In July 2019, IFT was hosted a group of young future leaders from the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation (Australia) for a course on the fundamentals of trade economics and global political economy.

The group were welcomed by Julia Lopez MP; participated in a number of seminars taught by IFT Fellows and guest speakers; and shown some of London’s most key historical sites relevant to the UK’s history toward free trade.

The sessions covered in the course included:

- An Introduction to the fundamentals of trade economics

- Contentious issues: labour, standards & environment

- Domestic policy: facilitating international trade at home

- International policy: the multilateral system & preferential trade agreements

- Protectionism and the political economy of trade

- Communications and campaigning skills course