Sectors Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Trade Knowledge Exchange

Commentary

Trade, War and Trade Wars

9th May 2018

Donald Trump’s decision to repudiate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed with Iran has not only precipitated a security crisis, it will also further ratchet up tensions in world trade. Trade is a fundamental part of the deal, for Iran, but also the European Union. In just two years, EU exports to Iran increased […]

Commentary

Bananas and Brexit: The Trade Policy Dilemmas That Lie Ahead

20th April 2018

by Chris Horseman

Guest author for the TKE and agricultural trade expert Chris Horseman writes about bananas and Brexit. This article contemplates what the UK might do about its external trade regime after Brexit, and uses the example of bananas to illustrate some of the challenges.

Commentary

Show Me the Money

20th March 2018

by Michael Johnson

International trade in goods, Trade services, Professional services brexit, brexit professional services, brexit network, trade expertise, trade expertise network, Trade knowledge, trade knowedge exchange, trade compliance, trade tools, barriers to international trade, effects of tariffs, brexit trade, brexit trade deals, post brexit trade deals, post-brexit trade deals, brexit trade, brexit trade deals, trade after brexit, brexit trade agreements, brexit analysis, trade analysis,

Show me the Money: Prospects for United Kingdom and EU cooperation on Financial Services post-Brexit Draft Guidelines for the second phase of Brexit negotiations were submitted to the European Council on 7 March 2018, for adoption on 23 March. In them the EU lays down tight limits for negotiation of the UK’s withdrawal agreement and […]

Commentary

Trump Tariffs on Steel and Aluminium

7th March 2018

by Michael Johnson

President Trump announced on 1 March that he would impose tariffs respectively of 25% and 10% on US imports of steel and aluminium. The backdrop to this dramatic action is of course the longstanding decline in US steel production, together with the sustained impact on world steel markets of Chinese overcapacity in the sector. The […]

Knowledge

Services Trade in the UK: What is at Stake?

by Dr Ingo Borchert

This paper highlights how Brexit might directly and indirectly affect UK services trade and policy-making in this area.

Knowledge

Trade and Consumers After Brexit

by Dr Peter Holmes

Brexit consumers, impact of brexit on consumers, International trade in goods, Trade services, Professional services brexit, brexit professional services, brexit network, trade expertise, trade expertise network, Trade knowledge, trade knowedge exchange, trade compliance, trade tools, barriers to international trade, effects of tariffs, brexit trade, brexit trade deals, post brexit trade deals, post-brexit trade deals, brexit trade, brexit trade deals, trade after brexit, brexit trade agreements, brexit analysis, trade analysis,

Consumers face many challenges post-Brexit. This briefing paper addresses issues of trade policy and consumer interests.

Knowledge

World Trade Rules and the Policy Options for British Agriculture Post-Brexit

by Professor Alan Swinbank

The UK does not start with a blank sheet of paper when it comes to exiting the EU. This article explores the issues encompassed by existing and continuing support for farm businesses and the rural environment, as well as the UK’s future agri-food trade relations.

Knowledge

The UK’s Digital Sectors and Brexit

by Amar Breckenridge

Sectors

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.

Knowledge