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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.
What is the role of customs agents in international trade?
Research reveals customs intermediation shapes how trade is conducted within borders.
Cambodia’s Least Developed Country and trade transition
Regulatory reforms needed to align with high-standard trade agreements.
What did MC14 deliver for developing countries in Africa?
Perspectives from two African nation ambassadors on the 2026 WTO Ministerial Conference.
International Investment Law meets the UNCLOS
An examination of how two laws interact with deep seabed mining projects.
What “Made in Europe” really means for the UK
The legislation and technicalities on the EU's proposed Industrial Accelerator Act.
Trade in services under regulatory barriers: Evidence from UK banking
How did Brexit affect UK banking trade with the European Economic Area?
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.