Independent research for better trade policy

UK Trade Policy Review

In conjunction with Frontier Economics and the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) we have launched an independent review of the state of UK trade policy, to provide an impartial and comprehensive overview.

Latest Briefing Papers

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

The future of the WTO

In this webinar James Bacchus provides his views, as one of the original architects of the WTO, on the challenges that the Trump administration poses for the world trading system.

Latest news

  • The real Donald Trump: A free trader in protectionist clothing or vice versa?

  • Blinded by the light: The trouble with today’s trade policy

  • What’s wrong with the USTR analysis of worldwide protection?

  • Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs: A problem for some products

  • The ‘new normal’: Can the UK and other democratic middle powers play a pivotal role?

  • Brace for impact: Tougher rules ahead for third country food exports to the EU