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How to gear up for a successful EU renegotiation
How to gear up for a successful EU renegotiationOpen Europe hosted a discussion with two former top UK officials with high-level EU negotiating experience, to investigate how the UK can successfully...
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How would the UK’s key export sectors fare under Brexit?
How would the UK’s key export sectors fare under Brexit?In the latest instalment in our Brexit series, Open Europe concludes that securing EU market access post-Brexit would be far easier for the UK's...
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What’s the best way of cutting the £33.3bn burden of EU red tape?
What’s the best way of cutting the £33.3bn burden of EU red tape?EU red tape imposes a significant cost on the UK economy - according to the Government's own assessments, this now stands at £33.3bn....
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Britain can prosper post Brexit – if it embraces free trade and deregulation
Britain can prosper post Brexit – if it embraces free trade and deregulationOpen Europe's new report on Brexit concludes there is a life for Britain outside the EU. However, it will face a number of...
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French farmers’ protest illustrates their declining competitiveness
French farmers’ protest illustrates their declining competitivenessFollowing the French blockade of German and Spanish lorries to stop foreign food products entering the country, Stephen Booth argues...
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Mixed week for EU free trade shows need for reform
Mixed week for EU free trade shows need for reformA mixed week for the EU on trade highlights the need for the EU and the UK to think more creatively about how to maximise the EU's added value in this...
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TTIP – one step forward, two steps back?
TTIP – one step forward, two steps back?Originally it was hoped that the EU-US free trade agreement – TTIP – would be almost wrapped up by now but thanks to numerous delays and a tricky political...
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Trade set to be key battleground in EU referendum
Trade set to be key battleground in EU referendumEven at this early stage it is obvious that trade will be a crucial issue in the EU referendum campaign. As such a new YouGov poll provides some...
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Would Brexit lead to “up to a decade or more of uncertainty”?
Would Brexit lead to “up to a decade or more of uncertainty”?Following the government's publication this morning of its assessment of the withdrawal process from the EU in the event of a vote in...
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Nothing comes for free inside or outside the EU
Nothing comes for free inside or outside the EUIf Britain leaves the EU, it is likely that it would need a unique successor arrangement. But there is no escaping the inevitable trade-offs involved in...
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What could the EU-Canada free trade deal tell us about Brexit?
What could the EU-Canada free trade deal tell us about Brexit?CETA, the recently concluded free trade agreement between the EU and Canada, is increasingly cited by the ‘Leave’ camp as a possible model...
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Would the UK’s steel industry be better off outside the EU?
Would the UK’s steel industry be better off outside the EU?The debate is once again heating up around the future of the UK’s steel sector and it has now turned to the question of the EU, with some...
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Economically liberal approaches to trade, regulation and immigration...
Economically liberal approaches to trade, regulation and immigration essential to prosperity in event of BrexitOpen Europe's Stephen Booth summarises the key findings of Open Europe's new report which...
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Greenpeace leaks compound challenge of concluding and ratifying TTIP
Greenpeace leaks compound challenge of concluding and ratifying TTIPOpen Europe's Pawel Swidlicki argues that while Greenpeace's TTIP leaks are underwhelming in terms of substance, by reinforcing...
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Priorities for the new Department for International Trade post-Brexit
Priorities for the new Department for International Trade post-BrexitWith the remaking of the government, the Prime Minister Theresa May has made it clear that international trade (be it with the EU...
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Post Brexit, leaving the customs union is a no-brainer
Post Brexit, leaving the customs union is a no-brainerThe Financial Times has reported that there is a “live debate” in Whitehall around whether the UK should leave the customs union with the EU or...
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Norway has little to lose from having the UK in EFTA
Norway has little to lose from having the UK in EFTANorway's Minister for EEA and EU Affairs has suggested the country might not welcome the UK in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)...
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Japan weighs in on Brexit negotiations
Japan weighs in on Brexit negotiationsThe Japanese government has become the first to formally weigh into the upcoming Brexit negotiations. A document released this morning, laying out the key asks...
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What lessons can the UK draw from the EU-Canada trade deal debacle?
What lessons can the UK draw from the EU-Canada trade deal debacle?Open Europe’s Aarti Shankar looks at what the UK and the EU can learn from the Walloon roadblock facing the EU-Canada trade deal.The...
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European press reflects a sense of vulnerability after a bruising week for...
European press reflects a sense of vulnerability after a bruising week for free trade and liberalism in the EUAlex Greer and Pieter Cleppe take the temperature in the European press after a bruising...
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