By James Melville.
No deal Brexit is not the end. It’s only the beginning. To the no-deal Brexiters who say, ‘I just want to leave” or “leave means leave”: you do realise that we will be trying to get a new deals the minute we leave, don’t you? 935 mais palavras
WTO: Trade ministers from across the Commonwealth made a commitment to resist all forms of protectionism, and to work urgently together towards reforming the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which sets the global rules for international trade. 490 mais palavras
In August 2019, the US national security advisor visited the UK bearing the news of a trade deal. Perhaps not as conspicuous as it was odd was his… 2.051 mais palavras
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The World Trade Organization currently has 164 members (countries and customs territories), with an additional 22 countries in the process of pursuing accession. While the WTO has attracted a lot of interest and greatly increased membership since its start in 1995, it is an organization in trouble and of diminishing relevance despite its important role and broad membership. 1.240 mais palavras
Earlier this year, I shared a short video about the benefits of the World Trade Organization.
Here’s a more substantive version (though still only four minutes). 545 mais palavras
And then came the 1970s
When Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition in 1851, Britain was the world’s leading industrial power, producing more than half its iron, coal and cotton cloth. 505 mais palavras
