UK Trade Policy Project
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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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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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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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What Next for the UK-EU Trade Relationship?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigOn May 19 the UK and EU started a new phase in their turbulent history. By agreeing a future program of work including negotiating alignment on food...
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Decision-Time – The 2025 UK Trade Policy Stocktake
By: David HenigDelivering an EU reset amid the tumult likely to follow the re-election of President Trump makes 2025 a year when the UK government must make trade...
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This Is What the UK Wants From an EU Reset (But What Will It Offer, and What Does the EU Want?)
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigWith Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen agreeing regular future summits and joint working by officials to prepare them, the first stage of the...
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Early Reflections of a New UK Trade Policy Approach – Tensions to Be Resolved, Narrative Created
By: David HenigMany years ago, a veteran trade commentator welcomed me to a field he said was endlessly fascinating but in which nothing actually happened. In...
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A July General Election Offers a New Government Time to Rethink EU Relations
By: David HenigAs the speculation built that a UK General Election was to be called, those with one eye on UK-EU relations noted that the soon-to-be-confirmed date...
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A First 100 Days for UK Trade Policy
Tags: UKBy: David HenigWithin a matter of months, the UK will almost certainly have a new government. As much as a change of direction will be a new energy as seen in 1997...
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Building a New UK-EU Relationship Around Trade and Climate
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigThere’s an inevitability every time we consider individual issues in the UK-EU to reflect on the past few years of Brexit. This raking over past...