IEA Featured Trade, Development, and Immigration

"Free trade is a cornerstone of the global economy. It has lifted billions out of poverty and enabled the highest living standards than at any point in human history" so it is worrying that the World Trade Organisation has reported a stark drop in global trade volumes since the coronavirus pandemic began says Syed Kamall, ... Continue reading

Covid-19 has crippled the world economy, but nowhere has the economic costs been more severe than in Africa, writes Alexander Hammond, Policy Adviser to the IEA's Director General. In an article for 1828, Alexander argues that "unless rapid reforms are adopted, much of the human progress Africa has made in recent years will vanish." Read ... Continue reading

Responding to concerns by the National Farmers' Union over the impact of a US-UK trade deal on British farming, IEA fellow Shanker Singham told the Financial Times "if you are going to take that kind of approach, you should never have left the EU." “You can dress up your protectionism as something else" he added, ... Continue reading

In the coming days, ministers will begin to turn their attention away from the day-to-day handling of the Covid-19 crisis and towards figuring out how we recover from it. But what's the best way to do this? In his biweekly column for The Times, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood argues that "in the long march ... Continue reading