Insights (Filter: UK)
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Unresolved Brexit Contradictions Constrain UK Trade Policy
By: David HenigIntroduction Six months after leaving the EU’s Customs Union and Single Market, and five years after the referendum to leave the EU, the UK’s...
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UK Joining the CPTPP: In Search of the Economic Benefits in Services
The UK has formally declared the intention to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, also known as the CPTPP...
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UK Trade Policy 2021: Good Results Require Better Engagement
Tags: UKBy: David HenigFor the UK government January 2021 meant finally starting the implementation stage of Global Britain. Freed from EU membership and replicating EU...
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Brexit: Fishing for Reality
By: Guest AuthorBy Richard Carden Boris has done Brexit. We are out of the EU. It is long past the time for discussing whether we would be better to Remain or...
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At Last Brexit Enters Endgame
By: David HenigAfter a rather strange few days in which the UK government threatened to halt EU trade talks because of conditions either already agreed, such as...
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What’s the Deal with No-Deal? EU and UK Trade Dependency
By: Oscar GuineaThe EU and the UK continue to negotiate a free trade agreement. Nonetheless, the possibility of a no-deal Brexit is being seriously considered in...
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The UK Traps Itself in EU Relationship Problems
By: David HenigThe Brexit saga keeps going, now reaching the point where the UK government has stated that the Withdrawal Agreement reached in October, which became...
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September Song – EU-UK Talks Approach Decision Time
By: David HenigWe are around halfway through the time allocated for UK-EU future relationship talks. It is four months since the UK finally left the EU, and four...
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Government and Coronavirus
By: David HenigI’m not a coronavirus expert. Trade, economics and politics is my field. I had to look up the spelling of epidemiologist for this article and I’m...
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The UK Up and Running in the WTO: How Fast, How Far Can It Go?
By: Stuart HarbinsonAfter Brexit, our attention to UK trade policy has focused mostly on future FTAs, and in particular trade negotiations between the UK and the...
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UK Election 2019 – What it Means for Brexit and Future UK-EU Relations
By: David HenigIntroduction The result of the UK General Election means that the UK will leave the EU at the end of January 2020, ending at least four years of...
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Brexit Extension Shows the UK Continues to Struggle with the Basics of International Negotiations
By: David HenigYet again Brexit has been delayed. The EU has reluctantly granted another extension, this time of three months. It remains uncertain as to what might...