Brexiteers have been nervously holding their breath for updates on the negotiations between the UK and the EU on the future relationship. Following the depressing experience of the May years, the fear is that the UK side would cave in […]
Retired civil servant and trade consultant Tony Lane argues that the EU is trying to entangle Britain in a neo-colonial trading relationship, to prevent the British economy being seen to prosper after Brexit. Brussels and its British allies are seeking to […]
Singapore’s experience of the COVID-19 crisis shows us exactly why the UK government needs to safeguard our food security as a matter of post-Brexit policy, writes CIB chairman Edward Spalton. We must not become overly-dependent on imports for our food […]
This recent report from the specialist German foreign policy portal German-foreign-policy.com provides valuable insight into the effect of Brexit on the German economy. If the EU and the UK do not successfully conclude a free trade agreement by the end of […]
With the EU insisting that it cannot (or will not) do a trade deal with the UK within a year, and Boris Johnson stating that he will not extend the transition period beyond 31 December 2020, it is more important […]
The EU’s official statistics agency has published its latest trade figures, which it reports as if the UK were not leaving. But crunching the numbers reveals that the UK is set to rival the USA as the EU’s largest export […]
