Sam Lowe
@samuelmarclowe.bsky.social
Trade policy. Partner @ Flint Global. Associate fellow @ Chatham House.
I have a Substack: https://mostfavourednation.substack.com
I have a Substack: https://mostfavourednation.substack.com
Finally found my true calling: “sofa”
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Finally found my true calling: “sofa”
Here’s the text from the EU-UK deal
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Here’s the text from the EU-UK deal
So this sort of rules of origin definition already exists in the context of eg EU rules of origin for fish, where the ownership of the vessel that caught them matters.
on.ft.com/3Lt93Kh Here’s what a new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal should look like
on.ft.com/3Lt93Kh Here’s what a new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal should look like
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So this sort of rules of origin definition already exists in the context of eg EU rules of origin for fish, where the ownership of the vessel that caught them matters.
on.ft.com/3Lt93Kh Here’s what a new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal should look like
on.ft.com/3Lt93Kh Here’s what a new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal should look like
Think today’s version probably gives it away. (Most of you got the answer wrong)
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Think today’s version probably gives it away. (Most of you got the answer wrong)
Portugal or South Wales?
October 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Portugal or South Wales?
But also a drawing
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
But also a drawing
… skimming the first few … it’s not a very good debunking.
For example, the debunking in this instance doesn’t address the statement (UK now keeps 100% of its customs revenue), which is true
For example, the debunking in this instance doesn’t address the statement (UK now keeps 100% of its customs revenue), which is true
October 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
… skimming the first few … it’s not a very good debunking.
For example, the debunking in this instance doesn’t address the statement (UK now keeps 100% of its customs revenue), which is true
For example, the debunking in this instance doesn’t address the statement (UK now keeps 100% of its customs revenue), which is true
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It hasn't happened quite yet, but I feel like we're getting closer and closer to the US doing tariff deals with invdividual companies ...
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September 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It hasn't happened quite yet, but I feel like we're getting closer and closer to the US doing tariff deals with invdividual companies ...
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/most-favou...
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/most-favou...
Worth noting that the US told the UK and impacted firms that tariffs paid between the announcement of the deal and its implementation would be reimbursed. And then they weren’t.
September 3, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Worth noting that the US told the UK and impacted firms that tariffs paid between the announcement of the deal and its implementation would be reimbursed. And then they weren’t.
In the latest edition of Most Favoured Nation, I attempt to work out the US tariff on EU-made golf carts.
With some high quality data viz
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/american-p...
With some high quality data viz
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/american-p...
August 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In the latest edition of Most Favoured Nation, I attempt to work out the US tariff on EU-made golf carts.
With some high quality data viz
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/american-p...
With some high quality data viz
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/american-p...
August 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
How your email finds me
August 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
How your email finds me
New problem unlocked
August 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New problem unlocked