As economic uncertainty rises, UK households grapple with a rising cost of living, whilst the consumer confidence index has fallen to record lows (Organisation for Economics Cooperation and Development, 2022). We’ve previously looked at the link between the UK’s economic …
On 17 November the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) economic forecasts were released alongside the government’s Autumn Statement. The OBR – an executive and non-departmental public body – conducts independent analysis to assess whether the government is likely to meet …
Today, we published a report developed for us by Frontier Economics on the topic of circumvention. But what is circumvention, and why do we care about it? Imagine a countervailing duty on Prussian telegraph keys has just come into force. …
Two years since the onset of COVID-19 (COVID), we are starting to understand the impact it has had on the world economy. But what about its impact on the world of trade remedies? The arrival of COVID in 2020 upended …
What’s the difference between ‘Bicycles, tricycles and quadricycles, with pedal assistance, with an auxiliary electric motor with a continuous rated power not exceeding 250 watts’ and ‘Cycles, with pedal assistance, with an auxiliary electric motor’? They both have a unique commodity …
Trade remedies and climate change are both topical policy issues. But how do they fit together? Do they pull in the same direction? What might the future look like? What are trade remedies? The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) investigates …
What do mechanical alarm clocks, ladies’ raincoats, butter, rainbow trout and ironing boards have in common? The answer: trade remedies, i.e. duties on imports of these goods into the UK. UK trade remedies after EU exit The UK’s Trade Remedies …
Authorities around the world use different approaches to decide whether to put in place trade remedy measures. This blog post explains each of the 5 considerations in the UK’s approach and compares them with the practices of some other selected countries that conduct similar tests.