by dcadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | Post Brexit, UK Defence and Military, UK Foreign Relations, UK International Relations
The UK’s Prime Minister has made a clear statement of intent with respect to China and international trade, seeking and preferring to expand them and see Britain as a destination of Chinese investment as part of his preferred Indo-Pacific ‘tilt’. The UK’s Integrated...
by dcadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | British Trade, Economic Offset, Free Trade Ports, Free Trade Zones, Post Brexit
Whatever your views on Brexit are or were, they are immaterial. As they say, we are where we are, and so we now need to focus on making the situation we find ourselves in as successful as possible. For those of us who have extensive international expertise and...
by dcadmin | Mar 9, 2021 | Commonwealth, International Trade, Post Brexit
It is not just international women who are celebrated today, but The Commonwealth. It is no co-incidence that at the heart of this year’s Commonwealth Day celebrations is the theme of women in leadership. The Commonwealth is potentially a huge opportunity for Britain...
by dcadmin | Mar 9, 2021 | British Trade, International Trade, Post Brexit
The news that several British ports, amongst those serving as 30 designated border control posts, are not ready for the next wave of post Brexit bureaucracy – import checks from EU – due in July is again deeply worrying and is exacerbated by a lack of any...
by dcadmin | Mar 9, 2021 | British Trade, International Trade, Post Brexit
Reports of problems at ports and borders in UK and Ireland as a result of Brexit are deeply worrying, as seems to be the government’s response. Reports by freight and haulage leaders of a 68% drop in goods exported must be cause for concern. Whilst there may well be...
by dcadmin | Mar 9, 2021 | British Trade, International Trade, Post Brexit
Some positive news. America has suspended retaliatory tariffs on UK exports, including Scotch Whisky, along with Cashmere, Stilton cheese and pork products. Such a rapprochement is positive news for efforts on both sides of the pond to secure an ambitious UK-USA trade...
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