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Online Diploma in International Trade Policy
Our new online course is designed to help you understand how government policy, geopolitics, business, and technology impact international trade and learn how to apply conceptual and analytical tools to analyse trade policy.
Economic downturns, skill upgrading, and export-led resilience
How did the labour market adjust in China during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Importing after exporting
Why do firms exporting to a new market become more likely to source from that same market?
The role do devolved administrations play in post-Brexit UK trade policy
New research uncovers positive intergovernmental relations in the post-Brexit UK.
How does modern industrial policy challenge the relevance of the WTO?
Policy recommendations for maintaining an effective global trade system.
Lessons from the impact of Brexit on Japanese MNEs in Europe
Policy recommendations for the upcoming EU-UK reset.
Trade policy animations
Our animated videos help to explain trade policy concepts and their effects.
Latest animation - Improving UK Trade Policy
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.