Publications

477 Publications found…

• Report 5 August 2026

  Trade in Services

  By Mairi Spowage, Josh Hampson, Sanjam Suri, Peter Hourston, Anirudh Shingal and Minako Morita Jaeger et al.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This report, Trade in Services, examines the significant role of services trade in Scotland’s economy, the challenges faced and how trade policy can be used strategically to promote growth and international competitiveness. Jointly written by the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy, Fraser of Allander Institute and Prosper. It was commissioned by the Scottish Government.

  Topics

  • Services trade
  • UK trade policy
  • Workers and jobs

• Working Paper 22 July 2026

  Gender norms and household responses to economic shocks

  By Isabel Di Tella and Martina Uccioli et al.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This research asks whether gender norms in the UK influence those household responses and, in doing so, shape the wider economic effects of trade shocks.

  Topics

  • Firms and Productivity
  • Workers and jobs

• Working Paper 20 July 2026

  The political economy of imperial trade policies

  By Roberto Bonfatti, Giovanni Facchini, Peri Silva and Ling Zhou et al.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This paper explains how political incentives shaped trade policy within colonial empires.

  Topics

  • Political Economy of Trade Policy
  • Regulation and Trade
  • Trade Agreements

• Blog post 16 July 2026

  EU’s greenlight on the new gene-editing regulation and its implications for the EU-UK reset

  By Jiyeong Go.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This blog examines one of the key divergences in traceability and labelling between EU regulation and EU-UK SPS agreement negotiations and shows why it matters.

  Topics

  • Regulation and Trade
  • Trade Agreements
  • Trade with the EU and Brexit

• Blog post 7 July 2026

  Mapping the UK's data centres build-out: implications for digital sovereignty

  By Maria Savona.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This blog discusses the need for digital infrastructure policy.

  Topics

  • Digitisation and Trade
  • Regulation and Trade

• Academic Paper 6 July 2026

  Trust, government and trade policy decisions: Evidence from Citizen Juries in the UK

  By Maria Savona, Alice Livingston Ortolani and L. Alan Winters CB et al.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This paper explores public attitudes towards trade policy in the UK through a series of Citizen Juries.

  Topics

  • UK trade policy

• Working Paper 6 July 2026

  Economic downturns, skill upgrading, and export-led resilience

  By Zijun Cheng, Yuan Tian, Junjie Xia and Jialiang Zhang et al.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This paper analyses medium-term labour market adjustment in China during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Topics

  • Services trade
  • Workers and jobs

• Working Paper 1 July 2026

  Importing after exporting

  By Facundo Albornoz and Ezequiel García-Lembergman et al.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This paper studies how firms’ experience in export markets can help them become better importers.

  Topics

  • Regulation and Trade

• Briefing Paper 26 June 2026

  Devolution and Post-Brexit UK FTAs: The Story So Far

  By Lisa Claire Whitten and Billy Melo Araujo et al.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This paper explores the involvement of devolved administrations in post-Brexit independent UK trade policy and its possible impacts in devolved territories.

  Topics

  • Trade with the EU and Brexit
  • UK trade policy

• Briefing Paper 25 June 2026

  Running up that hill: The WTO’s battle with modern industrial policy

  By Thiemo Fetzer, Alejandra Martinez and Tao Zhangyue et al.

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  Summary CITP publication

  This paper examines how modern industrial policy is challenging the relevance of the World Trade Organization.

  Topics

  • Regulation and Trade
  • The Multilateral Trading System