To launch our third season of Trade Knowledge Matters, our host, Amar Breckenridge discusses with Prof. David Luke, LSE and Colette van der Ven, Tulip Consulting the aftermath of the CoP28 in the United Arab Emirates. They dive into the impact of the CoP’s conclusions on Sub-Sahara African economies and their trade policies. The episode […]
Read moreTrade and Climate Change – Five Points to Consider
With COP-26 starting today and one month to go until the 12th WTO ministerial conference, the trade-climate nexus is under the spotlight yet again. We will host a panel to discuss these questions. You can register here. In the meantime, here is a quick overview of some of the questions by way of background. We […]
➔Ireland: Caught in the Toils Of Brexit
In our post entitled Brexit and the Irish border issue dated 9 February 2018, we wrote: The Issue of Brexit and the Irish border – how to avoid creating some form of border within the island of Ireland – has emerged as one of the most difficult in the entire Brexit negotiation. Three and a […]
➔Reflections on the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Agreement at last After more than four years of seemingly interminable negotiation following the United Kingdom’s 2016 referendum decision to leave the European Union, the parties finally concluded a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) at the very last practicable moment, on Christmas Eve 2020. Ratification was rushed through both Houses of the UK Parliament on […]
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