The Long Kiss Goodnight: Negotiating the future relationship between the UK and the EU. Amar Breckenridge discusses the current state of affairs of UK-EU negotiations.
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Amar Breckenridge
Trade Modelling: Model behaviour?
Model Behaviour: Understanding some recent debates on the UK’s trade prospects after Brexit. Brexit has managed to make trade modelling trendy. Perhaps that’s an exaggeration. But at least it has brought it out of the academic journals and into the broadsheets. The latest sparring has seen claims that the civil service’s trade modelling is unduly […]
Read moreThe UK and China
UK-China Trade: Eastern Promise? UK-China trade has featured highly on Theresa May’s visit to China. The Prime Minister hopes that by the end of her sojourn, a further £9 billion in commercial deals will have been secured between UK and Chinese businesses. Trade with China is a small but important part of the UK’s overall […]
Read moreA recap of the TKE’s inaugural event featuring Pascal Lamy
The TKE held its inaugural event “At the Crossroads: the UK and the EU in an uncertain global trade system” on 19 January in London. The meeting featured a keynote address by Pascal Lamy, with further contributions by Professor L. Alan Winters and Dr. Swati Dhingra. In his remarks, Pascal Lamy offered a global perspective […]
Read moreThe UK’s Digital Sectors and Brexit
This report prepared by Frontier Economics for Tech UK, considers the impacts of Brexit for the UK tech sector and the policy priorities that arise from these.
Read moreA Brief Primer on the GATT
This article gives a quick primer about the rules on goods trade found in the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT).
Read moreGATS: The WTO’s Framework for Services Trade
This article discusses The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
Read moreGeneralised System of Preferences: An Overview
Trade preferences are one of the issues that lie at the nexus between trade and development. This article discusses the Generalised Schedule of Preferences and some related issues for the UK to consider post-Brexit.
Read moreA Road Less Travelled – Brexit and the UK’s trade policy
The UK has stated its intention to prioritise “friction-free” trade in goods with the EU, whilst also planning to implement its own trade policy with the rest of the world meaning withdrawal from the EU’s Common Commercial Policy and the Customs Union on goods. Meanwhile, the EU has said that there can be no cherry-picking […]
Read moreWTO Schedules- An Overview
This article provides an overview of WTO schedules.
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