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Research Date 15 Mar 2021 Sustainability reporting and disclosure rules: clarity or confusion? A little under two years ago, I wrote about whether the introduction of a ‘green taxonomy’ in the EU would set the stage for a transformation of not just the... Read more
Research Date 12 Mar 2021 COVAX or bust? Accessing coronavirus vaccines in Africa On March 8th, global vaccine leader Israel had administered 102 vaccine doses per 100 people. The UK had administered 35 per 100, the US 28. Up until that point, Africa... Read more
Podcast Date 11 Mar 2021 Biden and the transatlantic trading relationships This week, Trade and Manufacturing Practice Lead Daniel Capparelli is joined by Senior Associate in our US office Miranda Lutz, and Brussels office Associate Alessandro Gangarossa. They discuss the Biden... Read more
Research Date 11 Mar 2021 Postponing the challenge: why the net zero hole in the budget matters The UK Chancellor used last week’s budget to signal broad support for a few landmark net zero projects. However, the budget was notably thin on measures designed to mobilise both... Read more
Research Date 10 Mar 2021 UK immigration: open for business, but for how long? After nearly twenty years of public concern towards migration, politics in the UK may be undergoing a significant shift in immigration sentiment. Ipsos Mori recently published a striking poll, revealing... Read more
Research Date 9 Mar 2021 Southeast Asia in 2021: three political themes to watch In politics, this year is superficially set to be relatively uneventful for Southeast Asia, since there are no major national elections formally scheduled. However, domestic political uncertainties in key markets... Read more
Podcast Date 4 Mar 2021 Unpacking the UK Budget On a call for the Global Counsel network, Stephen Adams, Senior Director, Alex Dawson, UK Politics and Policy Practice Lead and Rebecca Park, Financial Services Practice Lead examine the newly-announced... Read more
Research Date 4 Mar 2021 Will 2021 be the year that digital identity finally takes off? After a recent history that is best described as stop-start, the first few months of 2021 have seen new momentum for the roll-out of digital identity schemes, with fresh legislative... Read more
Research Date 4 Mar 2021 The China angle to the EU-China investment deal The conclusion in principle of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) has been controversial. Many have wondered why the EU wanted to hastily finalise negotiations less than a month... Read more
Research Date 3 Mar 2021 Could UK gene-editing policy divide the union? After chlorinated chicken, Gene editing (GE) is quickly emerging as the next highly politicised issue for the UK agri-food sector. Following the launch of Defra’s consultation on the subject last... Read more
Research Date 3 Mar 2021 Prospects for US data breach law soar after SolarWinds hack The fallout from the SolarWinds hack that compromised a number of US government systems just before the end of 2020 continues to ripple across the US government, with Congress holding... Read more
Research Date 2 Mar 2021 Should I stay or should I go? Business’s choices in Belarus With the ending of the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly - a major meeting held every five years between the government and “people’s representatives” – the prospect of a swift leadership change... Read more
Research Date 26 Feb 2021 Southeast Asia in 2021: crucial challenges for the region’s vaccination rollouts As with much of the rest of the world, countries in Southeast Asia are scrambling to roll out covid-19 vaccines. While the region has weathered the pandemic better than others... Read more
Research Date 25 Feb 2021 For Biden’s climate plans, now the hard work begins For those who questioned the sincerity of President Joe Biden’s rhetoric around addressing climate change, his first few weeks in office has likely cast those doubts aside. Biden has signed... Read more
Report Date 25 Feb 2021 The UK and international trade in financial services GC has collaborated with UK Finance to produce a comprehensive strategic overview of how the UK might define a trade policy for financial services. The UK and international trade in... Read more
Research Date 24 Feb 2021 Balancing act: EU trade policy review The EU’s new trade strategy unveiled last week has the ambition to guide Brussels’ trade policymaking for the next decade. But what is notable about it is the way that... Read more
Research Date 23 Feb 2021 The UK Supreme Court has issued its ruling on Uber – what next? On Friday, the UK Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling on the employment status of Uber drivers. It concluded that Uber drivers are “workers”, a form of intermediary status in... Read more
Research Date 19 Feb 2021 US trade: same tools, used responsibly President Joe Biden’s initial actions on trade shows that President Trump’s trade legacy and his willingness to leverage national security powers to enact trade remedies is likely to prove stickier... Read more