David Henig
David joined ECIPE in 2018 having worked on trade and investment issues for the UK Government for a number of years, in particular engaging extensively on US-EU talks around the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, on global issues around the US and China, and latterly helping to establish a UK trade policy capability after the 2016 Brexit referendum. He also writes a regular column for the online trade policy professionals news service Borderlex, advises a Parliamentary committee and the UK Trade and Business Commission, and appears regularly in media and at events to discuss latest developments. During the most intense phases of Brexit, he established with a number of other UK specialists a network of expertise under the UK Trade Forum banner.
Prior to working in Government, David worked in consulting and business development, having graduated from Oxford University. Collectively all of this experience is brought together in the project examining and evaluating the UK’s performance in preparing for and delivering effective trade policy.
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The WhatsApp World Order: Learning to Live with the New Global Political Economy
By: David HenigAn inter-connectivity and technology revolution transformed the world over the last 30 years - with AI being the latest instalment. Multiple, interlocking, instant networks now cover the world like...
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Negotiating Uncertainty in UK-EU Relations: Past, Present, and Future
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigTen key points to negotiating the UK-EU relationship Europe has been weakened by difficult UK-EU relations at a time of international challenge. Eight years after the Brexit referendum a new UK...
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Building a Mature UK Trade Policy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigGlobal Britain has not delivered according to the hopes expressed by supporters of leaving the EU. Trade with the rest of the world has not grown to make up for leaving a bloc with seamless trade,...
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The New Globalisation: SMEs and International Trade – The Supply Chain is as Important as Direct Exports
The disproportionately small share of exports from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is a cause of concern in modern trade policy. For developed countries, they typically account for over 95% of...
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US hits dozens of countries with new wave of tariffs
By: David HenigDavid Henig comments in BCC on the newly imposed U.S....
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Fresh produce body warns SPS deal ‘shifts’ border costs
By: David HenigDavid Henig comments on the UK–EU SPS negotiations for the Farmers Weekly...
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Trump to hit more than 60 countries, including Canada, with new tariffs over ‘forced labour’
By: David HenigDavid Henig comments in CBC News on proposed U.S. tariffs linked to forced labour...
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EU’s dealmaking machine grinds steadily on
By: David HenigThe paper ''The WhatsApp World Order: Learning to Live with the New Global Political Economy'' by David Henig is referenced in an FT...
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How Global Trade Survives a Changing Rulebook
By: David HenigDavid Henig comments in an interview in the FinanceX Magazine on the growing fragmentation of regulatory frameworks in cross-border...
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Trump’s Surrender to China’s Rise
By: David HenigDavid Henig writes in an opinion article about the recent U.S.– China engagement for the Wire...
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Australia deal boosts EU FTA network but raises question of what next
By: David HenigDavid Henig looks at the impact of the recently signed EU-Australia deal, as well as the EU’s wider approach to Free Trade Agreements in light of geopolitical uncertainty for UK in a Changing...
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Northern Ireland’s Triple Treaty Trade Ambiguity
By: David HenigDavid Henig writes for the Centre for Cross Border Studies on the ambiguity around Northern Ireland's future trade...
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Greenland, Trump and trade coercion
By: David HenigDavid Henig joins the Trade Bites podcast to discuss the use of trade policy instruments in a coercive manner, the issues hanging over EU-US and UK-US trade relations, and where this positions the...
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Republican Strategist & Political Analyst Clash Over Trump’s Greenland Plan
By: David HenigDavid Henig speaks with Al Arabiya English about US President Donald Trump doubling down on his push to acquire...
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Trump’s Tariffs Risk Fracturing Europe-US Trade Ties | David Henig
By: David HenigDavid Henig talks with Times Radio on how Donald Trump’s tariff threats and talk of acquiring Greenland have created deep uncertainty for European economies and weakened transatlantic trade ties...
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28/08/25 ‘Disappointment’ from food industry as minister says EU export checks to last until 2027, bee insemination
By: David HenigDavid Henig emphasises industry disappointment via BBC 4's Farming Today, noting that post-Brexit trade barriers for agri-food exports to the EU won’t ease until at least...