Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sussex
Department Name: University of Sussex Business School
Abstract
For the first time in 50 years the UK has 'sovereignty' over its trade policy. It must now decide, for example, how to configure its free trade agreements, its regulations for imported food and digital trade and its trade and climate policies. Simultaneously, income distribution has become highly sensitive in the UK, policy-making power is devolved over several UK entities and the world trading system is beset by a range of tensions such as digitisation and Chinese growth. How UK policies respond to this, and who is involved in making and scrutinising them, will shape economic outcomes for generations and affect all parts of society and all regions of the UK.
The Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) will undertake INNOVATIVE, INTERDISCIPLINARY research at the frontier of knowledge, to help understand these challenges and opportunities and contribute to providing the UK with a modern trade policy. As well as being INTERNATIONAL in its approach, the CITP is designed to deliver IMPACT through targeted communications and sustained engagement with a wide range of non-academic stakeholders. Above all, our research responds to the view that trade policy should be INCLUSIVE in OUTCOMES for the people and regions of the UK, and in the FORMULATION OF POLICY by considering the views of all those affected. These five "I's" are core to the work of the CITP.
Trade involves exchange and agreement between sovereign states and is thus at the interface of economics and international law; these disciplines form the core of the CITP, together with political science, international relations and business.
CITP research is organised into three interrelated themes:
1. People, Firms and Places: focusses on the differential impact of trade (policy) across locations, firms and individuals (as consumers and workers) in the four nations of the UK. In this theme we will address how changes in trade barriers have differential impacts on productivity, the structure of supply chains, local labour markets and regions, and how knowledge of this can make trade policy more efficient and inclusive.
2. Digitisation and Technical Change: addresses the drivers and consequences of digitisation on geographical boundaries transforming what is produced and traded, how, where and by whom. Key here is how this impacts on trade practices and the rules governing them and the interaction between technical change, regulatory autonomy and international cooperation.
3. Negotiating a Turbulent World: considers the way that challenges to the trading system are testing the cooperation and trust that underpins open trade. CITP addresses these issues as well as regulatory coherence in trade agreements and how this may impact on domestic regulation. It will also focus closely on the stresses that trade policymaking is inducing between national and devolved administrations in the UK.
Through the themes run genuine interdisciplinarity, the development of innovative methods (including in the economic modelling of trade, especially intra-UK trade), the creation of new data (e.g. on jobs in trade), major stakeholder and public engagement (citizens' juries) to identify what the UK as a whole seeks from trade policy, an Innovation Fund to encourage earlier career researchers to propose new trade research, and a commitment to communication and engagement to achieve impact and ultimately generate change.
The CITP builds on the proven research and impact successes of its component Universities - Sussex, Nottingham, Strathclyde, Queens (Belfast), Cardiff, Cambridge, the European University Institute, Berkeley, Tel Aviv and Georgetown (USA). Each partner brings a distinct and complementary element to the CITP, extending its research expertise and its geographical reach and creating new synergies to establish an international centre of excellence for trade policy research.
The Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) will undertake INNOVATIVE, INTERDISCIPLINARY research at the frontier of knowledge, to help understand these challenges and opportunities and contribute to providing the UK with a modern trade policy. As well as being INTERNATIONAL in its approach, the CITP is designed to deliver IMPACT through targeted communications and sustained engagement with a wide range of non-academic stakeholders. Above all, our research responds to the view that trade policy should be INCLUSIVE in OUTCOMES for the people and regions of the UK, and in the FORMULATION OF POLICY by considering the views of all those affected. These five "I's" are core to the work of the CITP.
Trade involves exchange and agreement between sovereign states and is thus at the interface of economics and international law; these disciplines form the core of the CITP, together with political science, international relations and business.
CITP research is organised into three interrelated themes:
1. People, Firms and Places: focusses on the differential impact of trade (policy) across locations, firms and individuals (as consumers and workers) in the four nations of the UK. In this theme we will address how changes in trade barriers have differential impacts on productivity, the structure of supply chains, local labour markets and regions, and how knowledge of this can make trade policy more efficient and inclusive.
2. Digitisation and Technical Change: addresses the drivers and consequences of digitisation on geographical boundaries transforming what is produced and traded, how, where and by whom. Key here is how this impacts on trade practices and the rules governing them and the interaction between technical change, regulatory autonomy and international cooperation.
3. Negotiating a Turbulent World: considers the way that challenges to the trading system are testing the cooperation and trust that underpins open trade. CITP addresses these issues as well as regulatory coherence in trade agreements and how this may impact on domestic regulation. It will also focus closely on the stresses that trade policymaking is inducing between national and devolved administrations in the UK.
Through the themes run genuine interdisciplinarity, the development of innovative methods (including in the economic modelling of trade, especially intra-UK trade), the creation of new data (e.g. on jobs in trade), major stakeholder and public engagement (citizens' juries) to identify what the UK as a whole seeks from trade policy, an Innovation Fund to encourage earlier career researchers to propose new trade research, and a commitment to communication and engagement to achieve impact and ultimately generate change.
The CITP builds on the proven research and impact successes of its component Universities - Sussex, Nottingham, Strathclyde, Queens (Belfast), Cardiff, Cambridge, the European University Institute, Berkeley, Tel Aviv and Georgetown (USA). Each partner brings a distinct and complementary element to the CITP, extending its research expertise and its geographical reach and creating new synergies to establish an international centre of excellence for trade policy research.
Organisations
- University of Sussex (Lead Research Organisation)
- Fieldfisher LLP (Project Partner)
- Department for the Economy (Project Partner)
- British Chambers of Commerce (Project Partner)
- Scottish Government (Project Partner)
- Ernst & Young (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Trade Justice Movement (Project Partner)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Project Partner)
- Welsh Government (Project Partner)
- Department for International Trade (Project Partner)
Publications
Graziano A
An Import(ant) Price of Brexit Uncertainty
Hoekman B
(2022)
Trade and Sustainable Development: Non- Economic Objectives in the Theory of Economic Policy Joseph
in SSRN Electronic Journal
Hoekman B
(2023)
Geopolitical competition, globalisation and WTO reform
in The World Economy
Hoekman B
(2023)
Noneconomic Objectives, Global Value Chains and International Cooperation
in Italian Economic Journal
Ifan G
(2023)
DEVOLUTION, INDEPENDENCE AND WALES' FISCAL DEFICIT
in National Institute Economic Review
Li P
(2023)
Regulating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-Enabled Medical Devices in Europe and the United Kingdom
in Law, Technology and Humans
Lydgate E
(2023)
Climate Equivalence and International Trade
in World Trade Review
Lydgate E
(2022)
Climate equivalence and international trade
in SSRN Electronic Journal
Lydgate, E
(2022)
Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy
Description | Business and Trade Commission |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | The Commission meets monthly and recently fortnightly, for evidence sessions with senior and expert witness; organised like a Parliamentary Select Committee; produces statements, letters to ministers, some documents; ministers have acknowledged problems highlighted by the Commission and arguably moderated policies as a result. Widespread press coverage; about 3000 social media followers including several cabinet ministers. |
URL | https://www.hilarybennmp.com/homepage/uk-trade-and-business-commission/ |
Description | Chinese Embassy Virtual Round Table on Enhancing UK-China Trade and Investment |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Cited in a letter of House of Lords Protocol Sub-Committee to the Foreign Secretary |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | Written Evidence made by Billy Melo-Araujo to House of Lords Committee was cited in a letter of House of Lords Protocol Sub-Committee to the Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, with the findings of its inquiry into the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill. |
URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/31662/documents/177968/default/ |
Description | College of Europe lecture |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Commissioner, UK Trade and Climate Commission - E Lydgate |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Developed core recommendations which can be measured against UK future practice. |
URL | https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2022/hss/queen-mary-launches-new-commission-with-trade-justice-mov... |
Description | Department of International Trade: Trade and Economy Panel |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Private advice leading to better understanding by policymakers. |
Description | Membership of the DIT Trade in Services Academic Advisory Group |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Oral evidence to House of Commons Public Bill Committee on Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/ec174605-ac3c-49e1-b30a-580c2460f536 |
Description | Oral evidence to House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Retained EU Law (revocation and reform) Bill - Viviane Gravey |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/48701/documents/2517 |
Description | Oral evidence to the Senedd's Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill and the Committee - Ludivine Petetin |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://record.senedd.wales/Committee/13029#A75217 |
Description | Participated in a Scottish Government roundtable on Differential impacts of Trade. |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Helped to inform the Scottish Government which is seeking to establish key challenges for its Vision for Trade Strategy. |
Description | Special advisor to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/52/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/membershi... |
Description | Training and expert advice for Department for Business and Trade |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Outcome: Improvements and enhancements of the modelling capabilities of a Government department. |
Description | Written evidence to the House of Lords European Affairs Committee inquiry: The future UK-EU relationship 09/11/2022 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/113171/pdf/ |
Description | Links between modern slavery and wider laws and policies |
Amount | £22,169,694 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 7283939 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2023 |
Description | To Support the development of the CITP and UKTPO to enable them to build their research capability and capacity and in particular in areas of relevance to Northern Ireland and DfE |
Amount | £65,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Trade in Northern Ireland: Characteristics of businesses and workers |
Amount | £47,552 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/X013502/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2023 |
End | 06/2023 |
Title | The International Trade and Production Database for Estimation (ITPD-E R02), July 2022 |
Description | Ingo Borchert's Contribution (as part of a team) to a major update (Release 2). The database contains consistent data on international and domestic trade at the industry level covering agriculture, mining, energy, manufacturing, and services. Release 2 of ITPD-E provides the following coverage: 1986-2019 for Agriculture, 1988-2019 for Manufacturing, Mining and Energy, 2000-2019 for Services. It covers 265 countries and 170 industries. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Global reference dataset for a wide range of gravity modelling and other (counterfactual) analyses. The ITPD-E is well suited for estimation of economic models, such as the gravity model of trade since it has been constructed using reported administrative data and intentionally does not include information estimated by statistical techniques. |
URL | https://www.usitc.gov/data/gravity/itpde.htm |
Description | 57 varieties of inclusive trade policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost be Michael Gasiorek on what 'inclusive trade policy' means and focusing on the distributional consequences of trade policy: who are the winners and losers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/57-varieties-of-inclusive-trade-policy |
Description | Addressing UK greenhouse gas emissions through trade policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Should the UK introduce more trade measures to reduce the emissions embedded in the products we import? This blogpost by Emily Lydgate provides a summary of the results of a new report commissioned by the Committee on Climate Change, Trade policies and emissions reduction: establishing and assessing options, involving researchers from the CITP and UK Trade Policy Observatory. It examines prospects for using trade policy to address carbon leakage and consumption emissions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/addressing-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-through-trade-policy |
Description | Artificial Intelligence and Trade: A Big Challenge for Inclusivity |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost on: The emergence and proliferation of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) underpin the transition towards a digital economy in the UK and elsewhere. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/artificial-intelligence-and-trade-a-big-challenge-for-inclusivity |
Description | BBC News TV. "US Tariffs on UK Steel and a future UK-US Trade Agreement," with Victoria Fritz, 1 June 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Professor Meredith Crowley discusses US tariffs on UK steel replaced by quotas on the BBC TV News World Business Outlook. She says it is a "welcome sign that the relationship is warming" but not a first step towards a UK-US trade agreement. Prof Crowley's interview starts at 4min15. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001801l |
Description | Brexit blow: exports to Japan slump after 'landmark' free trade deal (The Guardian) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Minako Morita-Jaeger says the government had "oversold" the UK-Japan trade agreement and it did not offer significant economic advantages over the previous EU deal. The early trade data did not appear encouraging. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/26/brexit-britain-japan-trade-deal-exports-slump |
Description | Brexit has cracked Britain's economic foundations (CNN Business) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | In reality, Brexit has hobbled the UK economy, which remains the only member of the G7 with an economy smaller than it was before the pandemic. "The most plausible reason as to why Britain is doing worse than comparable countries is Brexit," according to L. Alan Winters |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/24/economy/brexit-uk-economy/index.html |
Description | Brexit slammed the UK economy. The new Northern Ireland deal gives it hope. (CNN) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The breakthrough deal on Northern Ireland's trading arrangements heralds a reset in the often thorny relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union - and could be the first step to repairing some of the damage Brexit has done to the UK economy. This is a "very clear prize," and not only for researchers and academics, said L. Alan Winters. It "locks Britain back in to the scientific research community in Europe Research and development is a big part of the modern economy" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/28/economy/northern-ireland-new-brexit-deal/index.html |
Description | Brexit: How's it going? (BBC Newsnight) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | In a special programme, Newsnight examines the impact of Brexit three years after the UK officially left the EU. t's had a negative impact on UK exporters particularly. Meredith Crowley comments that "If there was an obvious way to make things better, those steps would have already been taken. However, aligning UK and EU regulation could help." |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001hsvs/newsnight-brexit-hows-it-going |
Description | CITP launch event in Glasgow - 11th May 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A launch event setting out the aims of the Centre, a speech by the Director of International Trade and Investment, Richard Rollison, and a panel discussion on the meaning of "inclusive trade" to different stakeholders. Following this a networking event between academics and civil servants. Plans made for regular engagement with Scottish Government and has been followed up. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | CITP launch event in London - Tuesday 17th May 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The launch provided an opportunity to develop high-level visibility for the Centre and nurture engagement with a wide range of policy actors and stakeholders. Members of CITP set out the aims of the Centre. Crawford Falconer, Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser and Second Permanent Secretary for the Department for International Trade and Baroness Hayter (House of Lords) both gave speeches. The event was attended by policy actors, civil servants and businesses as well as journalists. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Can green Brexit benefits offset the costs of leaving? (Raconteur) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Can new sustainability wins offset the costs of leaving the EU? Some manufacturing companies are reporting positive outcomes from moving supply chains back to Britain. This article discusses some of the recommendations in the CITP/UKTPO report for the Climate Change Committee with company CEOs. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.raconteur.net/supply-chain/can-green-brexit-benefits-offset-the-costs-of-leaving/ |
Description | Collaboration, Coordination, and Communication: how to build supply resilience in global supply networks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog by Professor Sam Roscoe reporting back from the 2022 Supply Chain Ministerial Forum. Focusing on transportation and logistics, he flags three key issues raised at the Forum and potential ways to address these and build better resilience in global supply networks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/how-to-build-supply-resilience-in-global-supply-networks |
Description | Commissioner, UK Trade and Climate Commission- Launch event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Chaired by Lloyd Russell-Moyle (a Labour member of the Trade Select Committee), launch event with about 60 or so people in total (25 online, 35+ present in the room) for UK Trade and Climate Commission, Towards a fair and strategic trade and climate policy report. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | DIT 'away day' at the University of Sussex (05/12/2022) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The Department for International Trade (DIT) brought 26 staff - including the Chief Economist - to meet with Sussex CITP staff at the University. Both sides exchanged plans for future research and activities and provided mutual feedback. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Delivered a lecture on UK's digital trade policy and regulatory cooperation with its trade partners |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Minako Morita Jaegar gave a lecture to staff in the digital trade policy team and regulatory cooperation team at DCMS- 26/10/2022. The seminar was organised by the DCMS to improve policymakers' understanding on digital trade policy in the wider context of global trade. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Development and Delivery of Supply Chain Capability training programme delivered to the Department of International Trade - Global Supply Chains Directorate - Department for Transport and the Department for Health and Social Care |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Prof. Sam Roscoe developed a supply chain capability development programme in collaboration with the UK's Department of International Trade. This was a foundation level training course in supply chain management, and a practitioner (next level up) training course on the interrelationship between government policy and supply chain management. The course taught members of the DIT's Global Supply Chains Directorate how to identify the early warning signs of supply chain disruptions and develop strategies for overcoming disruptions through diversification and building resilience. I delivered the course to 150 members of the DIT's supply chain strategy division as well as the Department for Transport and Department for Health and Social Care. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Devolution and the retained EU law bill |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Viviane Gravey spoke on devolution and the retained EU law bill, for Retained EU law and the Environment, event co-organised between UCL Centre for Law and the Environment, Greener UK and UKELA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2023/jan/hybrid-retained-eu-law-and-environment#:~:text=The%20Reta... |
Description | Does new Northern Ireland Brexit deal 'remove any sense' of an Irish Sea border? (Factcheck - Channel 4 News) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | After months of wrangling, prime minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, have reached a new agreement on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit arrangements. The "Windsor Framework" rewrites the Northern Ireland Protocol, which itself took years - and two prime ministers - to thrash out. Professor Michael Gasiorek told FactCheck that Mr Sunak's claim to have removed any sense of a border is "unfortunately not quite correct" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-does-new-northern-ireland-brexit-deal-remove-any-s... |
Description | EU green spending puts pressure on UK to act (Investor's Chronicle) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The European Commission has outlined its response to the US Inflation Reduction Act. The European Commission's (EC) new Green Deal Industrial Plan includes proposals to ease state aid rules to make subsidies more freely available to entice green technology firms to the bloc. The move, seen as a direct response to the US Inflation Reduction Act, which last year promised billions of dollars in grants and loans to fund new clean energy projects, risks placing the UK's nascent green technology firms at a competitive disadvantage to its peers, according to analysts. Michael Gasiorek comments on the risk of "competitive protectionist subsidy policies by country, which are ultimately going to be welfare-decreasing" and how the subsidies affect the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2023/02/10/eu-green-spending-puts-pressure-on-uk-to-act/ |
Description | Economic Disintegration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost by Ian Wooton on the role of economic integration for inclusiveness. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/economic-disintegration |
Description | Expert advice given to the British Columbia (Canada) Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation. ESG Centre of Excellence Engagement Roundtable |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Sam Roscoe - I was invited to give expert advice on managing global supply chain risk for small and medium sized enterprises in British Columbia, Canada. The risk factors discussed include environmental, social and governance issues in global supply chains and strategies for managing these risks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Expert insights given to the US Department of State Supply Chain Ministerial |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Sam Roscoe - On July 19th, the US Department of State hosted the 2022 Supply Chain Ministerial Forum, with high-level participation from industry, community and political representatives from the European Union, UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, India and Indonesia, amongst others. The forum sought to address the urgent global challenge of strengthening supply chain resilience post-pandemic and in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and ongoing climate disasters. I chaired the breakout session on Transportation and Logistics, where I facilitated a discussion with industry and community leaders on issues affecting ports, infrastructure and logistical hubs and solutions to rectify these issues. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.state.gov/u-s-convenes-supply-chain-ministerial-forum/ |
Description | FCDO Masterclass, 28/06/22 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Emily gave a Masterclass on: Inclusive climate clubs: a contradiction in terms? to staff at the Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Office |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Gave oral evidence tothe UK Trade and Business Commission evidence session on Japan-UK CEPA - 09/06/2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Minako Morita-Jaegar gave oral evidence to the Commission as part of it's evaluation of the effectiveness of the UK-Japan FTA. UK Trade and Business Commission members learned that the UK-Japan bilateral trade does not show an increase after the implementation of FTA. Also, negative impact of the UK-EU relations on the UK as a gateway to the Europe. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.tradeandbusiness.uk/past-sessions/free-trade-agreements-japan-and-india |
Description | Government refuses to publish economic benefits estimate of latest Brexit trade deal (The Independent) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Officials at DIT say they have not modelled the GDP impact of an improved UK-Israel free trade agreement for two principal reasons. Professor Michael Gasiorek told The Independent that DIT's reasoning "does make sense". "I think that there is too much of a focus on the overall impact of an agreement. It is perfectly possible that an agreement overall has very little impact - for example, 0.1 per cent of GDP - but there may be some big losers and big winners underneath that," |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/government-refuses-to-publish-economic-benefits-estimate-of-la... |
Description | HM Government Conference on Emerging Technologies |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Maria Savona was an invited panellist and roundtable facilitator at the HM Government Conference on Emerging Technologies, London, Royal Society of Arts. Her talk focused on how might emerging technologies reshape government and the economy? The aim of the event was to help senior officials, mostly Permanent Secretaries and Director Generals, understand more about the latest emerging tech and its applications. 07/11/2022 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Healthy Trade Policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost by guest author, Pepita Barlow, about 'Healthy trade policy'. Being able to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being, an important determinant of life satisfaction, and one of our most basic and essential assets. Yet, trade agreements continue to be negotiated and ratified which intersect with, and influence, many of the underlying drivers of health and health inequalities. This is the third blog in a new series by leading researchers which offers brief accounts of one part of their research and how it may affect or be affected by international trade and trade policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/healthy-trade-policy |
Description | How does trade affect inequality? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | In this blog by guest author, Peter Levell, he provides his thoughts on the relationship between trade and inequality and how to prevent trade from significantly increasing social inequalities. This is the second blog in a new series by leading researchers which offers brief accounts of one part of their research and how it may affect or be affected by international trade and trade policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/how-does-trade-affect-inequality |
Description | How does trade policy affect competition? (Vox EU) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | How does a bilateral trade agreement affect the amount of competition in both countries? New data casts doubt on the conclusions that trade economists have drawn in the past. Meredith Crowley discusses her research paper "The pro-competitive effects of trade agreements" with Tim Phillips in the latest podcast from the Centre for Economic Policy Research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://cepr.org/multimedia/how-does-trade-policy-affect-competition |
Description | IPPR Roundtable on the Future of UK-US Trade |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Emily gave talk on options for UK-US trade cooperation - Discussion by practitioners in attendance including with UK Chief Negotiator and US academics. Contributed to informing thinking on policy approach |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://euromovescotland.org.uk/event/future-of-us-uk-trade-relations-ippr/ |
Description | Inaugural meeting of DIT's academic advisory group on services trade |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Ingo Borchert - The academic advisory group on services trade is part of the Department for International Trade (now Department for Business and Trade)'s consultation process that draws on the unique insight and technical expertise of academics. This advisory group is used to facilitate technical policy exchanges between expert academics on specific trade in services policy related matters. Their purpose is to provide members with the opportunity to feed evidence into developing trade policy to ensure that DIT's position is well-informed and reflects the interests of the whole of the United Kingdom. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Inclusion and wellbeing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost by Professor Lord Layard, in which he provides his thoughts on the impact of trade upon wellbeing. This is the first blog in a new series by leading researchers which offers brief accounts of one part of their research and how it may affect or be affected by international trade and trade policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/inclusion-and-wellbeing |
Description | Inclusive Trade Policy: an etiquette guide for good governance |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost by L. Alan Winters on what 'inclusive trade policy' means and the implications this has for governing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/inclusive-trade-policy-an-etiquette-guide-for-good-governance |
Description | Inclusivity in trade policy? It's all about process |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog by Viviane Gravey and Billy Melo Araujo on building an inclusive trade policy in the UK outlines four key dimensions for building inclusive trade policymaking |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/inclusivity-in-trade-policy-its-all-about-process |
Description | Increasing number of people in United Kingdom go hungry because of price spikes (PBS Newshour) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A winter of discontent is coming for the United Kingdom. Monday, the first in what will be weeks of nationwide strikes across professions began in protest of the skyrocketing living costs. Now, a bleak winter forces many to decide whether to heat their homes or feed their family. Professor Michael Gasiorek says that as a result of Brexit UK is 3-5% lower than would be otherwise and that is making the UK take a hit. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/increasing-number-of-people-in-united-kingdom-go-hungry-because-of-p... |
Description | Is it really true that Brexit has had no harmful effects? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | L. Alan Winters considers a recent paper by Graham Gudgin, Julian Jessop and Harry Western (GJW) and provides a response to their points in four areas: estimating the effects of Brexit on GDP, investment, trade and sterling. Whilst the GJW paper raises some legitimate questions, Professor Winters shows that the authors cherry-pick evidence, a criticism they make of others, and that the paper is diffused with their pro-Brexit ideology. They have not made their case and nor can they find any evidence that Brexit is helping the UK economy. Reach minimal as published 2 weeks ago |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/is-it-really-true-that-brexit-has-had-no-harmful-effects |
Description | Joint TJW and CITP Launch Event in Wales - 9 June 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This was a joint launch event between the Trade Justice Wales project (TJW) and the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy entitled 'The UK's New trade policy - what does an inclusive approach look like?' There was opening speeches by Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy and Delyth Jewell MS, Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee and Member of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee. This was followed by a panel discussion Chair - Dr Ludivine Petetin, Wales Governance Centre Dr Ingo Borchert, Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy Aileen Burmeister - Head of Fair Trade Wales and Chair of Trade Justice Wales Dr Louisa Petchey, Senior Policy Specialist, Public Health Wales Shavanah Taj, Wales TUC, General secretary Paul Slevin, President, President, Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid The event allowed policy actors and civil servants to meet team members from both projects and to discuss how the UK can move towards an effective, equitable and inclusive trade policy that is joined up substantively across policy areas and geographies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-uks-new-trade-policy-what-does-an-inclusive-approach-look-like-ti... |
Description | Key note speech to the Liberal Democrat Policy Working Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Sam Roscoe - The Liberal Democrat Party of the UK invited me to give a talk on supply security and maintain supply chain security from a UK perspective. The talk explained different policy levers and recommendations that the Liberal Democrat policy can introduce to diversify and create flexibility in the supply chains of UK based small and medium sized enterprises. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Making trade work for all: inclusive trade policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Now that the UK has 'sovereignty' over its trade policy it must decide what it wants from its free trade agreements which regulations to apply to imported food, how to reconcile trade and climate policies, etc. These decisions, and who is involved in making and scrutinising them, will shape economic outcomes for generations and affect all parts of society and all regions of the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/making-trade-work-for-all-inclusive-trade-policy |
Description | Making trade work for all: inclusive trade policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Now that the UK has 'sovereignty' over its trade policy it must decide what it wants from its free trade agreements which regulations to apply to imported food, how to reconcile trade and climate policies, etc. These decisions, and who is involved in making and scrutinising them, will shape economic outcomes for generations and affect all parts of society and all regions of the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/making-trade-work-for-all-inclusive-trade-policy |
Description | Meeting with DIT's climate and change team 17/10/22 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Emily advised on UK trade and climate strategy- Specific policy recommendations to Government |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Met with the Office for the Internal Market (21/10/2022) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Mattia- I was introduced to the newly appointed members of the Office for the Internal Market and their functions. I provided insights and advice on data and methods they can use for their tasks. Informed on data and methods available for analysis. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | New Government, new trade policy? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | In this blog, Michael Gasiorek looks at current UK trade policy and suggests a new strategy for the UK that goes beyond the current FTA-focussed approach. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/new-government-new-trade-policy |
Description | New York Times."Boris Johnson leaves a mixed legacy with his Brexit gambit," P. Coy, 8 July 2022. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | New York Times article about Boris Johnson's prime ministerial legacy quoted Prof. Meredith Crowley's chapter in the e-book, "The Economics of Brexit: What Have We Learned?" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/boris-johnson-brexit-legacy.html |
Description | OECD informal expert group on Regional Global Value Chains |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mairi Spowage presented at the first meeting of the informal OECD expert group on Regional Global Value Chains, 23/01/2023. This group will continue to operate throughout the next couple of years as the ONS and OECD seek to produce regional Supply and Use Tables and Input-Output tables, and therefore regional and interregional trade estimates. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Panel at WTO Public Forum: Using Trade Tools to Address Climate Change, 27 September 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Emily gave talk on options for trade and climate policy going forward. Discussion by practitioners in attendance (including former WTO judges, WTO Secretariat employees, Government representatives). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum22_e/pf22_programme_grid_e.htm |
Description | Panel participant at LSE event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Emily gave a talk on options for trade and climate policy going forward. Ignacio Garcia Bercero from European Commission was present. Informing thinking on policy approach to climate and trade |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2022/10/202210261830/trade |
Description | Panellist for the Future of UK-Japan financial services at the London Stock Exchange Group 10/06/2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Minako- The London Stock Exchange Group organised the conference to promote financial cooperation between the UK and Japan. I was invited to talk about the bilateral relations and prospects for the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Panellist for the Future of UK-Japan financial services at the London Stock Exchange Group 10/06/2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The London Stock Exchange Group organised the conference to promote financial cooperation between the UK and Japan. I was invited to talk about the bilateral relations and prospects for the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Panellist in webinar on "Leading Trading Partners EU, Japan and the US" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Minako Morita Jaegar participated as a panellist in a Live webinar on: Leading Trade Partners EU, Japan and the US Trends and perspectives. The webinar was organised by International Trade Institute W/C 26/09/2022 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeyMIWrKmtY |
Description | Parallel import and the UK cost-of-living crisis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost by: Phoebe Li - What is parallel import? A few words on IP and parallel import, complexities around international exhaustion and findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/parallel-import-and-the-uk-cost-of-living-crisis |
Description | Presented at 2-track dialogue on the future of climate in investment treaties, for OECD Governments |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Emily Lydgate gave a talk on options for reforming investment regime inspired by trade regime OECD Government representatives, Secretariat, academics attended the event and the talk was followed by a discussion with attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presented at the Trade and Public Policy Network event on Unilateral Preferences Schemes and Climate Conditionality (21/09/2022) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mattia provided insights on the new UK scheme for trade with developing countries, i.e. the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS). Contributed to the debate on preferential schemes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176268022000246?via%3Dihub |
Description | Replacement of US tariffs on UK steel with a quota system (BBC News World Business Report) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Replacement of US tariffs on UK steel with a quota system is a 'welcome sign that the relationship is warming but not a first step towards a UK-US trade agreement says Meredith Crowley. Starts at 4.15mins. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001801l |
Description | Roundtable discussion: UK Office for Budget Responsibility on global economic fragmentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange on long-term impacts of global economic fragmentation from Ingo Borchert. This feeds into a major report by the Office for Budget Responsibility |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/Fiscal_risks_and_sustainability_2022-1.pdf |
Description | Scottish Government |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | James Black - Scottish Government Stakeholder Roundtable on the Differential Impacts of Trade. 21/06/2022. Attendance: ~20. Scottish Government seeking to establish key challenges for its Vision for Trade Strategy. James Black, Gioele Figus, Mairi Spowage, Calum Fox, Aditya Maurya - Advice to Scottish Government on their exploratory development of Trade in Value Added statistics for Scotland. 06/10/2022. Attendance: 16. Scottish Government taking views on internal TiVA development. Led to change in opinion - shelving of TiVA statistics until more robust data is available. Mairi Spowage - Meeting with Scottish Government Policy Leads to discuss engagement during 2023 and plans for regional trade policy event in Scotland planned for May 2023. Also seeking to get their views on studentships to be launched in 2023. Mairi Spowage, Ingo Borchert and Richard Kneller - Meeting with Scottish Government, Vision for Trade | Trade Strategy | Trade Policy Division to CITP Research Theme Workplans, Scottish Government Research Interests and ways to connect regularly. 26.01.2023 Emily Lydgate - Meeting with Scottish Government, Vision for Trade | Trade Strategy | Trade Policy Division to CITP Research Theme Workplans, Scottish Government Research Interests and ways to connect regularly. 06.03.2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
Description | Second meeting of DIT's academic advisory group on services trade |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Ingo Borchert- The academic advisory group on services trade is part of the Department for International Trade (now Department for Business and Trade)'s consultation process that draws on the unique insight and technical expertise of academics. This advisory group is used to facilitate technical policy exchanges between expert academics on specific trade in services policy related matters. Their purpose is to provide members with the opportunity to feed evidence into developing trade policy to ensure that DIT's position is well-informed and reflects the interests of the whole of the United Kingdom. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Stakeholder event: organised by ESRC regarding the UK-India trade project |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Ingo Borchert was involved in an exchange of project findings across four ESRC projects that all work on UK-Indian trade relations - Primary audience, Researchers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Summit of the Americas |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Addressing Trade and Foreign Ministers at the Summit of the Americas CEO Sessions, Los Angeles. Organised by the Inter-American Development Bank. L. Alan Winters had to initiate a discussion among ministers and CEOs on climate and international trade. He gave a twelve-minute presentation which was intended to be followed by a 50 minute debate/set of statements by CEOs and ministers/senior officials. However, in the last days before the meeting the organisers cancelled the debate on the grounds that it would be too divisive. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Talk on "Trading with Europe - People and Standards" delivered to the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Billy Melo Araujo delivered a talk to the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.northernirelandchamber.com/event/international-champion-event/ |
Description | The Scottish Services Trade Forum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Minako is a member of the Scottish Services Trade Forum was established by Scottish government, Directorate for International Trade and Investment to establish the Scottish Vision for Services Trade. The first meeting took place on 25th October 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The UK's "Indo-Pacific tilt" strategy and inclusive trade policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost by Minako Morita-Jaegar provides analysis of the UK's trade policy "Indo-Pacific tilt" strategy and the implications for geopolitical and societal inclusivity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/the-uks-indo-pacific-tilt-strategy-and-inclusive-trade-policy |
Description | The changing global trade map (BBC News) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The US has imported more goods from the EU than China this year. What is driving these changes? L. Alan Winters discusses changes in trade on The Context with Christian Fraser, BBC News. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fkl6 |
Description | The future UK-EU relationship |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog by Michael Gasiorek and Charlotte Humma focusing on the overall UK-EU relationship including the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, areas of shared interest and mobility. It looks at what improvements could be made in the both the short and medium term. This blog draws on written evidence submitted by members of CITP and our partner EY to the House of Lords European Affairs Committee inquiry on the Future of the UK-EU relationship. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/the-future-uk-eu-relationship-2 |
Description | The impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol in Northern Ireland (Radio Ulster) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Inside Business features Michael Gasiorek discussing his recent research that aims to assess the impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol in the medium-term in Northern Ireland. The research examined the changes in barriers for Northern Irish firms selling to rest of UK, EU and rest of the world and the impact on output and welfare as a result of the changes derived from the introduction of the EU-UK TCA. (starts at 18mins) Only available for one month after recording - no longer active |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The trade inclusivity of new borders and old borders: the case of Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost by : Gioele Figus, Peter McGregor, Graeme Roy, Stuart McIntyre - Trade has played a major role in shaping the history of the UK and it was one of the motivating factors for the Act of Union in 1707. It was also a primary driver for the decision of the UK to join the European Economic Community and then agree to its deepening into the EU. Fundamentally, trade allowed regions to loosen their borders and diversify their policy preferences, in a sense acting as a promoter for geographical inclusivity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/the-trade-inclusivity-of-new-borders-and-old-borders-the-case-of-sco... |
Description | The world gets tough on trade (Investor's Chronicle) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | With protectionism on the rise, the UK faces challenges in its bid to forge a new path. This report by Michael Fahy in the Investors Chronicle quotes Michael Gasiorek: "I think we're moving into a world where there will be more industrial policy by government, and more managed trade. In other words, governments will intervene more in trade on various grounds" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/ideas/2022/12/15/the-world-gets-tough-on-trade/ |
Description | Trade Justice Movement meeting - 19th July 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Meeting with members of TJM. As part of the CITP agenda for consultation/deliberation to identify research lacunae and inform directions within the planned projects, CITP researchers sought their views about trade priorities and the reasoning behind them. The meeting comprised introductions, a brief introduction to CITP and a wide-ranging discussion on the CITP's research agenda which will influence CITP thinking |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Trade Policy and Climate Policy: Moving beyond the CBAM |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | No country uses trade policy in its approach to climate change, however, the EU is gearing up to do so through its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and in the US, the Federal Government has proposed an approach to managing emissions domestically. In this blog, based on his speech at the Summit of the Americas, L. Alan Winters argues that the real question is how to create a global system, because ultimately, with a global problem, that is what we require. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/trade-policy-and-climate-policy-moving-beyond-the-cbam |
Description | Trade and more trade the post-Brexit dream (BBC Newsnight) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | L. Alan Winters comments on the UK governments' post-Brexit trade deals saying that there has only been a very small economic effect on GDP. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001fhkx/newsnight-power-struggle |
Description | Trade policy, regional disparities, and inclusive growth |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog by guest author, Professor Henry Overman, about Trade Policy, regional disparities, and inclusive growth. This is the fourth and last blog in a new series by leading researchers which offers brief accounts of one part of their research and how it may affect or be affected by international trade and trade policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/trade-policy-regional-disparities-and-inclusive-growth-2 |
Description | UK Government trade round table |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | James Black - Round-table Discussion on UK Trade Data and Analysis with ONS, HMRC, BEIS, DIT. 11/10/2022. Exploring challenges in availability and quality of trade data across the UK. ONS left with a set of actions including investigating data access issues and additional vital areas of future research such as supply chain issues, digital trade and impact of trade on societal goals. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | UK Trade Policy Forum - 28 February 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The UK Trade Policy Forum is an annual one-day event that will bring together all of the UK's trade policy community - policy actors, civil society, academics, the media and the private sector - to discuss all things trade and trade policy. The first UK Trade Policy Forum is held in conjunction with Chatham House and Resolution Foundation. Over 150 leading trade-policy actors from government, civil society, academia, the media and the private sector came together to discuss all things trade and trade policy. Programme: https://citp.ac.uk/uk-trade-policy-forum-registration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/uk-trade-policy-forum-2023-trade-offs-in-trade |
Description | UK-Korea Trade Academics Seminar III |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The third Roundtable aimed to conduct informed discussions about future trade policy between the UK and Korea with a special focus on upgrading the UK-SK FTA and the international economic and policy landscapes surrounding UK-Korea trade relations. To inform the UK-South Korea FTA upgrade negotiations. Extent of influence not yet determined. Michael Gasiorek, Minako Morita-Jaeger, Guillermo Larbalestier 30th January 2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | United Kingdom's tilt to Asia no panacea for ailing British trade (East Asia Forum) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Despite initiating the largest change in trade policy in 50 years - leaving the European Union - the UK government still has no trade strategy. The United Kingdom's budding relationship with Asia is essentially a matter of grand rhetoric and tactics, writes L. Alan Winters. The big tactical plays now are accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the FTA negotiations with India. The striking thing about the 'tilt towards Asia' is that it entirely misses China, furthermore, Asia will struggle to replace the flexible and just-in-time supply chains that characterised trade between the European Union and the United Kingdom. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/09/11/united-kingdoms-tilt-to-asia-no-panacea-for-ailing-british-... |
Description | Virtual visit at my research institution: discussion with representatives from Moody's about data offerings for research on international transactions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Ingo Borchert discussed data offerings by Moody's, in particular international trade and investment data. Primary Audience - Researchers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | VoxTalks from the CEPR (London). "Pro-competitive trade agreements," with Tim Philipps, 11 November 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Meredith Crowley interviewed by Tim Phillips for VoxTalks Economics podcast. She suggest that new data casts doubt on the conclusions that trade economists have drawn in the past. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://cepr.org/multimedia/how-does-trade-policy-affect-competition |
Description | What Scotland trades and why it matters for independence |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost by Figus, Roy, McGregor and McIntyre provides detailed analysis of the composition of Scottish exports and their markets and the implications of Scottish independence and the possibility of re-joining the EU single market for the Scottish Economy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/what-scotland-trades-and-why-it-matters-for-independence |
Description | What can trade mean for workers and households? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blogpost by Mairi Spowage and James Black discusses their research into the different types of jobs that are supported by trade and how jobs in the UK are supported by exporting activities. In particular, it investigates how these supported jobs are held within different parts of society. It looks at industry, destination country, gender, qualification, age and region to name a few dimensions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/what-can-trade-mean-for-workers-and-households |
Description | Why the UK is threatening to tear up part of its Brexit treaty with the European Union (Marketplace) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Why is the UK threatening to tear up part of its Brexit treaty with the European Union? The Brexit grace period is over for most non-food products arriving in Northern Ireland from the British mainland, and a wide swathe of goods already has been squeezed out of the Northern Ireland market. With the Northern Ireland Protocol under threat, Mattia Di Ubaldo talks to Steven Beard at Marketplace about why the EU has to protect the integrity of the Single Market: it cannot risk products leading into the EU. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.marketplace.org/2022/05/27/why-the-u-k-is-threatening-to-tear-up-part-of-its-brexit-trea... |
Description | Will EU sanctions slow down UK environmental deregulation? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This blog looks at whether the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) would act as a check against weakening existing EU-derived laws on environmental protection which the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill risks enabling ministers to do easily. The TCA includes the commitment not to weaken existing EU-derived laws on environmental protection. Whilst this only applies to deregulation that affects trade and investment between the UK and EU, regression could lead to trade sanctions. The authors analyse both the UK and EU perspectives and the strength of this external check on the UK's regulatory baseline on environmental protection. Emily Lydgate and Chloe Anthony (guest author) reach minimal as published less than 1 week ago |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://citp.ac.uk/publications/will-eu-sanctions-slow-down-uk-environmental-deregulation |
Description | Workshop of the Digital Trade Study Group entitled "Digital Trade and Competition Policy: How can trade agreements support competitive digital markets?" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The Digital Trade Study Group brings together civil servants from Canada, the UK and the USA to provide a confidential space for government officials to share ideas, learn from the very latest research and expert analysis, and develop specific evidence-based proposals to strengthen international cooperation. The activity supports governments in the design and formulation of policy and fosters knowledge exchange. Meetings are enhanced by external experts who present evidence and analysis. Ingo Borchert is one of the founding organisers of the Group and attended this meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Workshop of the Digital Trade Study Group entitled "Reconciling Data Free Flow with Personal Data protection and Privacy" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The Digital Trade Study Group brings together civil servants from Canada, the UK and the USA to provide a confidential space for government officials to share ideas, learn from the very latest research and expert analysis, and develop specific evidence-based proposals to strengthen international cooperation. The activity supports governments in the design and formulation of policy and fosters knowledge exchange. Meetings are enhanced by external experts who present evidence and analysis. Ingo Borchert is one of the organisers of the Group and attended the meeting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | https://citp.ac.uk/uk-trade-policy-forum-registration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of Report: Lydgate E, Winters L. A, Dodd P, Jensen C, Larbalestier G, Anthony C, Vallier C (2022) 'Trade policies and emissions reduction: establishing and assessing options', Climate Change Committee |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.raconteur.net/supply-chain/can-green-brexit-benefits-offset-the-costs-of-leaving/ |