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UK Trade Strategy analysis

We explain 11 key areas of the UK Trade Strategy and analyse how each area plans to deliver and where gaps remain.

Latest Briefing Papers

Our Briefing Papers provide a unique analysis of various elements of trade policy in the post-Brexit era.

Call for papers

We are now welcoming research papers to be presented at the UKTPO 8TH Annual Conference.

Latest news

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