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Economic Sanctions: No End to War in Ukraine

24 February 2023 Erika Szyszczak is a Fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory and Professor Emerita of Law at the University of Sussex. 24 February 2022: a date that shook the world as Russian aggression in Ukraine escalated. The fragility of a strategic democratic state was challenged, alongside exposing the vulnerability of interdependent global supply chains. Thus, it was not surprising that the early response to Russian aggression was in the form of economic sanctions led by the US, the UK and the EU. [1] […]

By Nick Phipps|2023-02-24T12:30:11+00:0024 February 2023|Uncategorised|1 Comment

The Writing on the Wall: FDI Inflows and Brexit

28 June 2019 Nicolo Tamberi is a Research Assistant in Economics for the UK Trade Policy Observatory. Dr Ingo Borchert is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Sussex and a fellow of the Observatory. On Wednesday, the Department for International Trade (DIT) released its official statistics on inward foreign direct investments (FDI) for the financial year 2018-19.[1] As stated by the DIT, these data measure the inflow of ‘new investment, expansion, and mergers & acquisition’ projects, both publicly announced and not. […]

By Nick Phipps|2019-06-28T17:01:03+01:0028 June 2019|UK - Non EU, UK- EU|1 Comment

End of an era: Why Brexit threatens London’s position as Europe’s financial powerhouse

4 February 2019 The Government’s presumption it can negotiate a special deal to prevent UK-based banks being frozen out from lucrative business within the EU after Brexit is highly likely to be proven wrong in time, according to our latest study: ‘Equivalence, mutual recognition in financial services and the UK negotiating position’. The Briefing Paper by Dr Andy Tarrant, Dr Peter Holmes and Prof Dan Kelemen warns that the EU is almost certain to reject any approach to a future trade deal that seeks to retain UK-based banks access to EU markets while giving the UK the ability to vary its regulation away from that applied by the EU. […]

By Nick Phipps|2019-02-04T12:05:31+00:004 February 2019|UK- EU|0 Comments

The return of the Norway option?

18 May 2018 Julia Magntorn is Research Officer in Economics at the UKTPO. While Theresa May and her cabinet are trying to agree on whether to back the maximum facilitation proposal or the customs partnership, another option, nicknamed the ‘Norway option’ which would see the UK remaining a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), has made a comeback in the Brexit debate. […]

By Nick Phipps|2018-05-18T12:00:22+01:0018 May 2018|UK- EU|3 Comments

The curious absence of services trade

14 December 2016 With exports of services worth £220 billion to the UK economy, we need to make sure that Brexit discussions don’t ignore this vital component of the UK’s trading environment. Dr Ingo Borchert is Lecturer in Economics and a fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory. […]

By Nick Phipps|2016-12-14T16:05:17+00:0014 December 2016|UK- EU|0 Comments

Brexit, banks and bother

12 October 2016 Guest blog by Phil Molyneux, Dean of the College of Business, Law, Education and Social Sciences and Professor of Banking and Finance at Bangor University. It’s not looking good in the City or anywhere within the UK financial services sector. The sector contributed £66 billion in tax revenues to the UK Exchequer in 2015 – around 11% of total income – so this is potentially a concern for all of us. […]

By Nick Phipps|2016-10-12T13:20:00+01:0012 October 2016|UK- EU|0 Comments

Economic Sanctions: No End to War in Ukraine

The Writing on the Wall: FDI Inflows and Brexit

End of an era: Why Brexit threatens London’s position as Europe’s financial powerhouse

The return of the Norway option?

The curious absence of services trade

Brexit, banks and bother

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