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Should the UK join the PEM?

An explaination of key issues and potential benefit

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The CITP Academic Conference

To be held in Brighton, 9-10 April 2026

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Competition policy and industrial policy

Is a level playing field a luxury nowadays?

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Global supply chains

How do global supply shocks affect European regions?

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UK membership of PEM

What difference would it make to business if the UK joined the PEM Convention on Rules of Origin?

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FinTech regulation and digital sovereignty

The case of Brazil’s instant mobile payment system.

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Trade policy animations

Our animated videos help to explain trade policy concepts and their effects.

Latest animation - Trump’s Trade Announcements: A Closer Look

International Trade and UK Economic Growth

The Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy is the first Centre dedicated to trade policy to be funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The Centre is built on the precept that trade policy should be inclusive in both policy formulation and outcome.

Our aim is to build permanent capacity by developing a community of scholars and practitioners with the knowledge, skills and mutual understanding to develop robust trade policy in a changing world.

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