Similarly, both Indonesia and Thailand promoted an FTA with the GCC in February 2025, targeting a deal by the end of 2025, while Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)… read more →

The deal agreed between UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has been marked by the sanitary and phytosanitary goods (SPS) deal.… read more →

India, the world’s fifth-largest economy, seeks to expand bilateral trade with the UK, the world’s sixth-largest, by a further $34 billion by 2040. The agreement, announced yesterday by Business and… read more →

It’s been a crucial but relatively stable week in the world of general elections, against the growing tide of anti-incumbency which dominated and almost defined 2024. On Monday, 28 April,… read more →

Some speculated, and others hoped, that Donald Trump’s promises of brutal tariffs were merely an election-winning tactic to frenzy his domestic fanbase. But on 1 February 2025, less than two… read more →

Businesses trying to navigate the turbulent waters of international trade during current storms can afford neither starry-eyed idealism nor the comfort of theoretical abstraction.

Would a Labour government, after a term or two in government, consider a path to reentry? Audley Director Chris Maitland looks at some of the barriers that would tie the hands of a future government.   

There are few regions as pivotal to global trade as the Middle East. The petroleum-rich area is the source of roughly one-third of the world’s oil production. When geopolitical tensions in the Middle East force up oil prices, the whole world catches a cold. 

On Wednesday, the European Union announced a 17-38%  tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. The tariffs will be introduced by law on 4 July.

The UK has completed its key step required for joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) earlier than expected.