News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Saturday, April 26, 2025
With few countries running to the UK offering to open their markets, growing nationalist populism and authoritarianism across Europe, and protectionism on the rise domestically, Britain faces some tough choices on how to move forward with its trading arrangements. The UK may do better to seek a new customs union …
Be prepared to run away from Britain, and to run fast. That is, in short, the message the European Commission is sending to non-EU exporters and to UK exporters as part of its ‘Brexit preparedness’ activities with businesses representatives. The commission has been issuing a long list of notices to …
The UK and the EU have been quietly agreeing on the terms under which they would go together to the World Trade Organization in Geneva to present similar but separate commitment schedules as Britain prepares to leave the EU. The UK is trying to make this process as smooth and …
Britain is heading straight into the ‘cliff edge’ scenario. It’s time for both Britain and the EU to significantly change tack before it’s too late and Armageddon sets in, argues Iana Dreyer. Both the United Kingdom and the European Union are aiming for a “smooth” and “orderly” withdrawal …
The House of Lords released a 130-page report Brexit: Trade in Goods this week. The report builds on extensive input from key British industries and a variety of independent consultancies and academics. What is striking in this report is an apparent mismatch between what the UK’s leading industries care …
Don’t rush into a deal with China, India or the United States. Make the government machinery more efficient. Formulate a proper trade policy strategy. Engage with civil society, devolved administrations, and be more transparent. That’s the key messages to Whitehall conveyed by the Institute for Government in a report discussing how Britain’s …
The UK could end up being grateful to the EU for refusing to talk about their future trade deal just now. This gives Britain some time to start thinking about a real economic and trade policy strategy. By Iana Dreyer.
Some economics after the UK-EU ‘renegotiation’ deal on Friday 19 February. A message to Eurosceptics: one can’t want more trade and less migration.
Trade policy plays a big role in the British debate on whether or not to remain in the EU. Today is a big day in Brussels: Prime Minister David Cameron will be in town ‘negotiating’ a new ‘deal’ for the United Kingdom in the European bloc. His aim is to use this deal …
