Welcome gains in economic growth but the recovery will not endure unless there is effective pandemic management globaleconomies.com/2020/11/05/maj…

It was expected that the new Director General of the WTO would be announced today. However an impasse between member states over a candidate has delayed the announcement. Frontrunner Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala remains positive reuters.com/article/us-tra…

China’s export volumes have smashed expectations, rising by 11% in October vs. Oct 2019. The world’s second largest economy has widened its trade surplus, helping export growth beat market expectations for a seventh successive month wsj.com/articles/china…

The opening of an air bridge between the UK and UAE is an encouraging development as two leading, knowledge-based economies can swiftly resume their deep economic ties

.British Airways americanair to offer passengers from three US cities to London free COVID tests in bid to convince authorities that current quarantine rules are unnecessary. Global Economies has argued in favour of on arrival testing at UK airports globaleconomies.com/2020/11/18/goo…

Today the UK and #Canada have agreed a vital trade continuity agreement. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 This deal means: ✅ certainty for businesses and industry ✅ a foundation for a new, advanced trade deal ✅ and brings us one step closer to joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. #CanadaDeal

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The latest PMI survey shows Hong Kong’s business activity in November marked the first monthly rise in over two years. Analysts associate November’s 50.1 score with increasing private sector stabilisation as the pandemic eases in East Asia. nasdaq.com/articles/hong-…

In 2021 we will be adding to the deals we have struck covering 63 countries plus EU. Negotiations already underway with 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 and 🇳🇿 as well as planned #CPTPP accession. Let's make 2021 the year of trade and 🇬🇧 as a global digital and services hub. #HNY express.co.uk/news/politics/…

China’s economy grew by 2.3 per cent last year, making it the only major global economy that grew during the pandemic.

Director of Chatham House Robin Niblett has called on the UK to become a global broker on key international issues as Britain seeks to chart a successful future outside of the European Union globaleconomies.com/2021/01/20/bre…

Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris on their inauguration. The US is one of our oldest and greatest allies. I look forward to working together to promote free and fair trade both through the #g7 and a trade deal that creates jobs and builds back better. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸

Interesting look to next steps for British trade policy: “the UK-Australia deal would be among the first UK trade agreements reached with another nation where no previous bilateral agreement was in place.

Experts and economists are looking to President Joe Biden for a reset in the global trade agenda with a resolution to the @WTO leadership election and an agreement at OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives on international tax cooperation globaleconomies.com/2021/01/25/not…

The UK’s top banks are urging ministers to draw up an ambitious strategy to boost UK financial services exports as lawmakers now have greater scope to regulate one of Britain’s largest and globally leading industries on.ft.com/3dAZciG

Brussels Brexit chief calls for ‘good faith’ as relations with UK improve on.ft.com/2QALAu4