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Six Months into the Second von der Leyen Commission – Where are the Policies for Long-Run Economic Growth?
There are different ways to think about the economy. Economic reality will routinely present any policymaker with challenges that require actions in the short term: crises that motivate cyclical...
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What Next for the UK-EU Trade Relationship?
On May 19 the UK and EU started a new phase in their turbulent history. By agreeing a future program of work including negotiating alignment on food and drink regulations (SPS) and emissions trading...
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What is the Endgame of Trump’s Tariffs?
It’s an occupational hazard of a trade economist, perhaps, that you will get your holiday disrupted by Trump’s trade tirades. At any rate, this is what happened to me as I went for an Easter...
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The US and China Have Reached a Temporary Truce in the Trade Wars, but More Turbulence Lies Ahead
This article is co-authored with Nathan Howard Gray, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide. Defying expectations, the United States and China have...
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Free Trade Is the Proper Response to US Protectionism
Six weeks after President Trump’s “Liberation Day”, in which he imposed “reciprocal tariffs” on the world, United States (US) trade policy remains predatory, volatile, and...
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Globalisation Is Winning – And Other Trade Trends in the Age of Trump
Trade talk has gone mainstream as a result of President Trump’s actions. On top of reporting costs and uncertainty to business this has meant numerous bold statements like the world never being the...
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Trade Retaliation – An Answer Waiting for Its Question
A question that is haunting the EU and other key trading partners of the United States is whether they should retaliate against Trump’s tariff assault. So far, the EU’s response to the Trump...
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Justice Must Not Be for Sale: The Case of Mass Litigation
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 13th of April 2025. The original article can be found here. Julia Roberts won an Oscar for her leading role in Erin Brockovich,...
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Trump’s Tariffs Threaten UK Identity
There was a small sigh of relief in the UK when President Trump finally reached the country in his tariff scoreboard revealing the lowest possible number of 10%. Limited, because with 25% on steel,...
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Ten Days After Trump’s Trade Assault: US Staring into the Abyss
“There are weeks when decades happen”, Lenin famously said. The first two weeks of April this year have been such an event: major foundations of the global economic order have been shaken. The...