Insights
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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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What Is the Reality of the Changing Globalisation?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigBy acclamation in Europe and USA, globalisation is either dead or fundamentally changing. Yet much resulting government action, such as subsidies and...
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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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Could Friend-Shoring Stop Protectionism Undermining Trade and Climate Change Measures?
By: David HenigWhen considering trade rules and climate change, current developments point towards more protectionism, with the WTO’s role devalued, and progress...
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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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Thoughts on EU Trade Policy After Ukraine
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigWith the rapidity of events in the last month full analysis of the long-term implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for global politics or...
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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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The State of the (European) Union Must Be Open
By: David HenigOne can imagine Commission President Ursula von der Leyen being in a good mood approaching her state of the union address, vaccine roll-out having...
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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 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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Rethinking Trade Policy and Consumers
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigConsumers are supposed to be the major beneficiaries of trade deals, receiving greater choice at lower prices as the result of the removal of...