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In his bi-weekly column for The Times, IEA Director General, Mark Littlewood, discussed the need for people to focus on the success the world has had in lifting people out of poverty, arguing that an unhealthy obsession with the inequality gap between the rich and the poor ignores the great improvements capitalism has made to ... Continue reading

Trade Secretary Liz Truss has launched a public consultation for a trade deal with India. The Daily Express covered the story, saying a trade deal could be worth up to £100 billion. The article referenced IEA research by Academic Fellow Shanker Singham released last month called 'Eastern Promise: Assessing the Future of UK-India Trade'. In ... Continue reading

The pessimism surrounding the UK's departure from the EU was unjustified, says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph. As the UK economy bounces back strongly from the pandemic, defying gloomy predictions by the OECD and the IMF, and managing to reach pre-Brexit export levels to the EU, the EU instead has begun to lose its share ... Continue reading

Data from the ONS suggests trade between the UK and EU is back to pre-Brexit levels with exports to Europe jumping dramatically in March. IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop commented on the news in the Telegraph, saying: "we haven't seen the sort of long weakness in trade that some people had feared". Read the full ... Continue reading

The UK and India have have agreed a new deal for trade and investment worth £1bn ahead of Boris Johnson's virtual meeting with Narendra Modi on the 4th May. The Guardian covered the story, referencing IEA research on the future of UK-India trade by IEA Trade Fellow Shanker Singham. The article explained: "According to Shanker ... Continue reading