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Olga Ponomaryova, expert at the Economic Policy Foundation, analyzed in a commentary for RT how the US decision to impose trade tariffs on China and a number of other countries may affect Russia’s foreign economic agenda.

Dmitry Evdokimov, expert of the Gaidar Institute’s Quantitative Analysis of Economic Effects Department, explained in a commentary for Nezavisimaya Gazeta the reasons for the imbalance in the development of mechanical engineering sectors. The Higher School of Economics estimates that from 2021 to 2024, the industrial production index will grow by 35.5%. The volume of own production of machinery and equipment for the same period increased by 80.5% and was at the maximum for the last 10 years.

Alexander Firanchuk, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department, in a commentary for TASS, expressed his opinion about the desire of China and the European Union to form more stable trade alliances amid the instability of the US sales market.

The unpredictability and harshness of economic decisions of the new US administration will long discourage both American and foreign companies from investing in the US economy and trading with it, TASS quoted Alexander Firanchuk, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department.

The US has imposed import tariffs of 145% on China, while other countries are subject to a tariff of only 10%. Gaidar Institute experts told RBC in a commentary how suppliers of Chinese goods can try to circumvent these tariffs.

Alexander Firanchuk, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department, believes that global companies will not move production to the United States, as American President Donald Trump insists. The expert’s opinion is quoted by TASS.

The peak of annual inflation in Russia against the backdrop of high key rate and strengthened ruble will be in March-April, Principal Researcher of the Gaidar Institute Sergey Drobyshevsky said in comments for RIA Novosti.

In the program "World Opinion" on Television and radio broadcasting company "MIR", Vladimir Sedalishchev, expert of the Economic Policy Foun, discussed with the host Alexei Melnikov the increase of US tariffs against China.

Vladimir Sedalishchev, expert of the Economic Policy Foun, spoke about the consequences of the trade confrontation between the US and China in his commentary for Vzglyad.

Evgeny Goryunov, Head of the Monetary Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute, commented to Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the data from the Central Bank’s survey on the maximum volumes of stock purchases by both Russians and non-residents recorded in March.

Alexander Firanchuk, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department, and Vladimir Sedalishchev, expert at the Economic Policy Fund, have commented for RTVI on how Trump’s new tariff policy will benefit Russia.

Tatyana Ivakhnenko, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Mathematical Modeling of Economic Processes Department, commented for Expert on the reasons for the growth and reduction in income distribution in Russia.

Gaidar Institute Press has published Artificial General Intelligence by Julian Togelius. We present the opinion on the book by Vladimir Kosarev, a researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Sectoral Markets and Infrastructure Department:

The Belgian Treasury has authorized Euroclear to unfreeze some Russian assets. Kirill Chernovol, researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department, said in a commentary for Rossiyskaya Gazeta that the EU sanctions legislation can be applied flexibly if local authorities wish to do so.

RBC has published the opinion of Alexander Firanchuk and Dmitry Kuznetsov of the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Studies Department on what the escalation of the trade war between China and the United States will lead to.

Alexander Firanchuk, senior researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Studies Department, and Olga Ponomaryova, expert at the Economic Policy Foundation, commented for VZGLYAD on the large-scale tariff war unleashed by the United States.