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Export-led growth and the failure of economic rebalancing
The trade deficit is growing – and the Transatlantic trade deal is unlikely to rectify this Craig Berry The Conservative Party’s general election manifesto could not have been clearer: ‘A sustainable...
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the changing...
New conflicts and controversies are emerging as the remit of trade liberalisation broadens The stakes are high in the current EU-US free trade talks. The ambition stated by negotiators is that the...
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A terminal crisis of Anglo-America?
In the wake of the global financial crisis new strains have emerged within the US-UK ‘Special Relationship’ Scenes of Lehman Brothers’ employees hurriedly clearing out belongings from their London...
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Why geopolitical arguments in favour of TTIP are also flawed
Honest debate requires justifying rather than just stating claims The PR campaign in favour of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has subtly changed over the past two years. In...
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Lexit? Careful what you wish for…
A number of voices on the British left have in recent months pushed the idea of ‘Lexit’ – a progressive position in favour of Britain leaving the EU. While their critique of the EU has merit, their...
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The time has come for a progressive TTIP
With mounting concern on both sides of the Atlantic that trade politics only serves the interests of the elite, the time has come to use the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to refashion...
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Taking control? The trade policy consequences of Brexit
The only thing uniting the contradictory strands of the trade policy discourse for Brexit was the refrain of ‘taking control’. But in the post-Brexit landscape that will prove more difficult to...
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