Event

What Economists Really Do - Pressure Points: How Sanctions Reshape Trade, Finance, and Firm Behaviour

Date
26 Feb 2026
Time
14:00 UK time
Speakers
Beata Javorcik
Where
Online
Organiser contact
Audience
Public
Cost
Free
Booking
Required
What secrets about sanctions evasion are hidden in trade data? Who fears secondary sanctions - and who shrugs them off? And why has Russia’s pivot toward the Chinese renminbi accelerated so dramatically under Western restrictions? This talk explores these questions in the context of the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.