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21 November 2022

China Morning Post

China on course for Africa trade boost as it offers duty-free access to 9 more countries

19 November 2022

The Spectator

The squeeze: how long will the pain last?

15 November 2022

Conservative Home

The danger of a declining spiral of tax rises

31 October 2022

Conservative Home

Ministers’ devices, vague rules, bad tech, Britain’s enemies

19 October 2022

Financial Times

Hong Kong launches $3.8bn fund to lure back international business

16 October 2022

The Times

Don’t sideline whisky in trade talks with India, Kemi Badenoch told

14 October 2022

CapX

Of all the u-turns, a big hike in corporation tax rise is Truss’ worst option

10 October 2022

Financial Review

Free trade talks aim to prevent China taking shortcuts

21 September 2022

AP News

Britain’s Truss doesn’t expect UK-US trade deal anytime soon

9 September 2022

Kristian Niemietz

The real reason it’s cheaper to live abroad

2 September 2022

Intellinews

Armenia’s trade with Russia raises questions about re-exports

1 September 2022

Schweizer Monat

How the UK-Swiss deal can be a model for the world

27 August 2022

Gov.uk

UK and Ukraine launch talks on digital trade deal to support Ukrainian businesses

23 August 2022

CityAM

UK Drops tariffs on 99% of African goods

8 August 2022

AHDB.org

An overview of New Zealand’s FTAs

18 July 2022

Gov.uk

Joint statement on the launch of Free Trade Agreement negotiations between the UK and GCC

27 June 2022

The Times

Boris Johnson to break WTO law over steel tariffs

21 June 2022

The Independent

Commonwealth offers ‘unique opportunity’ for UK trade, says Johnson

6 June 2022

Wall Street Journal

The End of Energy Free Trade

29 May 2022

The Week India

Long known as a slow negotiator, India is suddenly on an FTA-signing spree

23 May 2022

Project Syndicate

Will the Ukraine War Revive the WTO?

6 May 2022

Washington Examiner

Inflation has caught up with us all

29 April 2022

Reason

Free Trade Still Promotes Peace, Despite Putin’s Reckless War

27 April 2022

YouTube

Britain leads the world in lifting tariffs on Ukraine

23 April 2022

The Times

Boris Johnson in India: PM wants deal by Diwali

20 April 2022

gov.au

The Pink Lady: UK-Australian Trade deal

4 April 2022

Export controls risk exacerbating food crisis, WTO chief warns

25 March 2022

CNN

Business must put Africa’s free trade area to the test

23 March 2022

BBC

US rolls back Trump-era tariffs on UK steel

11 March 2022

Sam Lowe

Sanctions All The Way Down

27 February 2022

Business Line

Two cheers for India-UAE free trade deal

15 February 2022

CapX

Is there any money left? The UK economy after Covid-19

7 February 2022

Financial Times

US and Japan reach deal to roll back Trump-era steel tariffs

13 January 2022

The Independent

India, Britain launching talks on free trade deal

10 January 2022

FT

UK companies optimistic about outlook for 2022

3 January 2022

Reason

No, Price controls are the worst possible solution to Inflation

21 December 2021

Asahi

RCEP pact could serve as step to get global trade back on track

6 December 2021

Business Standard

India-UK free trade agreement talks set for early 2022

30 November 2021

IB Times

What A US Free Trade Deal Could Mean For British Businesses

19 November 2021

Gov.uk

UK’s first freeport at Teesside is now open for business

19 November 2021

Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

Why the Export Strategy matters to small businesses

17 November 2021

National Observer

Canada launches trade talks with ASEAN to diversify global supply chain

8 November 2021

CityAM

International trade should be a friend -not a foe- to the UK’s green ambitions

6 November 2021

Bloomberg

Australia, U.K. ‘Confident’ of Free Trade Agreement by Year-End

12 October 2021

CapX

Immigration means low wages? This year’s Nobel Prize winner has other ideas…

8 October 2021

EventBrite

University of Buckingham to launch postgraduate programme in international trade

4 October 2021

FT

UK professional services firms hit by labour shortages

29 September 2021

Gov.uk

UK kickstarts talks to join CPTPP

27 September 2021

FT

UK visa schemes to ease lorry driver shortages dubbed ‘not enough’

24 September 2021

100 days at the WTO. What have I learned?

22 September 2021

BBC

Record backlog of cargo ships at California ports

20 September 2021

VoxEU

The impact of trade costs can be weak or strong – depending on how much countries trade

17 September 2021

Reuters

China applies to join CPTPP

16 September 2021

GOV.UK

Anne-Marie Trevelyan appointed SoS for International Trade

14 September 2021

Telegraph

Britain should go on the offensive with trade deals, says Truss

12 September 2021

PIIE

From hermit kingdom to miracle on the Han

10 September 2021

alashkar.pages.iu.edu

Can Trade Policy Mitigate Climate Change?

8 September 2021

Gov.UK

TRA to reconsider findings of steel safeguard transition review

6 September 2021

Gov.uk

Mexican market opens its doors for imports of British pork

4 September 2021

ITIF

A Global View of Barriers to Cross-Border Data Flows

1 September 2021

PIIE

Import substitution is making an unwelcome comeback

31 August 2021

FT

UK aims to conclude Pacific trade group talks by end of 2022

27 August 2021

Telegraph

Web cookie requests and red tape to be scrapped in post-Brexit data revolution

24 August 2021

FT

Continued use EU of certification for another year

23 August 2021

The Sun

Sir Ian Botham to serve as new trade envoy to Australia

18 August 2021

The Times

Root and branch reform of regulation will help make Brexit a success

16 August 2021

Financial Times

Shipping bottlenecks set to prolong supply chain turmoil

14 August 2021

The Economist

Brexit Britain wants to liberalise trade with poor countries

12 August 2021

The News Forum

Boom and Bust | The Future of Britain: Post-Brexit, Post-Pandemic

11 August 2021

NBER

Optimal Tariffs and Trade Policy Formation: U.S. Evidence from the Smoot-Hawley Era

9 August 2021

Cato Institute

Questioning Industrial Policy

5 August 2021

The Telegraph

Post-Brexit Britain deepens ties with Southeast Asia

3 August 2021

European Commission

€7 fee to enter the Schengen Zone

3 August 2021

Decanter

‘Fantastic outcome’ as UK government scraps Brexit red tape wine forms

31 July 2021

Trade Beta Blog

New agriculture draft suggests nervousness in divided WTO

28 July 2021

Sally Jones

Is friction-free digital trade within our reach?

26 July 2021

CityAM

New visa planned for graduates of ‘top global universities’

23 July 2021

Hinrich Foundation

Enabling trust, trade flows, and innovation: the DEPA at work

23 July 2021

CapX

Servicing the Commonwealth: liberalising trade in the UK’s strongest sector

21 July 2021

Gov.UK

Board of Trade launches Green Trade paper

18 July 2021

ConservativeHome

The Dimbleby food plan would wreck Britain’s trade policy

16 July 2021

Cato Institute

The autos report and “national security” in trade

13 July 2021

Five years of the DIT

8 July 2021

TradeExperettes

Untangling the Digital Noodle Bowl: The Case for DEPA

4 July 2021

BBC

Lorry driver shortage threatens Haribo sweets

30 June 2021

BNEF

Liebreich: Climate Action – It’s The Trade, Stupid

30 June 2021

StraitsTimes

Singapore and UK launch negotiations for digital economy agreement

27 June 2021

Spectator

The EU’s lowering of food safety standards must end talk of alignment

24 June 2021

Telegraph

Britain’s post-Brexit trade partners around the Pacific will help us tackle China’s unfair practices

22 June 2021

YahooNews

UK starts talks to join £9tn Trans-Pacific partnership

19 June 2021

CANZUK

New Zealand & UK Aim To Conclude Trade Deal In August

19 June 2021

CPS

Proposals for clean free trade

17 June 2021

IZA

Immigration and the UK economy after Brexit

15 June 2021

FT

UK and Australia agree post-Brexit free trade deal

14 June 2021

GBNews

Tony Abbott says Britain has nothing to fear from UK-Australia trade deal

14 June 2021

ITV

Import of hormone-treated beef ‘not happening’ says Trade Minister, Liz Truss

10 June 2021

CityAM

UK should slash barriers to green free trade, says think tank

8 June 2021

FT

Plan to build UK trade ship will break WTO agreement, warn experts

7 June 2021

Adam Smith Institute

Ever closer mates: new polling on the UK-Australia FTA

3 June 2021

The Times

How the Brexit dividend can become reality

2 June 2021

StraitsTimes

CPTPP members agree to start inducting UK into trade pact

31 May 2021

The Times

Cut red tape around trade finance, say MPs

28 May 2021

The Times

Tories should hold their nerve on free trade

27 May 2021

Politico

Switzerland ends talks on EU partnership treaty

26 May 2021

IATP

Restoring Trade in Africa: Liberating the Continent from the Colonial Legacy

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