The 8th Annual UKTPO Conference
Reimagining Global Trade: New Rules, New Challenges

When: 1 December 2025

Where: One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA

This conference will bring together leading academics, policymakers, and industry experts to explore the evolving landscape of international trade. As global markets confront new challenges and opportunities, we will examine how technological innovation, regulatory shifts, and geopolitical changes are reshaping cross-border exchange.

Thank you for your interest. Due to high demand, we have reached full capacity and are now operating a waiting list. If you would like to attend the conference and be added to the waiting list, please email us at uktpo@sussex.ac.uk. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

This year’s conference will feature:

  • The World Trade Organization After Trump – Rob Howse (New York University School of Law)
  • Beyond Security: The Trade Implications of Joining NATO – Karen Jackson (University of Westminster)
  • Digging Up the Value Chain: Mineral Export Restrictions and Industrial Upgrading – Qingyu Chen (Oxford University)
  • Firm-Level Evidence of the Impact of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on Trade in Services – Enrico Vanino (University of Sheffield)
  • The Contents and Coverage of Supply Chain Sustainability Laws – Elisabeth Van Lieshout (OECD)
  • Global Supply Chain Adjustments to the “Liberation” Day Tariffs – Ziho Park (University of Sussex)
  • Mind the Break-Up: Trade Policy Shocks and Firms’ Resilience – Holger Breinlich (University of Surrey)
  • Sea of Investment: ‘Titanic’ of International Investment Law meets ‘Iceberg’ of the UNCLOS – Achyuth Anil (University of Sussex)
  • Mind The Gap: Net Zero Standards, Trade and Emerging EU Regulation – Emily Lydgate (University of Sussex)

Each session will include the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussions around these topics. Additionally, there will be a multi-panellist plenary session followed by a keynote speech by Swati Dhingra, Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee for the Bank of England.

We are holding the conference in honour and memory of Jim Rollo, founding member of the UKTPO, and a valued friend and colleague, to commemorate his work and the lasting impact he had in our lives.

This event will be held under Chatham House rules. The video below was shot at last year’s event.