The study "How Huawei Weathered the Storm: Resilience, Market Conditions or Failed Sanctions?" by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Robin Baker is referenced in the Digital Bridge Newsletter curated by Mark Scott.
Media Mention
Oltre le sanzioni, come Huawei ha retto all’urto. Report Ecipe
The paper "How Huawei Weathered the Storm: Resilience, Market Conditions or Failed Sanctions?" written by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Robin Baker gets mentioned in Formiche.
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Book or Paper
The Economic Impact of Outward Direct Investment (ODI)
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama publishes a new report for LSE Consulting.
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