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4 May 2021

Telegraph

Britain & India ‘fire starting gun’ on post-Brexit trade deal

3 May 2021

Bloomberg

“We need to break out of the zero-sum deadlock,” Okonjo-Iweala

30 April 2021

Gov.UK

G7 Roadmap for Co-operation on Data Free Flow with Trust

30 April 2021

Gov.uk

Trade Act becomes law

27 April 2021

EY

UK growth prospects significantly brighter in 2021

26 April 2021

The Guardian

Exodus of foreign workers ‘a threat to UK recovery’

26 April 2021

CANZUK

Visas & Skills Recognition Discussed In Australia-UK Trade Negotiations

23 April 2021

CER

How to make carbon border adjustments work for developing countries

20 April 2021

CapX

How to maximise the impact of the UK-Australia trade deal

19 April 2021

Cato Institute

Digital Trade Agreements and Domestic Policy

14 April 2021

Telegraph

Was this the week the country finally accepted Brexit?

13 April 2021

The Times

Australia moves to break trade deadlock

12 April 2021

RTE

EU, UK officials working to resolve NI Protocol issues

9 April 2021

FEE

Why the Captain of the Ever Given Should Get a Medal

9 April 2021

The Hill

Digital trade deal ripe for the Indo-Pacific

8 April 2021

Bloomberg

Millions Are Tumbling Out of the Global Middle Class in Historic Setback

5 April 2021

Politico

Britain brokers labor pacts with US states as it waits on trade deal

5 April 2021

Doubts rise over EU-Mercosur trade deal

30 March 2021

Reason

Africa Tries Free Trade

30 March 2021

Politico

Revenge of the precautionary principle

30 March 2021

Cato Institute

Why Did Donald Trump’s Trade War on China Fail?

27 March 2021

DW

Suez canal blocked ship could be refloated in hours

23 March 2021

BusinessDaily

Kenya now eyes UK talks on free trade in services

23 March 2021

ECIPE

Covid-19 and the Danger of Self-sufficiency

23 March 2021

IFT & The University of Buckingham establish strategic association

21 March 2021

Guardian

EU export ban would delay UK Covid vaccine drive by two months

19 March 2021

Reason

Biden, Democrats Are Locking in Trump’s Tariffs

17 March 2021

The Times

EU set to seize factories and block vaccine exports to UK

17 March 2021

Politico

UK’s competitive advantage: Free and fair trade

16 March 2021

BBC News

UK to shift foreign policy focus following review

15 March 2021

WTO

World trade in services rebounds

12 March 2021

PwC

Post-Brexit UK an increasingly attractive growth target for global CEOs

12 March 2021

The Economist

The many guises of vaccine nationalism

10 March 2021

Gov.uk

Board of Trade publishes first report

9 March 2021

VoxEU

Export controls on COVID-19 vaccines: Has the EU opened Pandora’s Box?

7 March 2021

BBC

Lord Frost accuses EU of ‘ill will’ over UK exit

4 March 2021

Politico

‘Global Britain’ must get real on migration

4 March 2021

Spectator

US suspends tariffs on Scotch whisky

3 March 2021

BBC

Rishi Sunak presents 2021 budget

2 March 2021

FT

Post-Brexit UK should craft itself as a services trading hub

1 March 2021

Bloomberg

U.S. Drops Digital Tax Demand

24 February 2021

FT

London should be centre of ‘Spac revolution’, says ex-LSE chief

24 February 2021

Washington Policy Centre

What is meant by “Free Markets” in the first place?

23 February 2021

Cato Institute

Tariffs Are Bad, and Clever‐Sounding Substitutes for Tariffs Are Just as Bad

22 February 2021

Telegraph

A future for India-UK trade?

22 February 2021

CityAM

G7 leaders commit to green Covid-19 recovery led by free trade

18 February 2021

BBC

Lord Frost: Brexit negotiator joins cabinet to deal with EU

16 February 2021

OUP

Global earnings inequality has fallen

15 February 2021

WTO

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala chosen as Director-General

15 February 2021

FT

Brussels to allow data to continue to flow to UK

15 February 2021

BBC

Brexit lorry chaos avoided as freight flows ‘back to normal’

12 February 2021

VoxEU

Memo to the new WTO Director-General

11 February 2021

OECD

Services trade restrictions increased in 2020, compounding COVID-19 economic shock

11 February 2021

FT

Sweden flies the flag for the free-trade cause in the EU

8 February 2021

Genetic Literacy Project

‘Science over unjustified cautiousness’: Why UK should abandon Europe’s biotech crop rules

8 February 2021

Cato Institute

Antidumping, China and “Deindustrialization”

4 February 2021

ECFR

The EU’s misguided export regulation on vaccines

4 February 2021

ConHome

Joining the Pacific bloc marks the rebirth of Global Britain

2 February 2021

CapX

From CPTPP to welcoming the Hongkongers, Global Britain is taking shape

1 February 2021

The Telegraph

Britain is poised to become a Pacific player

27 January 2021

Politico

The bureaucratic battle to make the Brexit deal work

25 January 2021

The Sun

White wine loving Brits set for joy as free trade deal with New Zealand is just weeks away

24 January 2021

FT

Britain must rethink its ‘national security’ law on FDI

21 January 2021

Foreign Affairs

To Build Back Better, Biden Needs to Fix Trade

20 January 2021

Gov.UK

Summit held on UK-Japan trade

18 January 2021

The Times

Boris Johnson consults businesses on plan to become Europe’s Singapore

16 January 2021

The Entrepreneurs Network

Fixing copyright post-Brexit

13 January 2021

CapX

What should the UK do with its new freedom in customs and border processing?

13 January 2021

The Telegraph

We will not turn a blind eye to modern slavery - including in China

11 January 2021

WorldTradeLaw

FTA safeguard exclusion clauses. Do they bite?

8 January 2021

The Times

Gene editing is the future of British farming

2 January 2021

Reuters

African free trade bloc opens for business, but challenges remain

1 January 2021

BBC

Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union

29 December 2020

FT

The case for liberal trade remains as robust as ever

29 December 2020

The Telegraph

The success of the deal will depend on how the UK uses its newfound freedom

26 December 2020

WorldTradeLaw

“Rebalancing” Provisions in the “Level Playing Field” Section of the UK-EU FTA

26 December 2020

BBC

UK and EU agree post-Brexit trade deal

23 December 2020

FT

Brazil reform agenda stalls

23 December 2020

CapX

The party of Thatcher must resist the siren call of protectionism

17 December 2020

Gov.uk

Legislation for the UK’s independent tariff policy

15 December 2020

INews

Liz Truss is the unsung hero of post-Brexit trade deals — she’s sorted out 57 of them

13 December 2020

The Telegraph

Brexit and trade: how we got here

11 December 2020

TechUK

A UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement is a great idea

11 December 2020

WorldTradeLaw

Katherine Tai Will Be the Next U.S. Trade Representative

9 December 2020

Independent

Britain to drop tariffs on US related to Airbus subsidy dispute after Brexit next year

8 December 2020

Reason

Britain Is Granting Record Numbers of Passports to Hongkongers. America Should Take a Hint.

5 December 2020

PIIE

The Washington Consensus stands test of time better than populist policies

4 December 2020

Bloomberg

U.K. Grants Five Passports a Minute to Hongkongers as China Tightens Grip

1 December 2020

CapX

The CAP is lifted – now British farming can flourish after Brexit

30 November 2020

Cato Institute

The Pandemic Does Not Justify Protectionism or Deglobalization

27 November 2020

IELP

Brexit and Steel Safeguards

24 November 2020

AsianTradeCentre

RCEP rules of origin - an introduction

22 November 2020

FT

UK and Canada seal rollover trade deal

20 November 2020

CityAM

Begone Trumpist protectionism! How Biden will boost prospects for global trade

19 November 2020

WTO

WTO marks its 25th anniversary

19 November 2020

Cato Institute

Trade Policy under a Biden Administration

15 November 2020

ASEAN.org

ASEAN members sign RCEP

12 November 2020

WorldTradeLaw

U.S. Trade Policy After Trump: Some Preliminary Thoughts

11 November 2020

Gov.UK

Landmark Agriculture Bill becomes law

9 November 2020

BBC

Joe Biden becomes 46th US President

4 November 2020

Gov.uk

UK and Kenya secure a trade agreement

3 November 2020

The Guardian

Basmati battle: Pakistan fights Indian bid for EU recognition of rice

2 November 2020

The Guardian

Labour urges UK trade secretary to end delays over Kenya and Ghana deals

2 November 2020

WTO

DDG Wolff urges start of “serious discussion” on WTO reforms

30 October 2020

Reuters

UK rejects “Britain first” trade policy taking swipes at EU and US

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