Lesson 1: No nation makes deals based on compassion
Potential trade partners see a weak negotiating partner so desperately in need of markets to replace the EU that the UK will have little choice but to make concessions favouring other parties,…
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Speed dating to spice up trade talks
Two courtiers – the EU and UK – are competing for Australia’s and New Zealand’s hand in a new trade relationship, Geoff Kitney writes. It must be reassuring to the Brexit crowd,…
When it comes to sovereignty, talk is cheap
Boris Johnson may be leading the fight for Britain to reclaim its sovereignty from the EU but he is content to see Queen Elizabeth remain Australia’s head of state, writes Geoff Kitney….
The interests of nations determine economic alliances
Britain be warned: Donald Trump is beginning to understand that US interests are far greater in a market of 500 million people than 80 million, writes Geoff Kitney. So just who are…
Donald Trump is no-one’s friend when it comes to trade
The US president’s promise to ‘put America first’ has already put paid to any special treatment for Britain on trade, writes Geoff Kitney. Of all the optimistic claims made about the prospects…
An election result that has done Britain no favours
Global business needs to urgently reassess the likely fallout of the Brexit negotiations and the prospects for Britain once it leaves the EU, analysts, insiders and negotiators told a Sydney conference this…
Complex negotiations to cause business headaches
Farm lobbies in the EU and the UK are already ringing alarm bells about upcoming talks, reports Geoff Kitney. Here is a single example of the complexity facing the UK as it…
Globalisation: the fightback for a fairer world begins
International trade has led to an equally global backlash from citizens of advanced economies against the economic deprivation to which they feel exposed, John Egan writes. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
British trade ambitions in a Paradise Lost
Ignorance and naivety about the politics of trade are the biggest dangers facing the May government, Geoff Kitney writes. The challenge of delivering the centerpiece of Brexit Britain’s plan for not only…
Tide of protectionism makes economic life precarious
It is going to be a hard road to haul to achieve the great Britain of Brexit dreams, writes Geoff Kitney. In all the discussion about what sort of Britain will emerge…