The new Trumpian bargain
The president-elect’s team could restore a 19th-century Republicanism, with its blend of trade protectionism and internal laissez-faire.
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What the Trump presidency could mean for the UK economy
Tariffs, taxes and interest rates are about to be decided by an unpredictable president.
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How a digital approach to trade could empower economic growth
The government should adopt a ‘trusted trade’ model built on the latest supply chain technologies and agreed global standards.
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How much trouble is Labour in?
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves face intense political pain over winter fuel payment cuts.
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Nixon and the art of trade war
How America exploits “free trade” to secure its hegemony.
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How the UK-India trade deal threatens affordable medicines
The government is pushing for strengthened intellectual property rules for India-made pharmaceuticals.
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How Israel’s war spread to the Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthis are allies of Iran but not proxies. They believe they are carrying out the will of God.
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The case for an Atlantic Union
In a world of great-power rivalry, Europe and America need each other.
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The Research Brief: trading insults over UK-EU relations
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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A row over steel exposes the contradictions in net zero
US-EU trade talks in Brussels show continued tensions over the new era of protectionism and state aid.
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The challenges and threats for Labour in the world to come
A patriotic and outward-looking Starmer government could rebuild Britain’s alliances and international standing.
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Brexit has made the EU less liberal and open
Brussels’ embrace of protectionism is a problem for those who yearn for closer ties with Europe.
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How do Kemi Badenoch’s Brexit boasts stack up?
Joining the Pacific trade partnership CPTPP would boost Britain’s GDP by a reported 0.08 per cent – hardly a replacement…
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Brexit has an upside: Britain could dominate in high-tech goods and services
The EU has slept through the digital revolution. The UK can capitalise on this, if it prioritises data over diplomacy.
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Ambassador Fu Cong: “Europe will not become a vassal to China”
China’s top diplomat to the EU on sanctions, preventing a trade war and why Beijing won’t condemn Russia’s invasion.
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Rebuilding industry is a mistake. The West should focus on economic alliances instead
Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is laudable, but decades of decline cannot be reversed in a single presidential term.
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Ukraine might win its war – but it won’t help the West’s wider struggle against autocracy
Led by hawks in the Biden administration, liberal democracies are stumbling into a commercial cold war with Beijing.
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Why China and its trading allies are well placed to topple the dollar
After decades meting out sanctions and financial coercion, the US may soon feel its grip on world trade beginning to…
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The Washington consensus is dead
Europe, China and the US have all rejected free trade and globalisation. Protectionism is back.
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Two years on, our trade deal with the EU is a rotten turkey
A poll finds more than three quarters of companies believe the Brexit deal has been unhelpful to their business.
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