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Building a Mature UK Trade Policy
Global Britain has not delivered according to the hopes expressed by supporters of leaving the EU. Trade with the rest of the world has not grown to...
How Important are Mutual Recognition Agreements for Trade Facilitation?
Trade in the 21st century may face lower tariffs, but regulations that affect international trade in goods and services have proliferated. While...
The New Globalisation: SMEs and International Trade – The Supply Chain is as Important as Direct Exports
The disproportionately small share of exports from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is a cause of concern in modern trade policy. For developed...
The Impacts of EU Strategy Autonomy Policies – A Primer for Member States
EU governments should be much more sceptical and critical of the EU’s strategic autonomy agenda and the new polices intended to achieve the EU’s...
Has Globalisation Really Peaked for Europe?
This paper builds on the recent arguments put forward by Richard Baldwin and others debunking the myth that we enter a period of de-globalisation....
What Does the UK’s Trade Policy Report Card Look Like?
One of the stated aims of Brexit was to widen and customise the UK’s trading relationships with the world. Several years down the line, the...
Processing Trade and Global Supply Chains: Towards a Resilient “GVC 2.0” Approach
In the current global context marked by economic fragility, growing uncertainty and geopolitical conflicts, ensuring the smooth functioning of...
The New Wave of Defensive Trade Policy Measures in the European Union: Design, Structure, and Trade Effects
This study undertakes a comprehensive review of proposed and adopted defensive trade policy instruments in the EU, with the purpose of better...
Should the EU Pursue a Strategic Ginseng Policy? Trade Dependency in the Brave New World of Geopolitics
Political leaders all over the world are calling for strategic autonomy. The removal of critical trade dependencies has become a guiding principle...
When the State Becomes the Only Buyer: Monopsony in China’s Public Procurement of Medical Technology
China’s centralised state procurement policies are moving the Chinese market of medical technologies in a monopsonistic direction. A monopsony...