Aviation caught in battle of Brexit
A sector that in 2015 contributed £55bn to UK GDP and supported 945,000 jobs is calling for air transport not to be caught up in any “horse-trading” that might take place in…
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Trade negotiating reality check
Soon Britain will be going it alone on trade at a time of resurgent protectionism. A parliamentary committee has been told it is ill-equipped for the challenge of quickly finding export markets,…
Canada and the EU tie the knot
The European Union is opening the doors to freer trade at precisely the moment that free trade is under the most serious threat since the Great Depression, writes Geoff Kitney Amid an…
World trade order a new work in progress
United States President Donald Trump will find that negotiating new trade deals is a much more difficult process than dumping existing deals, Geoff Kitney writes. It has been said that if you ask 20…
UPDATE: Trading in the Trump era
Major multilateral free trade agreements – existing, proposed and in doubt in the era of the Trump Presidency – compiled by Geoff Kitney. Doha Development Round of World Trade Negotiations 164 countries…
Special relationships and trade rarely mix
Sources in trade diplomacy have been asked by consultants hired by the British Government to search internationally for experienced trade negotiators, Chief-Exec.com has been told. As the hard realities of the consequences…
Europe: Britain never did get it
When Theresa May declared in her landmark Brexit speech this week that it was her fervent wish that Europe should succeed with the European Union (EU) project, it struck me how strange…
Australia seeks to revive old trade ties post-Brexit
At a time when nostalgia is becoming a potent factor in politics, Brexit has become a beacon for politicians seeking to exploit the public’s new longing for old ways. The conviction that…
Lords warn Government on trade access
An influential committee of the UK parliament has warned that Britain faces big post-Brexit obstacles to reaching a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union if it were to leave the…
British sovereignty under attack
Plans by leading Brexiters to power British economic growth by a sweeping free trade agenda could undermine the fundamental rationale for quitting the European Union – defending British sovereignty. Trade policy experts…