UK Trade Policy Project
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State of UK Trade Policy 2024 – Preparing for New Direction
By: David HenigSince Brexit, Free Trade Agreements have been the focus of UK trade policy to the extent of obscuring other activities. Notwithstanding this year’s...
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How Should UK Trade Policy Respond to Global Developments?
By: David HenigTrade policy is in flux, moving from previous norms of trade liberalisation and relatively strong institutions, to fragmentation and great power...
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Ten Aspects of the UK-EU Deal on Northern Ireland
By: David HenigWhen it comes to Northern Ireland, there is rarely a single story. Complexities of post-Brexit trading arrangements were overlaid on existing...
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2023 Will Be a Defining Year for Brexit and Trade
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigNotwithstanding endless discussions and early data, Brexit cannot yet be definitively declared a success or failure. Those who would point to trade...
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The Hidden Complexities of the UK Government Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
By: David HenigThe publication of the UK government’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill appears to have brought UK-EU relations to a new low ebb, with trade war an...
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The Curious Disappearance of Pragmatic UK is Probably not Permanent
By: David HenigThere is the EU memory of the UK as the awkward odd one, always demanding exemptions and rebates, constantly complaining about Commission overreach....
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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
Research Areas: Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectThe 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
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: 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
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: 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
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: 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...