Researchers from the ENTICE project travelled to Kyoto, Japan, on June 17-19, to take part in the 29th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, organised by the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP). The conference is one of the leading international gatherings for researchers working on global economic modelling, trade policy analysis, and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) methods, bringing together modellers, policy analysts, and academics from around the world.
ENTICE contributed strongly to this year's programme, with five presentations delivered across two dedicated sessions, organised by Maksym Chepeliev (Purdue University). The first dedicated session, "Recent advancements in modelling trade policies: methodological developments and policy applications," featured three ENTICE presentations by ICCS. Konstantinos Koasidis presented on the evolution of trade theories and the endogeneity of technological change in macroeconomic models. Alexandros Nikas discussed the environmental implications of protectionist trade policies, mapping the channels through which such policies affect the environment and outlining ways to strengthen analytical capacity in this area. Georgios Trachanas presented an assessment of reinforcing the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) beyond its renewal, examining the effects of tariff and non-tariff barrier reductions using GTAP-based analysis.
A second dedicated session, "Advancing climate policy analysis: critical mineral supply chains, technological constraints, and policy responses," brought further ENTICE contributions to the floor from E3M. Maria Iro Baka presented a multi-model assessment of the technological constraints shaping Europe's energy transition. The session also included a related presentation from Panagiotis Fragkos on the macroeconomic and trade impacts of industrial policy nationalism.
Finally, ENTICE was also represented in a session dedicated to "Expanding the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) across countries, emission scopes, and commodities," also organised and chaired by Maksym Chepeliev. Zoi Vrontisi from E3M presented a model-based assessment of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms across major economies.
The strong ENTICE presence at GTAP 2026 reflects the project's ongoing contribution to advancing the modelling of trade, climate, and industrial policy at the global level, and its commitment to engaging with the wider research community shaping these tools and methods.