Insights
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What a New Prime Minister Means for UK Trade Policy
Research Areas: UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigAndy Burnham will be the UK’s seventh Prime Minister since June 2016, an embarrassment for a country that thought its electoral system brought...
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Resetting UK Politics 10 Years On – Recognise Today’s Economy
By: David HenigThe UK had five Prime Ministers in the 35 years prior to the June 2016 EU referendum, since when it has had six which seems likely shortly to become...
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New Era for UK-EU Relations?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigThere is a small but growing awareness in London political circles that Brussels sets the terms for UK-EU engagement. From this is coming a slow...
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WTO Ministerial Failure Masks Weaponisation Dangers
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigNothing sums up the abject failure of this year’s WTO Ministerial Conference more than attempts to support e-commerce taking place without...
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Persistent Brexit Divide Leaves UK Trade Policy Struggling
By: David HenigTen years on from the UK’s Brexit referendum the only apparent national consensus is negative – that the country cannot survive without...
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“Economic Security” Done Badly Will Make Us Less Economically Secure
By: David HenigA truth that goes against the current intellectual climate is that modern economies are the most resilient in history. They are so adaptable that the...
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Rethinking Europe in a New Global Economic Landscape: Finding Answers Must Start by Reflecting Our Own Position
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigFear of China and despair at US unreliability extending into coercion can be felt across Europe. At worst this extends to the scenario of economic...
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The New World of Trade – How 40 Years of Change Brought Globalisation Without Trust
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigMaking sense of daily trade policy turbulence has become a major challenge. President Trump is just one part of a complex ever-changing picture. Stop...
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EU-Indonesia CEPA: Maybe Signed, but Not Yet Sealed
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBackground The political agreement on the EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in July was rushed by political optics,...
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A Slow Journey – UK Trade Policy Stocktake September 2025
By: David HenigPublication of a first UK government trade strategy since Brexit was an important step in finally setting out a realistic view of the global economy...
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EU Anguish About the US Trade Deal Is Misplaced
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigTrump’s tariffs will fail in his objective of transforming trade, particularly if others remain open and resist retaliation. In this context the...
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Modern Globalisation and the Nation State – The Evolving International Political Economy
By: David HenigUnresolved political economy contradictions are becoming more evident – between a national manufacturing narrative versus actual technology-led...