Areas of Expertise

  • Global trade policy
  • Globalization and the world economy
  • G7/G20
  • International economic organizations (WTO, IMF)
  • Transatlantic economic relations
  • European foreign trade policy

Short Bio

Claudia Schmucker is head of DGAP’s Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology. Prior to that, she had headed DGAP’s Globalization and World Economy Program since 2002. She has published extensively on European and transatlantic trade policy, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Doha Round as well as on the role of informal global forums such as the G7 and G20.

Schmucker studied at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität in Bonn, at Elmira College in New York State, and at Yale University. She holds an MA in North American studies and a PhD in economics from the Freie Universität Berlin.

Languages

German, English

 

[Last updated: January 2023]

Dr. Claudia Schmucker

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Publications

Germany’s G7 Presidency

Preserving the significance of the G7 means getting results based on shared values

Author/s
Dr. Claudia Schmucker
Kseniya Dziatlouskaya
Policy Brief

TTIP: Winning Back Trust

The EU Commission should take concrete steps to address the public’s concerns

Author/s
Dr. Claudia Schmucker
Commentary

Group with a Cause

There is no alternative to the G20, but it does need reform

Author/s
Dr. Claudia Schmucker
Dr. Katharina Gnath
Policy Brief

TTIP: A Chance for Europe

The criticism on TTIP is widespread but is it justified? Explanations of central issues

Author/s
Johanna Körnig
Dr. Claudia Schmucker