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The next stages of UK trade policy
The context for UK trade policy in the future remains unclear. It is possible but unlikely that the UK will be leaving the EU with full future control at the end of March, but more likely that it...
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Assessing UK Trade Policy progress
Summary We see signs of progress in preparing the UK for greater trade policy freedom outside of EU membership, such as a few agreements reached to replace existing EU Free Trade Agreements, and a...
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Why the UK Government’s Brexit proposals were defeated in Parliament twice
There is a general rule of international negotiations, which is to make sure you have sufficient domestic support to ensure whatever you agree with other countries is ratified at home. You therefore...
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What does the future hold for US trade policy?
Last year was a difficult year for free trade and the international rules-based system. No doubt the US played an important role in this: It threatened old trade partners like Canada and the EU with...
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Lessons from Uber for the taxi industry
Once again taxi drivers have blocked the streets in a major European city as part of a protest against the ride-sharing service Uber. The latest demonstration took place in Madrid mirroring similar...
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Online Platform Restrictions and Small Firm Exports
Stricter rules on online platforms restrain potential trade, especially for smaller businesses. This is because online platforms facilitate export and import by lowering transaction and information...
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Regulating Artificial Intelligence: Should there be innovation without permission?
Brian Williamson, a Partner at consultancy Communications Chambers. The views in this blog are his own. The European Commission, along with others, is considering the role of ethics in...
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Huawei, which way? Perceptions and US-China Relations
Following the global financial crisis in 2008, the G-2 framework of a global strategic partnership was seen among observers as the way forward for US-China relations. Ten years later and the focus is...
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How We Made a Top-Ranking Guide to Globalisation
By Melina Kolb, Digital Communications Manager at the Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute recently experimented with creating its first longform online feature...
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As Asia tightens up on data regulation, the EU GDPR leaves its footprint
By Tim Yu, a cybersecurity and technology policy analyst based in Hong Kong Over recent years, there has been a concerted effort from Asian regulators to ramp up their data protection regimes. In...