Britain's trade

John Springford
16 October 2014

A post-‘Brexit’ Britain would struggle to make up for foregone trade opportunities with the EU by signing trade agreements with non-European countries.
TTIP forum

26 November 2013

Speakers included: Karel De Gucht, Pascal Lamy and Susan Schwab
Europe's trade

John Springford, Richard Youngs
02 May 2013

Europe's growth strategy is based on a larger trade surplus with the rest of the world, to make up for slow domestic growth, as consumers are weighed down by debt.
EU-US trade

Philip Whyte
20 February 2013

The EU and the US would benefit from freeing up transatlantic commerce. To succeed, they must agree some rules of engagement and stick to them.
Services markets

John Springford
28 September 2012

European services markets are still overwhelmingly national. There are big economic gains to be made from opening them up. 
Europe’s leaders are casting around for ways to improve the EU’s economic performance. In the long term, a more integrated single market for services could improve Europe’s weak productivity growth. The...

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Experts

John Springford

Events

Conservative party conference fringe event on ‘Rebuilding European security’

07 October 2025

With George Freeman, Bernard Jenkin and Pedro Serrano. Further details here.

Labour party conference fringe event on ‘Facing global challenges and engaging with the rest of the world’

30 September 2025

With Douglas Alexander, Stella Creasy, Pedro Serrano and Emily Thornberry. Further details here.

Liberal Democrat party conference fringe event on ‘Building resilient and inclusive societies: security, growth and migration'

22 September 2025

With Wendy Chamberlain, Richard Foord and Pedro Serrano. Further details here.

Trade policy

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Times Radio: Trump's EU tariffs a political 'display of power'

Aslak Berg

26 July 2025

The EU "doesn't have a high tariff level" against the US; the Trump deal is more about securing "a big political win," says research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, Aslak Berg.

BBC News: Sefcovic: Tariff deal between EU-UK is 'close'

Aslak Berg

14 July 2025

"We are getting very close to a trade war, which is the last thing that the EU wants. Their strategy so far has been to deescalate and delay and that has not paid off.

Taking the Pulse: Should the EU bite the 10 per cent tariff bullet with the United States?

Sander Tordoir

10 July 2025

Carnegie Endowment

If the EU wanted a shot at pushing tariffs below 10 per cent, it would have had to retaliate forcefully alongside China after Liberation Day, on April 2, 2025. But a 10 per cent tariff is manageable for EU exports and was priced in by Wall Street.