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Quick intro to more analysis later - since Freeports are mentioned in this article worth making the point that it seems to me under the UK-EU deal that if the

Brexit like communism is destined to be something that would have been a glorious success if only it was done right.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/22/eu-has-outsmarted-uk-every-turn/ Remember the pure Brexit view is that the worst

So, deal or no-deal? I'm afraid it looks gloomy. Too many outstanding issues, a political context that is not conducive to compromise, and a tunnel leaking like mad. Quite possibly

The classic small town / global trade story that few seem to understand and fewer (none?) have an answer for. What happens when a global multinational shuts the main manufacturing

That permanent feeling in 2020 that the UK government is winging it. That instead of putting the time and effort into, for example, developing a good relationship at all levels

"Fail to prepare, prepare to fail" has gone from being an irritating statement trotted out on a training course to a description of the UK government's modus operandi. And as

This is very good on fish and related trade from @DanielThomasLDN - what it brings home is the way an enitre trading ecosystem changes on January 1. Deal or no-deal,

Wrong. Quite spectacularly wrong. And worrying that we still haven't learnt much about negotiations. Domestic debate does not actively damage a country's negotiating position. It is normal. In fact the

The framing of this big issue remaining in UK-EU talks is clearly important. We hear that the EU has dropped dynamic alignment or the ratchet but they were only partially

"Trade deals are not made to assert independence, they are to manage interdependence" - absolutely true, and actually a better description than the misleading 'free trade agreement'. Someone once suggested

As promised, a little story. Of how the EU ask of the UK on the level playing field is indeed new, how that came about, and why we should have

Sovereignty one tweet version. If there's no deal and extra economic harm it wasn't because the EU didn't respect the UK, but because the UK chose not to pay the

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