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The Realities of a US-UK Free Trade Agreement
In a piece first published by ConservativeHome, Geoff Raby, Policy Exchange’s Head of Trade Policy, contends that while ‘undoubtedly the UK and USA will be able to negotiate a post-Brexit high-quality FTA’, many ‘major unknowns’ remain as yet unresolved.
Britain’s Services Trade Can Flourish Outside of the EU’s Single Market
Geoff Raby — Policy Exchange’s Head of Trade Policy — and Andrew Stoler contend that ‘the reality is that the UK has many realistic options outside the Single Market, and both the UK and EU have much to gain from negotiating a sensible agreement on services’
The Case for Global Trade in an Era of Populist Protectionism: Lessons from New Zealand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUuR3aSakKY Lessons from New Zealand for the UK’s post-Brexit Trade Strategy New Zealand was once Britain’s Farm on the other side of the world. In the 1950s the UK bought almost all of New Zealand’s agricultural exports....
The UK could simultaneously negotiate four or five Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) after Brexit
Geoff Raby — Policy Exchange’s Head of Trade Policy — and Peter Grey discuss processes for negotiating trade agreements
The EU’s Ambiguous Legal Position in the WTO Reduces the Uncertainty over Britain’s Post-Brexit Trading Relationships
Dr Geoff Raby — Policy Exchange’s Head of Trade Policy — concludes that ‘the hurdles at the WTO that worry many may not be so insurmountable after all’
How Feasible are Donald Trump’s Trade Reforms, and What Might Their Impact Be on the US Economy?
Damian Hind, Policy Exchange Economic and Social Policy Research Fellow, examines the campaign promises of the new President-Elect, and the potential trade agenda they may inform
A UK-EU Free Trade Agreement Will Be the Most Unusual in History
Policy Exchange’s Head of Trade Policy contends that ‘making an early and confident start on a broad-based FTA agenda would contribute to lifting business and international confidence in a post-Brexit UK’.
Leave the EU’s customs union and go for a free trade agreement
Dr Geoff Raby and Andrew Stoler set out the strategic benefits of the UK leaveing the customs union.
Britain’s historic opportunity to trade
Dr Geoff Raby, former Australian Ambassador to the WTO, urges the UK to begin preliminary free trade discussions with Australia and New Zealand before Article 50 is triggered.
Preparing for Brexit: PX announces four major new workstreams
Policy Exchange host a panel discussion of what Brexit means for judicial power in our constitution chaired by Lord Judge, formerly Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.