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Time to get moving on U.S.-UK trade deal

  “Starting Bell About to Sound for US-UK Trade Negotiations” By Daniel Griswold and Jack Salmon, courtesy of the Mercatus Center   When the bells peal in the United Kingdom on Friday to mark its formal Brexit from the European Union, they will also signal the opening for that nation and the United States to […]

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Trade deal will make it (even) harder for China to liberalize

  “Trump’s ‘Phase 1’ Deal with China Promotes US Exports in the Wrong Way” By Daniel Griswold, courtesy of the Mercatus Center   A novel feature of the Trump administration’s “Phase 1” trade deal with China announced last Friday is that it would require China to increase its purchase of US goods and services by […]

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There are actually two possible “no deals”

  “What would a ‘No Deal’ after the transition period look like?” By Dominic Walsh, courtesy of Open Europe   How ‘No Deal’ could happen after the transition period   The revised Withdrawal Agreement agreed by Boris Johnson’s Government replaced the UK-wide ‘backstop’ with a new Protocol that applies only to Northern Ireland. Unlike the previous deal, […]