Month: July 2025

I spent the past week in Bejing at a workshop co-hosted by the World Trade Organisation. I wanted to share the slides that I used here. They are rough, there is a 3h recording somewhere of the talk. And yes there were a bunch of digressions. Below are the slides I also encourage you to…

The UK seemed to make good on its promise to take advantage of its Brexit freedoms. In a rapid succession, trade deals have been concluded with a range of partners. Most recently, the UK and U.S. announced their Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD). Observers, such as the economist Olivier Blanchard dismissed it as a “nothing burger”…