Crunching the numbers on 14 years of trading shows one of the assumptions about global markets is looking fragile.
- Reader in Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
A breakdown of the UK’s position paper on the customs union.
A landmark trade deal between the US and Europe has been left floundering. So what has killed progress?
We asked two academics to check whether the UK hands over £350m a week to the EU, and if it gets £1 back for every £2 sent to Brussels.
Congratulations to Iain Mansfield for winning the “Brexit” essay competition. He is an old friend. We have a high regard for him, and even commented on an early draft of the paper. But we think his analysis…
When the EU-US summit kicks off in Brussels this week, the prospects of a new trade deal will be jostling for attention with events in Ukraine. The long-term implications might even be more far reaching…
Trade is one of the big buzzwords at this G8 summit. Along with tax and transparency, it makes up the “three T” priorities for the UK’s presidency of the group. But it is not at all clear whether multilateral…
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