Publications and opinion pieces

Recent Publications

The all-American cheat sheet to Europe’s trade weak spots, The Financial Times, 20/05/2024

The parcel war is about to begin, The Financial Times, 29/04/2024

OPENING PANDORA'S BOX: WHAT THE EU-UK TRADE DEAL MEANS FOR TRADE AND CONDITIONALITY, CER, 13/10/2021

TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE UK GREEN TRADE STRATEGY, UKTPO, 12/10/2021

MEDICAL DEVICES AND THE LIMITS OF UK REGULATORY AUTONOMY, CER, 05/08/2021

CBAM: WHAT MIGHT AN EU CARBON-BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM MEAN FOR THE UK?, UK in a Changing Europe, 03/08/2021

AVOIDING THE PITFALLS OF AN EU CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM, CER, 05/07/2021

THE US AND THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL: TIME TO WALK THE WALK, CER, 07/05/2021

THE EU'S CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM: HOW TO MAKE IT WORK FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, CER, 22/04/2021

POST-BREXIT DATA TRANSFERS ARE NOT A DONE DEAL, CER, 29/03/2021

KEEPING UP APPEARANCES: WHAT NOW FOR UK SERVICES TRADE?, CER, 22/02/2021

IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO: THE EU AND THE UK NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL WORK, CER, 02/02/2021

SHOULD THE UK INTRODUCE A BORDER CARBON ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM?, The Zero Carbon Committee, 14/01/2021

THE EU-UK TRADE AND CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT: A PLATFORM ON WHICH TO BUILD?, CER, 12/01/2021

NAVIGATING ACCIDENTAL ILLEGALITY, CER, 30/11/2020

WHAT WOULD A BIDEN PRESIDENCY MEAN FOR US-EU TRADE, CER, 28/10/2020

A TALE OF BATTERIES, BREXIT AND EU STRATEGIC AUTONOMY, CER, 23/10/2020

FIVE REASONS WHY EVEN A BASIC EU-UK TRADE DEAL IS BETTER THAN NOTHING, CER, 18/08/2020

TURKEY AND THE UK: NEW BEST FRIENDS?, CER, 24/07/2020

EU EFFORTS TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD ARE NOT RISK-FREE, CER, 16/07/2020

EU-UK NEGOTIATIONS: NO NEED TO PANIC (YET), CER, 12/06/2020

SECURING EUROPE'S MEDICAL SUPPLY CHAINS AGAINST FUTURE SHOCKS, CER, 29/05/2020

HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL, CER, 14/05/2020

WHY THE UK SHOULD EXTEND THE TRANSITION PERIOD, CER, 20/04/2020

THE FUTURE EU-UK RELATIONSHIP AND THE (RELATIVE) CASE FOR OPTIMISM, CER, 02/03/2020

PRIORITIES FOR 'GLOBAL BRITAIN', CER, 27/01/2020

FLEXIBILITY DOES NOT COME FOR FREE, CER, 16/01/2020

WHAT A BORIS JOHNSON EU-UK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT MEANS FOR BUSINESS, CER, 05/11/2019

THE EU SHOULD RECONSIDER ITS APPROACH TO TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CER, 31/10/2019

CHOPPY WATERS AHEAD FOR EU TRADE POLICY, CER, 30/09/2019

SHOULD THE EU TAX IMPORTED CO2?, CER, 24/09/2019

NOW IS THE WORST TIME FOR 'GLOBAL BRITAIN', CER, 27/06/2019

NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE BACKSTOP: WHY 'ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS' AREN'T AN ALTERNATIVE, CER, 29/05/2019

RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION MEANS CONSTRICTING TRADE IN SERVICES, CER, 21/05/2019

Recent Opinion Pieces

ANY PORT IN A STORM? THE FUTURE FOR FREEPORTS, The House Magazine, 31/03/2022

A TRADE DEAL WITH INDIA WOULD BE A BIG ACHIEVEMENT – BUT ACHIEVING ONE MAY REMAIN ALLUSIVE, The House Magazine, 01/03/2022

THE UK-AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL HAS BEEN PAINTED AS BOTH A TRAVESTY AND A TRIUMPH FOR BRITAIN – IT’S NEITHER, the i newspaper, 15/06/2021

A TRADE DEAL WITH AUSTRALIA WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT, BUT IT RAISES BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UK'S TRADE POLICY, The House, 24/05/2021

UNDERSTANDING TRADE IN SERVICES, Encompass, 10/03/2021

BREXIT TEETHING PROBLEMS?, The Blakeney Group, 05/03/2021

'GLOBAL BRITAIN' MUST GET REAL ON MIGRATION, Politico, 03/03/2021

BRITAIN MUST FIND A WAY TO BE COMPETITIVE WHILE CUTTING CARBON EMISSIONS, The Times, 12/02/2021

THE POST-BREXIT TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE TOURING MUSICAL TROUPE, Encompass, 12/01/2021

THE BREXIT DEAL IS BEING CELEBRATED AS THOUGH IT REMOVES ALL TARIFFS. IT DOESN’T, Prospect, 08/01/2021

BREXIT TRADE DEAL MEANS ‘FREEDOM’, BUT AT A COST: THE ARGUMENTS WILL BE FAR FROM OVER, The Observer, 27/12/2020

CPTPP — AS EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE?, Prospect, 04/08/2020

A JAPAN-UK TRADE DEAL IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. HERE ARE THE KEY OPPORTUNITIES AND TENSIONS, The Telegraph, 09/06/2020

LET'S NOT PRETEND THE UK ISN'T AFTER A SPECIAL TRADE DEAL. IN FACT, IT'S GOOD THAT IT IS, The Telegraph, 20/05/2020

WHY KEIR STARMER MUST REVAMP LABOUR'S TRADE STRATEGY, Prospect, 28/04/2020

BORIS JOHNSON IS CLEARLY IN NO RUSH TO DO A BIG US TRADE DEAL, AS PROVEN BY HIS TOUGH RED LINES, The Telegraph, 02/03/2020

BUSINESS NEEDS A TRANSITION PERIOD WITH THE EU, The Telegraph, 19/02/2020

JOHNSON'S FUTURE BREXIT PLAN WOULD BE ALMOST AS DISRUPTIVE AS NO DEAL, Prospect, 28/11/2019

BORDER CARBON ADJUSTMENT: HOW TO GET IT RIGHT, Borderlex, 07/10/2019

THE UK HAS MUCH TO FEAR FROM A US TRADE AGREEMENT, The New Statesman, 03/06/2020

NO-DEAL BREXIT WOULD NOT BE THE END OF THE WORLD – JUST VERY, VERY, VERY BAD, The New Statesman, 04/04/2019

THE REALITY OF BRITAIN'S ROLE IN THE GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM AFTER BREXIT REMAINS DEEPLY UNCERTAIN, The Independent, 30/03/2019

NO DEAL, NO BORDER, The Business Post, 17/03/2019

FORGET NEW TRADE DEALS – BRITAIN’S STRUGGLING TO KEEP THE ONES IT HAS, The Guardian, 07/02/2019

THE OTHER MAY PROBLEM, Tortoise, 01/02/2019