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The Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy, funded by the ESRC is built on the precept that trade policy should be inclusive in both policy formulation and outcomes
The UK Government is consulting on whether the UK should join PEM. @michaelgasiorek.bsky.social finds the net effects for the whole of the UK are ambiguous. More data is needed: citp.ac.uk/publications... What do you think?
December 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The UK Government is consulting on whether the UK should join PEM. @michaelgasiorek.bsky.social finds the net effects for the whole of the UK are ambiguous. More data is needed: citp.ac.uk/publications... What do you think?
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BREAKING: Giorgia Meloni may have just killed the #Mercosur free trade deal between the EU and South American countries - delaying a vote until early next year.
Experts have warned that failure to sign the agreement this week before VDL's trip to Brazil Saturday will permanently kill it.
Experts have warned that failure to sign the agreement this week before VDL's trip to Brazil Saturday will permanently kill it.
www.euractiv.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
BREAKING: Giorgia Meloni may have just killed the #Mercosur free trade deal between the EU and South American countries - delaying a vote until early next year.
Experts have warned that failure to sign the agreement this week before VDL's trip to Brazil Saturday will permanently kill it.
Experts have warned that failure to sign the agreement this week before VDL's trip to Brazil Saturday will permanently kill it.
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No surprise. The 128 countries—77% of the WTO’s membership—were blocked for the 11th time today in their attempt to add their plurilateral investment facilitation agreement to the WTO rule book. India, South Africa and Türkiye are the blocking countries.
tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/1...
tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/1...
128 WTO members fail at 11th attempt to formalise plurilateral investment deal
Once again three quarters of WTO members find consensus blocked on adding their deal to WTO rules even though dissenters would be free riders
tradebetablog.wordpress.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
No surprise. The 128 countries—77% of the WTO’s membership—were blocked for the 11th time today in their attempt to add their plurilateral investment facilitation agreement to the WTO rule book. India, South Africa and Türkiye are the blocking countries.
tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/1...
tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/1...
New podcast! Is a level playing field a luxury that we can no longer afford in these days of geopolitical contention? Listen to the discussion with @weforum.org @pholmes8.bsky.social @uktpo.org @sussex.ac.uk @chrishorseman.bsky.social @borderlex.net soundcloud.com/uktpo-tradeb...
December 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
New podcast! Is a level playing field a luxury that we can no longer afford in these days of geopolitical contention? Listen to the discussion with @weforum.org @pholmes8.bsky.social @uktpo.org @sussex.ac.uk @chrishorseman.bsky.social @borderlex.net soundcloud.com/uktpo-tradeb...
Call for Papers!
We're delighted to announce that we are accepting submissions to our Academic Conference, 9-10 April 2026 at @sussex.ac.uk
Submit your papers on #trade and trade policy to: info@citp.ac.uk
Deadline: 21 Feb
citp.ac.uk/academic-con...
We're delighted to announce that we are accepting submissions to our Academic Conference, 9-10 April 2026 at @sussex.ac.uk
Submit your papers on #trade and trade policy to: info@citp.ac.uk
Deadline: 21 Feb
citp.ac.uk/academic-con...
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Call for Papers!
We're delighted to announce that we are accepting submissions to our Academic Conference, 9-10 April 2026 at @sussex.ac.uk
Submit your papers on #trade and trade policy to: info@citp.ac.uk
Deadline: 21 Feb
citp.ac.uk/academic-con...
We're delighted to announce that we are accepting submissions to our Academic Conference, 9-10 April 2026 at @sussex.ac.uk
Submit your papers on #trade and trade policy to: info@citp.ac.uk
Deadline: 21 Feb
citp.ac.uk/academic-con...
New research finds that European regions with high integration into global value chains will experience a strong initial shock but recover faster from shocks than less integrated regions 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@fbontadini.bsky.social, @mariasavona.bsky.social, @sussex.ac.uk
@fbontadini.bsky.social, @mariasavona.bsky.social, @sussex.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New research finds that European regions with high integration into global value chains will experience a strong initial shock but recover faster from shocks than less integrated regions 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@fbontadini.bsky.social, @mariasavona.bsky.social, @sussex.ac.uk
@fbontadini.bsky.social, @mariasavona.bsky.social, @sussex.ac.uk
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ONS monthly trade data today shows exports grew 5.2% in October, thanks to a strong monthly rebound in US exports. Imports grew just 1.5% and services trade growth was once again almost zero.
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
ONS monthly trade data today shows exports grew 5.2% in October, thanks to a strong monthly rebound in US exports. Imports grew just 1.5% and services trade growth was once again almost zero.
Watch this webinar on our recent report assessing UK trade policy ‘UK Trade Policy: An Independent Review’ with @michaelgasiorek.bsky.social, @georgeriddell.bsky.social, @emilylydgate.bsky.social
Watch the video 👉 youtu.be/KvN3pIdarqg
Read the report 👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
Watch the video 👉 youtu.be/KvN3pIdarqg
Read the report 👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
UK Trade Policy: An Independent Review
YouTube video by Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Watch this webinar on our recent report assessing UK trade policy ‘UK Trade Policy: An Independent Review’ with @michaelgasiorek.bsky.social, @georgeriddell.bsky.social, @emilylydgate.bsky.social
Watch the video 👉 youtu.be/KvN3pIdarqg
Read the report 👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
Watch the video 👉 youtu.be/KvN3pIdarqg
Read the report 👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
Should the UK join the PEM Convention on Rules of Origin, and what difference would this make to businesses?
🎧👉 soundcloud.com/uktpo-tradeb...
@michaelgasiorek.bsky.social, @annajerzewska.bsky.social at
@eurocommerce.bsky.social, @tradealemaro.bsky.social at
@smmt-ukauto.bsky.social
🎧👉 soundcloud.com/uktpo-tradeb...
@michaelgasiorek.bsky.social, @annajerzewska.bsky.social at
@eurocommerce.bsky.social, @tradealemaro.bsky.social at
@smmt-ukauto.bsky.social
UK Membership of PEM
In today's episode of Trade Bites, we're discussing the Pan-Euro Mediterranean Convention on Rules of Origin (PEM) and whether the UK should join.
The PEM makes it easier for UK firms to use inputs
soundcloud.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Should the UK join the PEM Convention on Rules of Origin, and what difference would this make to businesses?
🎧👉 soundcloud.com/uktpo-tradeb...
@michaelgasiorek.bsky.social, @annajerzewska.bsky.social at
@eurocommerce.bsky.social, @tradealemaro.bsky.social at
@smmt-ukauto.bsky.social
🎧👉 soundcloud.com/uktpo-tradeb...
@michaelgasiorek.bsky.social, @annajerzewska.bsky.social at
@eurocommerce.bsky.social, @tradealemaro.bsky.social at
@smmt-ukauto.bsky.social
The investigation into Brazil’s allegedly unfair trade practices involving PIX might have significant implications for aspirations to develop similar mobile payment systems in the UK says @pillrabbit.bsky.social @mariasavona.bsky.social @anasperes.bsky.social
Read the blog citp.ac.uk/publications...
Read the blog citp.ac.uk/publications...
December 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The investigation into Brazil’s allegedly unfair trade practices involving PIX might have significant implications for aspirations to develop similar mobile payment systems in the UK says @pillrabbit.bsky.social @mariasavona.bsky.social @anasperes.bsky.social
Read the blog citp.ac.uk/publications...
Read the blog citp.ac.uk/publications...
Join our webinar discussing UK trade policy tomorrow at 12 noon UK GMT with @michaelgasiorek.bsky.social, @georgeriddell.bsky.social, @emilylydgate.bsky.social
Register for the webinar 👉 universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read the report👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
Register for the webinar 👉 universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read the report👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Join our webinar discussing UK trade policy tomorrow at 12 noon UK GMT with @michaelgasiorek.bsky.social, @georgeriddell.bsky.social, @emilylydgate.bsky.social
Register for the webinar 👉 universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read the report👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
Register for the webinar 👉 universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read the report👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
The UK heavily relies on imports for its critical minerals, posing a risk to its ability to decarbonise, defend & compete.
New research on how to diversify & secure critical minerals value chains for the UK 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@ids.ac.uk, @gabrielmpalazzo.bsky.social, @uahes.bsky.social
New research on how to diversify & secure critical minerals value chains for the UK 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@ids.ac.uk, @gabrielmpalazzo.bsky.social, @uahes.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The UK heavily relies on imports for its critical minerals, posing a risk to its ability to decarbonise, defend & compete.
New research on how to diversify & secure critical minerals value chains for the UK 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@ids.ac.uk, @gabrielmpalazzo.bsky.social, @uahes.bsky.social
New research on how to diversify & secure critical minerals value chains for the UK 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@ids.ac.uk, @gabrielmpalazzo.bsky.social, @uahes.bsky.social
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New independent review of the UK #TradePolicy by the CITP, UK Trade Policy Observatory & Frontier Economics highlights:
• Fragmented priorities
• Under-resourced trade capacity
• Pressures from climate, & digital change
It calls for more coherent & evidence-led trade policies tinyurl.com/mryrsjhn
• Fragmented priorities
• Under-resourced trade capacity
• Pressures from climate, & digital change
It calls for more coherent & evidence-led trade policies tinyurl.com/mryrsjhn
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
New independent review of the UK #TradePolicy by the CITP, UK Trade Policy Observatory & Frontier Economics highlights:
• Fragmented priorities
• Under-resourced trade capacity
• Pressures from climate, & digital change
It calls for more coherent & evidence-led trade policies tinyurl.com/mryrsjhn
• Fragmented priorities
• Under-resourced trade capacity
• Pressures from climate, & digital change
It calls for more coherent & evidence-led trade policies tinyurl.com/mryrsjhn
Join our webinar discussing UK trade policy. 9.12.25 at 12 noon UK GMT with @michaelgasiorek.bsky.social @georgeriddell.bsky.social, @emilylydgate.bsky.social
Register for the webinar 👉 universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read the report👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
Register for the webinar 👉 universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read the report👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Join our webinar discussing UK trade policy. 9.12.25 at 12 noon UK GMT with @michaelgasiorek.bsky.social @georgeriddell.bsky.social, @emilylydgate.bsky.social
Register for the webinar 👉 universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read the report👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
Register for the webinar 👉 universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read the report👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
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Our latest Think Tank column:
🔸#CPTPP, EU and walking the talk
🔸EU 🇹🇭Thailand FTA & environment in all this @ieep.eu
🔸 🇬🇧 trade policy needs ‘coherence and transparency’ - @thecitp.bsky.social
🔸#CPTPP, EU and walking the talk
🔸EU 🇹🇭Thailand FTA & environment in all this @ieep.eu
🔸 🇬🇧 trade policy needs ‘coherence and transparency’ - @thecitp.bsky.social
Think Tank: EU and CPTPP need to walk talk, EU Thailand, UK strategy - Borderlex - European trade policy
Think tankers have reacted to the establishment of an EU-CPTPP cooperation platform. There has been some deep thinking on a flailing UK trade strategy, and some suggestions on how to advance the trade and environmental sustainability agenda between the EU and Thailand.
f.mtr.cool
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Our latest Think Tank column:
🔸#CPTPP, EU and walking the talk
🔸EU 🇹🇭Thailand FTA & environment in all this @ieep.eu
🔸 🇬🇧 trade policy needs ‘coherence and transparency’ - @thecitp.bsky.social
🔸#CPTPP, EU and walking the talk
🔸EU 🇹🇭Thailand FTA & environment in all this @ieep.eu
🔸 🇬🇧 trade policy needs ‘coherence and transparency’ - @thecitp.bsky.social
Join our online Diploma in International Trade Policy, designed to accelerate your knowledge of trade policy & transform your ability to navigate this challenging landscape. Next module starts Jan 2026. Join us to drive forward trade and trade policy 👉 www.sussex.ac.uk/study/short-...
@sussex.ac.uk
@sussex.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Join our online Diploma in International Trade Policy, designed to accelerate your knowledge of trade policy & transform your ability to navigate this challenging landscape. Next module starts Jan 2026. Join us to drive forward trade and trade policy 👉 www.sussex.ac.uk/study/short-...
@sussex.ac.uk
@sussex.ac.uk
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A very detailed assessment of UK trade policy published today by @thecitp.bsky.social. Lack of coherence, scrutiny and reporting are prominent contributors to the absence of any suggestion of success. So, in line with other assessments.
citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
UK Trade Policy: An Independent Review | CITP
citp.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A very detailed assessment of UK trade policy published today by @thecitp.bsky.social. Lack of coherence, scrutiny and reporting are prominent contributors to the absence of any suggestion of success. So, in line with other assessments.
citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
Thanks to everyone who attended the launch of the UK Trade Policy: an Independent Review & to our speakers @ruthbergan.bsky.social at @transform-trade.org, Willy Alfaro, Paul Johnson @queenscollegeox.bsky.social & Chair, Sharon White: citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra... @abpi.bsky.social @icaew.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended the launch of the UK Trade Policy: an Independent Review & to our speakers @ruthbergan.bsky.social at @transform-trade.org, Willy Alfaro, Paul Johnson @queenscollegeox.bsky.social & Chair, Sharon White: citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra... @abpi.bsky.social @icaew.bsky.social
Out today! The UK Trade Policy: An Independent Review provides a comprehensive review of the UK’s trade policy and the extent to which it addresses today’s challenges and identifies where changes may be needed 👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
@uktpo.org o.org, @abpi.bsky.social, @icaew.bsky.social
@uktpo.org o.org, @abpi.bsky.social, @icaew.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Out today! The UK Trade Policy: An Independent Review provides a comprehensive review of the UK’s trade policy and the extent to which it addresses today’s challenges and identifies where changes may be needed 👉 citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
@uktpo.org o.org, @abpi.bsky.social, @icaew.bsky.social
@uktpo.org o.org, @abpi.bsky.social, @icaew.bsky.social
New research reveals AI adoption impacts firm performance, but the benefits vary by firm size 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@bristoluni.bsky.social, @pigunes.bsky.social, @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social, @sussex.ac.uk, @universityofessex.bsky.social
@bristoluni.bsky.social, @pigunes.bsky.social, @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social, @sussex.ac.uk, @universityofessex.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New research reveals AI adoption impacts firm performance, but the benefits vary by firm size 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@bristoluni.bsky.social, @pigunes.bsky.social, @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social, @sussex.ac.uk, @universityofessex.bsky.social
@bristoluni.bsky.social, @pigunes.bsky.social, @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social, @sussex.ac.uk, @universityofessex.bsky.social
New research finds that democratic backsliding in the US from 2020-23 led to increased inequality & impoverishment 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@unibayreuth.bsky.social, @wzb.bsky.social, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
@unibayreuth.bsky.social, @wzb.bsky.social, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New research finds that democratic backsliding in the US from 2020-23 led to increased inequality & impoverishment 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
@unibayreuth.bsky.social, @wzb.bsky.social, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
@unibayreuth.bsky.social, @wzb.bsky.social, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
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So, lest folk think I am no longer going to be critical of the UK government over EU negotiations, here's a great story showing them burying their head in the sand on the details of the SPS deal to come, and its implications. www.fwi.co.uk/news/farm-po...
Brexit 'reset' threatens half of British farmers’ herbicides - Farmers Weekly
Britain’s arable farmers, already battered by extreme weather, dwindling farm support and lacklustre prices, face another hammer blow as Labour’s Brexit
www.fwi.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
So, lest folk think I am no longer going to be critical of the UK government over EU negotiations, here's a great story showing them burying their head in the sand on the details of the SPS deal to come, and its implications. www.fwi.co.uk/news/farm-po...
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Our Centre for Business Prosperity started a substack focued on trade, supply chains, innovation: centreforbusinessprosperity.substack.com?r=184zxb&utm...
Centre for Business Prosperity's Substack | Substack
The Centre for Business Prosperity at Aston University explores how global disruptions and local change shape economic resilience. We deliver policy-relevant research across trade, geopolitics, green ...
centreforbusinessprosperity.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our Centre for Business Prosperity started a substack focued on trade, supply chains, innovation: centreforbusinessprosperity.substack.com?r=184zxb&utm...
It’s one year since #Trump was elected as the president of the US.
The imposition of US #tariffs on goods has disrupted global trading system. Watch this short video to understand what’s happening behind the headlines 👉 youtu.be/5IIPpTKW8O8
@sussex.ac.uk ac.uk, @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
The imposition of US #tariffs on goods has disrupted global trading system. Watch this short video to understand what’s happening behind the headlines 👉 youtu.be/5IIPpTKW8O8
@sussex.ac.uk ac.uk, @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
Trump’s Trade Announcements: A Closer Look
YouTube video by Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It’s one year since #Trump was elected as the president of the US.
The imposition of US #tariffs on goods has disrupted global trading system. Watch this short video to understand what’s happening behind the headlines 👉 youtu.be/5IIPpTKW8O8
@sussex.ac.uk ac.uk, @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
The imposition of US #tariffs on goods has disrupted global trading system. Watch this short video to understand what’s happening behind the headlines 👉 youtu.be/5IIPpTKW8O8
@sussex.ac.uk ac.uk, @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
What does the EU’s new steel tariff quota system mean for Northern Ireland?
@billymeloaraujo.bsky.social highlights the need for policymakers to ensure that NI’s unique position is not overlooked as negotiations progress 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
#steel #tariffs
@billymeloaraujo.bsky.social highlights the need for policymakers to ensure that NI’s unique position is not overlooked as negotiations progress 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
#steel #tariffs
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
What does the EU’s new steel tariff quota system mean for Northern Ireland?
@billymeloaraujo.bsky.social highlights the need for policymakers to ensure that NI’s unique position is not overlooked as negotiations progress 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
#steel #tariffs
@billymeloaraujo.bsky.social highlights the need for policymakers to ensure that NI’s unique position is not overlooked as negotiations progress 👉 citp.ac.uk/publications...
#steel #tariffs