Trade

Politics: escalation

April 9, 2025 3:08 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I think the idea of Trump’s tariffs being a “flash in the pan” is well past its sell-by date, and... View Article

Politics: unpredictable and dangerous

April 8, 2025 3:19 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The story on Trump’s tariffs is getting even more frenetic, almost to the point where coherent reporting – and certainly... View Article

Politics: an absence of leadership

April 7, 2025 3:16 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It looks as if Donald Trump’s tariffs will be on the agenda for a little while now, dominating the media... View Article

Politics: Starmer’s war

April 6, 2025 3:27 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Not for nothing did I write a few days ago that there was far more than just economics to president... View Article

Politics: more than tariffs

April 4, 2025 3:38 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Emerging from the aftermath of the First World War, during the Paris Peace Conference of 1920, the League of Nations... View Article

Politics: the new reality

February 3, 2025 3:23 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Suddenly, after just a short period of hyperactivity on the part of Donald Trump, there are many world-shaping events to... View Article

Food security: shortages on the way?

December 23, 2023 3:27 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Days before Christmas, when the supermarkets are groaning with food and those that can are focusing on over-eating for the... View Article

Brexit: bigger fish to fry

December 21, 2023 2:41 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I missed this when it was first published a couple of days ago – the British Chambers of Commerce annual... View Article

Brexit: border delays

August 4, 2023 1:52 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

There is not a lot to add to the Financial Times report that UK ministers are set to announce a... View Article

CPTPP: nothing to write home about

April 11, 2023 11:03 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

After some months of being permanently suspended from Twitter, Mr Musk finally restored one of my lesser followed accounts. In... View Article

Brexit: hoist by an Indian petard

April 11, 2023 2:59 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If there was such a thing as the “crown jewel” in the Brexit settlement, it was the ability of the... View Article

Brexit: a conflict of interests

April 1, 2023 3:23 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

You can tell that something is up when Ambrose Evans Pritchard eulogises over a particular subject in his Telegraph column,... View Article

Bigger problems than Brexit

June 3, 2022 4:08 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

I often regret writing anything about Brexit because it seems that most participants in the debate are crashing bores with... View Article

More treachery from Johnson

April 21, 2022 1:34 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

One of my reservations about a hard Brexit was that any subsequent government would be in a hurry to sign... View Article

UK Trade: Choppy Waters Ahead

December 30, 2021 1:53 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

The FT reports that starting in January, UK importers must complete customs declarations in real time; pre-notify the authorities of... View Article

Net Zero – A New Danger Awaits

December 29, 2021 3:29 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

The Telegraph reports that “The government has quietly backtracked on proposals to require every shop, office or factory in England... View Article