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The Curious Disappearance of Pragmatic UK is Probably not Permanent
There is the EU memory of the UK as the awkward odd one, always demanding exemptions and rebates, constantly complaining about Commission overreach. Then there is the conflicting recollection of the...
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Unresolved Brexit contradictions constrain UK trade policy
Introduction 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 trade policy is fully operational. Yet there is...
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Episode 42: UK Trade Policy with David Henig
In this episode, Fredrik Erixon talks with David Henig about the direction of the UK's trade policy, and how the politics of trade are shaping up in Britain. They analyse recent developments...
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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 trade agreement. After Brexit, the UK government...
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UK Trade Policy 2021: Good results require better engagement
For the UK government January 2021 meant finally starting the implementation stage of Global Britain. Freed from EU membership and replicating EU trade deals the country could move on to new Free...
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Brexit: Fishing for Reality
By 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 Leave. We are at the start of a new chapter of British...
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At last Brexit enters endgame
After a rather strange few days in which the UK government threatened to halt EU trade talks because of conditions either already agreed, such as intensification of talks, or never going to be, a...
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What’s the Deal with No-Deal? EU and UK Trade Dependency
The EU and the UK continue to negotiate a free trade agreement. Nonetheless, the possibility of a no-deal Brexit is being seriously considered in London and Brussels. In the case of a no-deal Brexit,...
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The UK Traps Itself in EU Relationship Problems
The Brexit saga keeps going, now reaching the point where the UK government has stated that the Withdrawal Agreement reached in October, which became an ‘oven ready deal’ helping the...
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Episode 34: UK Trade Policy (after Brexit) with David Henig
In this episode, Fredrik Erixon talks to David Henig, the director of the UK Trade Policy Project. They discuss what is the UK trying to accomplish with its trade policy now that it is independent...