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COMMENTARY

14 May 2019

Barney Trimble

Avoiding a Chinese burn: how the West should handle China

2 May 2019

Oni Oviri

African Continental Free Trade Area: significance and key challenges ahead

1 May 2019

Simon Clarke MP

Labour’s EU customs union demands would kill the Free Ports dream for struggling coastal communities

29 April 2019

Yaël Ossowski

It’s time for the government to put consumers first

29 April 2019

David Seymour

The time is ripe for a new partnership between the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand

25 April 2019

Barney Trimble

Sent into a spin: the unexpected costs of protectionism

24 April 2019

Douglas Carswell

How to sell the free market to millennials

17 April 2019

Oliver Wiseman

The false choice between capitalism and saving the planet

10 April 2019

Douglas Carswell

Free exchange can conjure something from nothing

5 April 2019

Simon Lester

Beware the “unfair trade” trap in any Brexit deal

3 April 2019

IFT

EXPLAINER: What is a customs union?

2 April 2019

James Holland

What might the EU elections mean for its trade policy?

2 April 2019

Greg Hands

Five main reasons why an EU Customs Union would be the worst choice of all

2 April 2019

Phil Radford

The pointlessness of the EU Customs Union exposed

1 April 2019

Greg Hands

Why won’t my colleagues think it through? A Customs Union would be a disaster for UK foreign policy.

29 March 2019

Marian L. Tupy

Free markets dramatically reduce the cost of living

26 March 2019

Douglas Carswell

What could Brexit Britain learn from Venice?

25 March 2019

T. Norman Van Cott

Why politicians ignore economists’ opposition to tariffs

21 March 2019

Ben Ramanauskas

What has Capitalism ever done for us?

13 March 2019

IFT

A good start: HMG’s contingency tariff rates

11 March 2019

Oliver Wiseman

6 March 2019

Ryan Bourne

Deal or no deal, Britain should pursue unilateral free trade

5 March 2019

Alexander CR Hammond

The trade deal that could kick-start Africa’s industrial revolution

2 March 2019

Trump’s objectives for US-UK trade agreement – key takeaways

28 February 2019

Why the Northern Irish backstop makes the draft Withdrawal Agreement unpalatable

27 February 2019

Proposed tariffs on meat ignore the interests of British consumers

26 February 2019

Only genuinely free markets will save capitalism from the far left

19 February 2019

Here is the tariff policy the Government should announce for 29th March

14 February 2019

Daniel Raisbeck

Opinion: Brexit can re-vitalise Latin America-UK trade

13 February 2019

Dr Graham Gudgin

There are very strong reasons why the EU ought to accept the Malthouse Compromise

5 February 2019

Tim Worstall

Britain should scrap tariffs to help the world’s poor after Brexit

31 January 2019

Tyler Cowan

The case for the longer term

29 January 2019

Marian L Tupy

The Man Behind the Hong Kong Miracle

21 January 2019

Simon Lester

Beware the “Unfair Trade” Trap in Any Brexit Deal

10 January 2019

Daniel Hannan

That Brexit film works as drama. But it doesn’t as history. I should know. I was there.

9 January 2019

Daniel J. Ikenson

U.S. Trade Policy Agenda in 2019? Fixing What’s Been Breaking Since January 20, 2017

18 December 2018

IFT

Who wants to be a Turkey this Christmas?

18 December 2018

Simon Lester

Is The Trump Administration Willing To Make A Deal With China?

13 December 2018

The Political Declaration: out of the frying pan and into the fire?

12 December 2018

We still have time to switch course from disaster. Just. It’s up to Conservative MPs to act now.

7 December 2018

Marcus Gibson

The UK’s unnoticed export boom underlines why a no-deal Brexit is nothing to fear

6 December 2018

Daniel J. Ikenson

Protectionism and Trade Barriers Aren’t Just Bad Economics – They’re Also Immoral

30 November 2018

Jonathan de Leyser

In praise of comprehensive free trade agreements

28 November 2018

Daniel Hannan

I want to support May’s plan. But I can’t.

23 November 2018

Daniel Hannan

There are immense trading opportunities in the Pacific region – but not while we’re shackled to the

20 November 2018

If May’s Brexit plan falls, what will life really be like in a ‘no deal’ world?

19 November 2018

IFT

The realities of Turkey’s customs union with the EU

14 November 2018

Daniel Hannan

May’s deal leaves us facing colonial rule from Brussels

12 November 2018

Dr Graham Gudgin

Why a UK-EU Customs Union remains a terrible idea

6 November 2018

Why remaining in an EU customs union would be a serious mistake

29 October 2018

Michael Liebreich

The Secret of Eternal Growth

25 October 2018

Linda Kavuka

Africa needs access to markets, not dependence on aid, and Britain can help provide it

23 October 2018

Liam Fox and David Dingle

Maritime ties pave the way for an even closer US-UK trading relationship

22 October 2018

Barney Trimble, IFT Researcher

Liberalising agriculture: lessons from New Zealand

18 October 2018

Matt Kilcoyne

A US-UK trade deal built on trust would set an example to the world

16 October 2018

Much ado about nothing: OBR doesn’t update Brexit forecasts

9 October 2018

Brian Sturgess

“Build it in Britain”: the problems with Corbyn’s Trump-lite protectionism

24 September 2018

Simon Lester & Inu Manak

A preliminary assessment of the amended KORUS FTA

19 September 2018

Ted Bromund

Senator Lee hosts IFT/Cato “Ideal US-UK Free Trade Agreement” launch

18 September 2018

IFT

IFT & Cato Institute launch Ideal US-UK Free Trade Agreement

3 September 2018

Lessons from Venezuela’s devastating price controls

10 August 2018

IFT

Technology and free trade are progressive and disruptive in similar ways

2 August 2018

Daniel Raisbeck, Fellow of IFT

Colombia’s new President can choose free trade or pave the way for Chavismo in 2022

26 July 2018

Daniel Hannan

Qatar blockade offers some comforting lessons

13 July 2018

Jonathan de Leyser

The White Paper would still make Britain a progressive force for global free trade

11 July 2018

Daniel Hannan

May’s Chequers Deal is just about better than No Deal

10 July 2018

William Poole

Woodrow Wilson’s wisdom on tariffs, for today

4 July 2018

Max Rangeley

A point of view: the case for trade pacifism

27 June 2018

IFT Event: Stephen Harper and Liam Fox talk trade

22 June 2018

Marian L. Tupy

There’s a better way to rein in China’s trading practices: revisit TPP

16 June 2018

David B. Smith

Options that a clean-break Brexit could present

12 June 2018

Simon Lester

When Trump talks free trade, let’s take him up on it

5 June 2018

Jon Moynihan

A much-needed refresher on Free Trade and how it cuts prices for consumers

1 June 2018

Graham Stringer MP

The Left-wing Case for Free Trade

25 May 2018

Ted Bromund

The launch of the US Senate’s UK Trade Caucus demonstrates American hopes for Brexit Britain

17 May 2018

Victoria Hewson

Does the EU help or hinder farmers and manufacturers in developing countries?

11 May 2018

Tim Worstall

Food will be cheaper after Brexit – if we ignore special interests

10 May 2018

Catherine McBride

A mutual recognition agreement in financial services is in both the UK’s and EU’s best interest

1 May 2018

Tim Worstall

How foreign competition helps domestic firms

26 April 2018

Victoria Hewson

Ministers must set up new customs processes, whatever the final outcome of the Brexit talks

24 April 2018

William Davidson

A free trade future for Africa

17 April 2018

Brian Sturgess & Oni Oviri

Why the UK should oppose the EU’s proposed palm oil ban

16 April 2018

Shanker Singham

Britain’s neglect of the Commonwealth must change as we leave the EU

11 April 2018

Oliver Wiseman

The false promise of manufacturing

6 April 2018

Marian L. Tupy

A decade of human progress

5 April 2018

Shanker Singham and Kay Neufeld

How high a price will the global economy pay for Trump’s tariffs?

3 April 2018

Michael Burrage

Ministers must ramp up engagement with trade associations to get more British firms exporting

28 March 2018

David Dingle

We need a trade deal with the EU covering the broader services sector – not just financial services

23 March 2018

Madeline Grant

Unhealthy anti-Americanism will cost us

22 March 2018

Julian Jessop

The IFS tariffs study misses the biggest benefits of leaving the Customs Union

21 March 2018

Barnabas Reynolds

Can the EU step up to a win-win Brexit outcome in financial services?

20 March 2018

Daniel Evans

Blockchain technology: Rethinking property rights

16 March 2018

The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP

Brexit will set the British energy market free – and ought to cut costs for consumers too

13 March 2018

Bill Wirtz

In response to Trump tariffs, the EU is coming for your bourbon

8 March 2018

Ryan Bourne

Two trade wrongs don’t make a right

6 March 2018

Samura Kamara

Sierra Leone is deeply grateful for the aid, Britain – but now let’s trade

2 March 2018

Mickey Levy

Trump’s tariffs are wrong-headed and poorly timed

27 February 2018

David Paton

Corbyn’s customs union plan is bizarre: what on earth is he thinking?

22 February 2018

Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin

Brexit offers Arkansas opportunity for US-UK growth

16 February 2018

Bill Wirtz

Protectionist lobby in full swing for EU-Mercosur negotiations

14 February 2018

Julian Jessop

‘Project Fear’ must not be allowed to derail a post-Brexit US-UK trade deal

2 February 2018

Christopher Rowe

Free trade - Left behind?

26 January 2018

Daniel Evans

Blockchain technology: The role of regulators

24 January 2018

Christopher Rowe

Trade and toleration

23 January 2018

Jonathan Isaby

In good hands: The Minister for Trade Policy outlines his ambitious agenda

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