Mark Carney’s vision for Canada’s future relationship with the EU and Tony Blair’s ambition for the UK to rejoin the bloc are delusional in similar ways. This blog explains why... Earlier this month, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a coordinated push to promote the idea that … Continue reading What Carney and Blair both get wrong on the EU
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Does the UK’s weak growth in GDP per head really “lay bare the full costs of Brexit”?
Many people have asked me about this chart, which appeared in David Smith’s regular (and usually excellent) column in the Sunday Times this weekend. The chart shows that GDP per head has grown much faster since 2016 in the euro area than it has in the UK – ‘nearly three times as fast’, according to … Continue reading Does the UK’s weak growth in GDP per head really “lay bare the full costs of Brexit”?
US tariff war exposes Europe’s double standards on trade
Donald Trump has started a tariff war based on awful economics, with little thought to the consequences for US businesses, consumers or markets, and no clear end game. But the US does have some legitimate grievances about the trade policies adopted by other countries – and not just by China. For the last forty years … Continue reading US tariff war exposes Europe’s double standards on trade
Trump’s new tariffs are bad for the US – and probably for Britain too
A recent survey by the pollsters Opinium found that, whatever they may think of Donald Trump as a person, a majority of Brits actually like his policies. In most cases this made sense. But the new-found enthusiasm for trade protectionism is worrying and, if I may say so, distinctly un-British. The downsides are already showing. … Continue reading Trump’s new tariffs are bad for the US – and probably for Britain too
