UK Trade Policy Observatory
@uktpo.org
The UK Trade Policy Observatory offers expertise and services to support the reconstruction of the UK's international trading environment post-Brexit.
How will the UK's Critical Minerals Strategy work? @achyuthanil.bsky.social and @sunayanasasmal.bsky.social offer a critical analysis: www.uktpo.org/2025/12/09/a...
#InternationalTrade #CriticalMinerals #copper #EU
#InternationalTrade #CriticalMinerals #copper #EU
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
How will the UK's Critical Minerals Strategy work? @achyuthanil.bsky.social and @sunayanasasmal.bsky.social offer a critical analysis: www.uktpo.org/2025/12/09/a...
#InternationalTrade #CriticalMinerals #copper #EU
#InternationalTrade #CriticalMinerals #copper #EU
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 8th UKTPO Conference. The day was filled with engaging research presentations and discussions, highlighting the need to understand the current state of flux in international trade and trade policy, and how this impacts a multitude of sectors.
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 8th UKTPO Conference. The day was filled with engaging research presentations and discussions, highlighting the need to understand the current state of flux in international trade and trade policy, and how this impacts a multitude of sectors.
Is it possible to deliver a UK-EU re-set that actually works? What constitutes a win or a loss for the UK? @emilylydgate.bsky.social tackles this in our latest blog: www.uktpo.org/2025/11/26/h...
#Brexit #InternationalTrade #TradePolicy
#Brexit #InternationalTrade #TradePolicy
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Is it possible to deliver a UK-EU re-set that actually works? What constitutes a win or a loss for the UK? @emilylydgate.bsky.social tackles this in our latest blog: www.uktpo.org/2025/11/26/h...
#Brexit #InternationalTrade #TradePolicy
#Brexit #InternationalTrade #TradePolicy
The UK should assess how digital trade provisions affect small and medium businesses and consider the importance placed on AI safety and the protection of personal data. This is just one of the recommendations in the UK Trade Policy: An Independent Review.
➡️ Read in full: citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
➡️ Read in full: citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The UK should assess how digital trade provisions affect small and medium businesses and consider the importance placed on AI safety and the protection of personal data. This is just one of the recommendations in the UK Trade Policy: An Independent Review.
➡️ Read in full: citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
➡️ Read in full: citp.ac.uk/uktpr/uk-tra...
Due to high demand, we have reached full capacity and are now operating a waiting list. If you would like to attend the UKTPO Conference and be added to the waiting list, please email us at uktpo@sussex.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Due to high demand, we have reached full capacity and are now operating a waiting list. If you would like to attend the UKTPO Conference and be added to the waiting list, please email us at uktpo@sussex.ac.uk
🚨 Registration is now open for the 8th Annual UKTPO Conference, 1 Dec 2025, London.
Please note: Availability is limited. Registering does not guarantee entry. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
👉 TO REGISTER please follow this link: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
Please note: Availability is limited. Registering does not guarantee entry. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
👉 TO REGISTER please follow this link: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🚨 Registration is now open for the 8th Annual UKTPO Conference, 1 Dec 2025, London.
Please note: Availability is limited. Registering does not guarantee entry. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
👉 TO REGISTER please follow this link: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
Please note: Availability is limited. Registering does not guarantee entry. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
👉 TO REGISTER please follow this link: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
Once again, Trump is threatening tariffs on films made outside the US, claiming that other countries have "stolen" business from the US movie industry. Yet, how would these tariffs work? Ingo Borchert explains: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/07/b...
#InternationalTrade #US #TrumpTariffs
#InternationalTrade #US #TrumpTariffs
October 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Once again, Trump is threatening tariffs on films made outside the US, claiming that other countries have "stolen" business from the US movie industry. Yet, how would these tariffs work? Ingo Borchert explains: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/07/b...
#InternationalTrade #US #TrumpTariffs
#InternationalTrade #US #TrumpTariffs
With great sadness we would like to inform you that our great friend and colleague, Jim Rollo, [emeritus] Professor at Sussex University, passed away peacefully on Thursday. We have posted our own tribute and we welcome any recollections, thoughts or memories of Jim: www.uktpo.org/2025/09/26/i...
September 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
With great sadness we would like to inform you that our great friend and colleague, Jim Rollo, [emeritus] Professor at Sussex University, passed away peacefully on Thursday. We have posted our own tribute and we welcome any recollections, thoughts or memories of Jim: www.uktpo.org/2025/09/26/i...
UKTPO Co-Director Emily Lydgate joins today's @odi-trade.bsky.social conference to explore the intersection of
supply chain resilience, climate goals and
development. Picture via @achyuthanil.bsky.social
#InternationalTrade #Geoeconomics #TradePolicy
supply chain resilience, climate goals and
development. Picture via @achyuthanil.bsky.social
#InternationalTrade #Geoeconomics #TradePolicy
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
UKTPO Co-Director Emily Lydgate joins today's @odi-trade.bsky.social conference to explore the intersection of
supply chain resilience, climate goals and
development. Picture via @achyuthanil.bsky.social
#InternationalTrade #Geoeconomics #TradePolicy
supply chain resilience, climate goals and
development. Picture via @achyuthanil.bsky.social
#InternationalTrade #Geoeconomics #TradePolicy
The World Trade Organization Public Forum has been packed with thought-provoking discussions and in-depth looks at international trade policy. The @thecitp.bsky.social ran a live recording of their podcast Trade Bites which will be available soon.
#WTOPublicForum #InternationalTrade
#WTOPublicForum #InternationalTrade
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The World Trade Organization Public Forum has been packed with thought-provoking discussions and in-depth looks at international trade policy. The @thecitp.bsky.social ran a live recording of their podcast Trade Bites which will be available soon.
#WTOPublicForum #InternationalTrade
#WTOPublicForum #InternationalTrade
UKTPO's Michael Gasiorek and Sahana Suraj will be at the #WTOPublicForum 👉 “Revitalising Trade Policy Reviews in an era of fragmentation”, 18 Sep @10:45am CEST, Library, with Willy Alfaro, Amar Breckenridge and Sabina Maria Ciofu 👉 www.wto.org/english/foru...
September 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
UKTPO's Michael Gasiorek and Sahana Suraj will be at the #WTOPublicForum 👉 “Revitalising Trade Policy Reviews in an era of fragmentation”, 18 Sep @10:45am CEST, Library, with Willy Alfaro, Amar Breckenridge and Sabina Maria Ciofu 👉 www.wto.org/english/foru...
We are welcoming research papers to be presented at the 8th Annual UKTPO Conference. If you have an academic paper that fits our theme, send us an extended abstract (200-500 words) and/or the full paper to uktpo@sussex.ac.uk by 19 Sept 2025.
More info here: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
More info here: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
August 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We are welcoming research papers to be presented at the 8th Annual UKTPO Conference. If you have an academic paper that fits our theme, send us an extended abstract (200-500 words) and/or the full paper to uktpo@sussex.ac.uk by 19 Sept 2025.
More info here: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
More info here: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
Our latest blog explores the EU–US trade deal, how it could shift the EU’s key trade relationships in energy and influence its progress toward achieving climate goals: www.uktpo.org/2025/08/12/t...
#tariffs #InternationalTrade #UStariffs #UStradedeal
#tariffs #InternationalTrade #UStariffs #UStradedeal
August 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Our latest blog explores the EU–US trade deal, how it could shift the EU’s key trade relationships in energy and influence its progress toward achieving climate goals: www.uktpo.org/2025/08/12/t...
#tariffs #InternationalTrade #UStariffs #UStradedeal
#tariffs #InternationalTrade #UStariffs #UStradedeal
"These tariffs are a misguided effort to revive an illusion of hemispheric control, at odds with international law and economic cooperation." - @anasperes.bsky.social takes a closer look at Trump's recent executive order that raised tariffs on Brazilian goods by 40%: www.uktpo.org/2025/08/01/t...
August 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"These tariffs are a misguided effort to revive an illusion of hemispheric control, at odds with international law and economic cooperation." - @anasperes.bsky.social takes a closer look at Trump's recent executive order that raised tariffs on Brazilian goods by 40%: www.uktpo.org/2025/08/01/t...
We are now welcoming research papers to be presented at the 8th Annual UKTPO Conference. If you have an academic paper that fits our theme, send us an extended abstract (200-500 words) and/or the full paper to uktpo@sussex.ac.uk by 19 Sept 2025.
More info here: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
More info here: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
August 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We are now welcoming research papers to be presented at the 8th Annual UKTPO Conference. If you have an academic paper that fits our theme, send us an extended abstract (200-500 words) and/or the full paper to uktpo@sussex.ac.uk by 19 Sept 2025.
More info here: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
More info here: www.uktpo.org/the-uktpo-co...
In this new UKTPO blog, @sunayanasasmal.bsky.social calls for a coordinated response to US tariffs, "one that goes beyond tariffs and takes a hard look at the processes and structures of international regimes": www.uktpo.org/2025/08/01/t...
#InternationalTrade #Trump #USTariffs
#InternationalTrade #Trump #USTariffs
August 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
In this new UKTPO blog, @sunayanasasmal.bsky.social calls for a coordinated response to US tariffs, "one that goes beyond tariffs and takes a hard look at the processes and structures of international regimes": www.uktpo.org/2025/08/01/t...
#InternationalTrade #Trump #USTariffs
#InternationalTrade #Trump #USTariffs
Our latest Briefing Paper explores why a “mutual recognition” of conformity assessment bodies and principles of accreditation for goods is so important for the UK, but also hard to achieve. Read it in full here: www.uktpo.org/briefing-pap...
July 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our latest Briefing Paper explores why a “mutual recognition” of conformity assessment bodies and principles of accreditation for goods is so important for the UK, but also hard to achieve. Read it in full here: www.uktpo.org/briefing-pap...
In this new UKTPO Briefing Paper, Mattia Di Ubaldo and Anupama Sen examine the UK's position as an exporter to the US, compared to its main competitors, and identify over 500 products that could lead to export growth opportunities for the UK: www.uktpo.org/briefing-pap...
#InternationalTrade
#InternationalTrade
June 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In this new UKTPO Briefing Paper, Mattia Di Ubaldo and Anupama Sen examine the UK's position as an exporter to the US, compared to its main competitors, and identify over 500 products that could lead to export growth opportunities for the UK: www.uktpo.org/briefing-pap...
#InternationalTrade
#InternationalTrade
TOMORROW: Join us on campus for James Bacchus' book launch: Democracy for a Sustainable World: The Path from the Pnyx.
🗓️ 2:30-4 pm, Jubilee G32, Falmer, University of Sussex @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
🗓️ 2:30-4 pm, Jubilee G32, Falmer, University of Sussex @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
TOMORROW: Join us on campus for James Bacchus' book launch: Democracy for a Sustainable World: The Path from the Pnyx.
🗓️ 2:30-4 pm, Jubilee G32, Falmer, University of Sussex @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
🗓️ 2:30-4 pm, Jubilee G32, Falmer, University of Sussex @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
WEBINAR: Following the recent tariffs threatened by the US, is the WTO or even globalisation itself, dead? As one of the original architects of the WTO, James Bacchus will provide his views on the way forward for global trade cooperation.
Register here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
WEBINAR: Following the recent tariffs threatened by the US, is the WTO or even globalisation itself, dead? As one of the original architects of the WTO, James Bacchus will provide his views on the way forward for global trade cooperation.
Register here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
WEBINAR: Following the recent tariffs threatened by the US, is the WTO or even globalisation itself, dead? James Bacchus will provide his views, as one of the original architects of the WTO, on the way forward for global trade cooperation.
👉 Register here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉 Register here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
WEBINAR: Following the recent tariffs threatened by the US, is the WTO or even globalisation itself, dead? James Bacchus will provide his views, as one of the original architects of the WTO, on the way forward for global trade cooperation.
👉 Register here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉 Register here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Has trade become a tool to assert power, control narratives, and forge alliances? @anasperes.bsky.social and Minako Morita-Jaeger analyse the UK-US ‘geopolitical’ deal: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/14/u...
#InternationalTrade #UStariffs #tariffs
#InternationalTrade #UStariffs #tariffs
May 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Has trade become a tool to assert power, control narratives, and forge alliances? @anasperes.bsky.social and Minako Morita-Jaeger analyse the UK-US ‘geopolitical’ deal: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/14/u...
#InternationalTrade #UStariffs #tariffs
#InternationalTrade #UStariffs #tariffs
As much as both sides would like us to believe it is a great deal, this is not actually a Free Trade Agreement. So, what is behind of the so-called 'U.S.-UK Economic Prosperity Deal' (US-UK EPD)? Our team explains: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/09/s...
#InternationalTrade #Tariffs #UStariffs
#InternationalTrade #Tariffs #UStariffs
May 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
As much as both sides would like us to believe it is a great deal, this is not actually a Free Trade Agreement. So, what is behind of the so-called 'U.S.-UK Economic Prosperity Deal' (US-UK EPD)? Our team explains: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/09/s...
#InternationalTrade #Tariffs #UStariffs
#InternationalTrade #Tariffs #UStariffs
On Sunday, the US president stated that he would impose tariffs to foreign-made films to boost America's film industry, which he claimed was dying "a very fast death". But, how could these tariffs work? UKTPO's Ingo Borchert explains: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/07/b...
May 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
On Sunday, the US president stated that he would impose tariffs to foreign-made films to boost America's film industry, which he claimed was dying "a very fast death". But, how could these tariffs work? UKTPO's Ingo Borchert explains: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/07/b...
As part of our UK Trade Policy Review, we wanted to know what the UK general public wants from trade policy and their priorities for the ‘trade-offs’ involved in achieving those ambitions. Explore our findings: citp.ac.uk/uktpr/unders...
May 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
As part of our UK Trade Policy Review, we wanted to know what the UK general public wants from trade policy and their priorities for the ‘trade-offs’ involved in achieving those ambitions. Explore our findings: citp.ac.uk/uktpr/unders...