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25 April 2019
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IEA releases briefing on the reality of customs union membership
Summary: A customs union with the EU would come with significant costs to the UK’s economic, trade and foreign policies. Such an arrangement would also fail, by itself, to eliminate trade ‘friction’ with the EU. To do so would also require alignment with the Single Market rules for goods. A customs union would also come ...
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Shanker Singham
25 April 2019
19 March 2019
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IEA publishes report on the EEA and EFTA models to leave the European Union
Summary: There seem to be three broad variations to the EEA model: Not joining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and ‘continuing’ as party to the EEA Agreement Joining EFTA, and then becoming party to the EEA Agreement as an EFTA member Joining EFTA as an Associate Member and then becoming an EFTA party to ...
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Victoria Hewson
19 March 2019
5 February 2019
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No-Deal Fear-Checker, No. 9
The UK imports 30% of its food from the EU, an amount that will be at its peak in March due to the low availability of domestic fresh produce at that time. Much of it comes through the Calais to Dover ferry route or the Eurotunnel. As it stands, if we leave the EU without ...
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Victoria Hewson
5 February 2019
6 December 2018
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No-Deal Fear Checker, No 8
According to the latest Whitehall analysis, the UK economy could be between 6.3% and 10.7% smaller in a no-deal scenario, compared to remaining in the EU. These figures refer to the level of GDP around 15 years after the UK’s new relationship with the EU comes into effect. Another study by the Bank of England ...
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Julian Jessop
6 December 2018
21 November 2018
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Chaos at UK ports would wreck supply chains
It is often claimed that a no-deal Brexit would cause chaos at UK ports, with long delays at critical bottlenecks such as Dover, and motorways turned into vast lorry parks. This would be especially damaging for businesses that rely on complicated cross-border supply chains, notably in high-value manufacturing, or which are otherwise particularly time-sensitive, such ...
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Julian Jessop
21 November 2018
16 November 2018
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IEA's International Trade and Competition Unit releases briefing on the Backstop
Summary: The provisions of the Protocol deliver what has become known as the ‘backstop’ for the Irish border. They come into effect if no other agreement that addresses the issues in connection with the Irish border has been reached by the end of the Transition Period on 31 December 2020, or any extension of that ...
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Victoria Hewson
16 November 2018
15 November 2018
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Julian Jessop analyses the proposed Withdrawal Agreement
Summary UK and EU officials have agreed the text of a draft Withdrawal Agreement and an outline of a ‘political declaration’ on the future UK-EU relationship. The transition period anticipated in the Withdrawal Agreement will effectively keep the UK in the Customs Union and the Single Market until the end of 2020, with all ‘four ...
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Julian Jessop
15 November 2018
Matt Ridley and David Hill
6 November 2018
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UK must embrace innovation to make farming economically & environmentally viable, says new IEA report
Innovation in farming has led to higher crop yields which, in turn, have allowed more land to be spared from farming than would otherwise have been the case. Raising yields further to feed a growing global population will require new technologies to be embraced, including genetic modification, gene silencing and editing, as well as developments ...
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Matt Ridley and David Hill
6 November 2018
Edited by Daniel Ikenson, Simon Lester & Daniel Hannan
18 September 2018
Research
A Free Trader's Perspective
Summary: This paper is intended to serve several related purposes. First, it is to persuade policymakers and the public in both the United States and the United Kingdom that it is in their respective national interests to enter into a comprehensive bilateral trade and investment agreement. Specifically, the goal is to establish that the type ...
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Edited by Daniel Ikenson, Simon Lester & Daniel Hannan
18 September 2018
14 September 2018
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No-Deal Fear Checker, No. 6
Although the EU has been influential in the development of equalities legislation, Brexit would be unlikely to put these rights in jeopardy. Historically, the UK has led the way when it comes to women’s rights and workplace and family protections, and this will surely continue. The worry that undermining women’s rights is part of a ...
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Madeline Grant
14 September 2018
