Very soon this will become a central electoral issue.
How is the new Department for International Trade getting on?
We obsess about the views of EU member states, but must also consider domestic reform and global relations.
“There is no force on earth that brings people together like the voluntary exchange of goods and services.”
The second piece in our mini-series on the Autumn Statement, which takes place a week from today.
The very fact of a US President who is positive about Brexit is a remarkable change.
Even after Brexit it is in the interests of the UK for the remaining member states to prosper.
If trade was completely cut off, we would lose a larger proportion of our economy than the EU would.
“We believe in the good that government can do.”
“The success of global trading is key, not only to our own future prosperity but in liberating the millions of human beings who still live in the scandal of global poverty.”
We still see cases where there is a fundamental disconnect between British foreign policy and British aid. Today, the most perverse example of this lies in Yemen.
The widespread presumption that everything is a matter for negotiation is damaging nonsense. Once we identify the issues which we can decide, Ministers can start taking decisions.
My new study for Civitas sets out a practicable alternative to an agreement at any cost.