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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRegional trade could help solve Africa’s economic woes, so what’s holding it back?
A common market like the one in eastern and southern Africa can bring great benefits, but only if governments look...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBrexit talks are as transparent as the muddy tunnel they’re held in
In whose interests is the UK government negotiating post-Brexit trade deals? They would rather you didn’t know.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPorts, ships and the human economy of global sea trade: an interview with Laleh Khalili
Little has been written about the sea trade in the Gulf. Laleh Khalili’s latest book explores the complex realities...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationExplosive UK/US trade deal leaks - how Corbyn succeeded where I had given up
We can now see the pressure the US is putting on the UK to put "everything" - including the NHS - on the table in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOne useful thing Parliament could do now to protect us from a Trumpian trade deal
The government is trying to kill its own trade bill, after Parliament insisted on adding more democracy as a bulwark...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson's trade plans are monkeying around with our environment
From pig farming to climate change, the government is talking itself up even as it ignores the gathering threats and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy May's "Net Zero" commitment won't survive her successor's trade policy
This week the Prime Minister committed the UK to "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050. But the "independent trade"...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCustoms union leaves everything to play for on trade justice
A customs union would still allow the UK to negotiate new trade deals covering large chunks of the economy – so it’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy Liam Fox’s buccaneering Brexit is running aground
The minister’s promised trade agreements have mostly not materialised, and MPs are keen to rein him in before he...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTheresa May is treating parliament like she’s a freewheeling PM of the 1920s
When it comes to Brexit and trade deals, MPs only get a say at the last minute. Our outdated system of treaty...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHere’s why not everyone in fishing is excited about Brexit
It’s not the EU that’s breaking the UK’s small fishing fleets, it’s the big industry players. And Brexit could make...
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Published in: openSecurityArms and the men: Sweden’s revoked Saudi arms deal
From the outside, the Swedish snub to the Saudi royals looks like a big triumph for women’s rights over commercial...
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Published in: HomeBeware, secret trade deals can seriously damage your health
Freedom of Information requests to disclose TPP texts have failed on the grounds that they are a matter of “national...
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Published in: HomeChinese companies under scrutiny in Zimbabwe
Ten years into the Look East policy, Zimbabwe is showing itself to be a not-so-satisfied customer of Chinese investment.
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan's roads to stability
Afghanistan was not always the abyss it’s thought to be today. If it is to be stabilised, it needs to resume its...