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  • Briefing Paper 2 October 2025

    National security and intellectual property protection of critical technologies

    By Phoebe Li and Atilla Kasap et al.

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    This Briefing Paper maps the evolving IP ecosystem from the expansion of national security claims and innovation in critical technologies, and makes recommendations for how to improve the balance of concerns between IP protection and national security.

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  • Blog post 29 September 2025

    Can the WTO turn process into progress?

    By Professor Rorden Wilkinson.

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    Confidence in multilateralism has eroded. What does this mean for the WTO and will the Ølberg reform process be successful?

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  • Podcast 24 September 2025

    The Multilateral Trading System under threat: actions and reactions

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    Series 7, Episode 2 - In this special extended episode, recorded in front of a live audience at the World Trade Organization Public Forum, we consider the present state of the multilateral trading system and the role of the WTO. The majority of international trade, around 72%, is being conducting on WTO terms. But pretty much every nation has had to face the consequences of a unilateral withdrawal from Most Favoured Nation principals by the world’s biggest economy: the US. This challenge from Washington is only the latest in a string of issues to confront the WTO, which has only ratified two multilateral agreements in 30 years, and hasn’t had a functioning Appellate Body to underpin the enforcement of multilateral trade rules for the last six years. How should WTO members respond? Should the rules be upheld, or do they need changing? To discuss these questions and those from our live audience are H.E Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota (WTO), Kelly Ann Shaw (AKIN), Mona Paulsen (London School of Economics) and our host Chris Horseman (Borderlex).

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  • Podcast 17 September 2025

    Making international trade work properly: conformity assessment

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    Series 7, Episode 1 - This podcast discusses conformity assessment because it is important that manufacturers of industrial goods comply with international standards, and that compliance is verified. Even more important, mutual recognition of conformity assessment comes into play for exports and can facilitate trade and cut costs. The UK currently has mutual recognition agreements with a number of countries, but not with the UK's biggest export market - the EU - even though the UK was a full participant in the EU conformity Assessment Regime up until Brexit. What are the prospects for a UK-EU agreement on conformity assessment? What are the barriers to this and how much does this impact EU-UK trade? Sharing their perspectives are Richard Collin (UKAS), Peter Holmes (UKTPO, University of Sussex), Jacques Pelkmans (CEPS), Fergus McReynolds (Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade) and our host Chris Horseman (Borderlex).

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  • Briefing Paper 9 September 2025

    Copy, paste, repeat: The trend and risks of boilerplating in UK Free Trade Agreements

    By Alexander Fitzpatrick and Ludivine Petetin et al.

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    This Briefing Paper investigates agri-concession boilerplating in trade agreements and provides guidance for Devolved Administrations to mitigate or reduce the negative impacts.

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  • Working Paper 4 September 2025

    How to price CBAM permits: Combining the markets for ETS and CBAM carbon permits (revised)

    By Nicolò Tamberi and L. Alan Winters CB et al.

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    In this paper, the authors propose that domestic producers and importers should bid in the same capped market for emissions permits.

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  • Blog post 18 August 2025

    From policy to prospects: How the UK's new Trade Strategy shapes my generation's future?

    By Alix Ruiz-Macpherson.

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    Reflection of the relevance of the UK Trade Strategy for the younger generation’s future livelihood.

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  • Working Paper 31 July 2025

    The dynamics of the trade elasticity: Evidence from the 2018 US trade war

    By Nicolò Tamberi.

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    This Working Paper investigates the trade elasticity. Elasticity determines the expected impact of tariff changes on trade flows, and it also plays a key role in calculating the welfare gains from trade in economic models.

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  • Blog post 29 July 2025

    Asia and “reciprocal tariffs”: Is regionalism the antidote? (Hinrich Foundation)

    By L. Alan Winters CB.

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    Asian countries have many trade agreements, but these are not a unified system and most are shallow. Without expansion, they will not produce new trade flows to counter losses in US markets. A global response to Trump’s tariffs based on World Trade Organization rules is desirable says L. Alan Winters in this Hinrich Foundation blog.

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  • In The Media 28 July 2025

    Did Europe Misplay Its Hand in Trade Negotiations with US? (CGTN Europe)

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    Is the EU–US trade deal the best the EU could get? Professor L. Alan Winters talks to CGTN Europe: The deal "is the best possible outcome, although the EU may have lost some leverage (credibility) by suspending retaliatory measures in April. As a result of the deal, consumers in the US will pay higher prices for various EU goods or goods that contain EU inputs, but for EU consumers, not very much has changed." He also highlights that the US and China are squaring up to each other, and the EU needs to recognise that it has moved into third place in terms of geopolitics.

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