We need to talk about Brexit. July should have seen a Brexit deal ratified at the European Meeting of ministers. That did not happen. And, to state the obvious, at the time of writing, an agreement has not been made. And, with PM Johnson publicly saying that no deal would be a ‘good outcome’, the …
After the Coronavirus – things will never be the same
A sunny weekend in the UK is a rather sobering reminder of what we are all missing and would rather be doing as the pandemic rages around the world. Several things are becoming apparent. One is that we do not know when it will end, or the number of lives that will be lost in …
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Is the focus on tariffs on goods missing the point? Part two
As I discussed last week, global economic growth is at risk from the US government’s imposition of tariffs on trade with China. But the focus on physical trade in goods is also missing an important point: the future, and the present, for some countries, is more about data flows than physical products. Unlocking the benefits …
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