-
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...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBrexit talks are as transparent as the muddy tunnel they’re held inIn whose interests is the UK government negotiating post-Brexit trade deals? They would rather you didn’t know.
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPorts, ships and the human economy of global sea trade: an interview with Laleh KhaliliLittle has been written about the sea trade in the Gulf. Laleh Khalili’s latest book explores the complex realities...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationExplosive UK/US trade deal leaks - how Corbyn succeeded where I had given upWe can now see the pressure the US is putting on the UK to put "everything" - including the NHS - on the table in...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOne useful thing Parliament could do now to protect us from a Trumpian trade dealThe government is trying to kill its own trade bill, after Parliament insisted on adding more democracy as a bulwark...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson's trade plans are monkeying around with our environmentFrom pig farming to climate change, the government is talking itself up even as it ignores the gathering threats and...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy May's "Net Zero" commitment won't survive her successor's trade policyThis week the Prime Minister committed the UK to "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050. But the "independent trade"...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKCustoms union leaves everything to play for on trade justiceA customs union would still allow the UK to negotiate new trade deals covering large chunks of the economy – so it’s...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy Liam Fox’s buccaneering Brexit is running agroundThe minister’s promised trade agreements have mostly not materialised, and MPs are keen to rein him in before he...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKTheresa May is treating parliament like she’s a freewheeling PM of the 1920sWhen it comes to Brexit and trade deals, MPs only get a say at the last minute. Our outdated system of treaty...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKHere’s why not everyone in fishing is excited about BrexitIt’s not the EU that’s breaking the UK’s small fishing fleets, it’s the big industry players. And Brexit could make...
-
Published in: openSecurityArms and the men: Sweden’s revoked Saudi arms dealFrom the outside, the Swedish snub to the Saudi royals looks like a big triumph for women’s rights over commercial...
-
Published in: HomeBeware, secret trade deals can seriously damage your healthFreedom of Information requests to disclose TPP texts have failed on the grounds that they are a matter of “national...
-
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.
-
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...
