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Research Date 21 Jan 2021 Reconciliation alone won’t revive the GCC’s economic project Saudi Arabia and Qatar agreed to settle their dispute at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in al-Ula earlier this month. Despite uncertainty until the last minute, Bahrain, Egypt and... Read more
Research Date 21 Jan 2021 Europe’s post-2008 political fragmentation is being tested The emergence of fragmented political landscapes has been an increasingly shared phenomena in European capitals in the past decade. The financial crisis was a profound shock for many European traditional... Read more
Research Date 18 Jan 2021 Is the UK about to go its own way on gene editing? Earlier this month, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) launched a consultation on the regulation of genetic technologies, prompting speculation that gene editing (GE) in agriculture... Read more
Research Date 15 Jan 2021 Budget reconciliation puts Biden agenda in play despite tight Congress The Democrats’ historic win in the Georgia Senate races on January 5th was largely overshadowed by the violent storming of the US Capitol the next day. While the implications of... Read more
Research Date 11 Jan 2021 The strategic logic behind the EU’s investment deal with China In late December, the EU concluded a comprehensive agreement on investment (CAI) with China. The deal is controversial, not so much because of its economic content, but because of what... Read more
Podcast Date 8 Jan 2021 Retail and Rules of Origin after Brexit With UK-based distributors in retail and other sectors facing EU tariffs on products originating outside the EU, UK Politics and Policy Practice Lead Alex Dawson and Senior Director Stephen Adams... Read more
Research Date 5 Jan 2021 New US consumer debt collection regulations are a boon for larger players Unnoticed by most amidst the tragedies and dramas of 2020, US regulators last month completed a years-long effort to update the rules surrounding the unglamorous but important function of collecting... Read more
Podcast Date 5 Jan 2021 Brexit Deal - what we know so far - 24 December 2020 This conversation is based on publicly available information and previous draft texts at 5pm on Christmas Eve 2020. Stephen Adams, Senior Director and Denzil Davidson, Practice Lead, Financial Services and... Read more
Research Date 23 Dec 2020 Global Counsel Holiday Reading List 2020 At the end of each year, the Global Counsel team has a tradition of sharing among ourselves a selection of our favourite articles (or podcasts) from the past year for... Read more
Research Date 21 Dec 2020 Ukraine’s tech plans - high hopes and ambivalent expectations Ukraine, known for its skilled IT workforce, has recently suffered from a brain drain of young IT talent. The government now hopes that the launch of its ambitious IT project... Read more
Report Date 16 Dec 2020 Reviewing Germany’s EU presidency with Olaf Scholz On a recent Global Counsel digital event, Lord Mandelson and German Vice Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, discussed the work of the German presidency, the EU’s strategic autonomy and German politics. Mr... Read more
Research Date 15 Dec 2020 Is there any room left for progressives in Biden’s cabinet? Although less than half of President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet has been announced, progressives are already becoming impatient. “Joe Biden’s Cabinet Is a Lost Cause for the Left” reads the headline... Read more
Research Date 11 Dec 2020 Biden picks Congressional staffer for top trade post President-elect Joe Biden has reportedly decided to nominate long-time Congressional staffer, Katherine Tai, to be the US Trade Representative (USTR), the lead trade negotiator for the administration. Tai has served... Read more
Report Date 11 Dec 2020 Growth and sustainability of MedTech SMEs Promoting the growth and sustainability of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) has long been a UK government priority with a compelling policy story: alongside recognisable corporate giants in the... Read more
Research Date 9 Dec 2020 What we can learn from the rush to repay the business rates relief Last week, the UK supermarket chain Tesco decided to repay £585m of business rates relief received in the covid-19 pandemic. Other major UK supermarkets and retailers rapidly followed. By Friday... Read more
Report Date 8 Dec 2020 The future of physical retail As the national lockdown ends and the UK government promises a substantial return to normality by Easter, the big question for retail is what “normal” even looks like. On a... Read more
Report Date 7 Dec 2020 Prospects for UK recovery: vaccines versus the second wave Gregor Irwin, Chief Economist, examines the prospects for the UK recovery from covid-19 in the wake of the rollout of vaccines, looking at the immediate prospects for recovery, longer term... Read more
Podcast Date 4 Dec 2020 Brussels woos Biden Stephen Adams, Senior Director, Tom White, Director, and Miranda Lutz, Senior Associate, discuss the tensions in the EU's published strategy for rapprochement with the incoming Biden administration, what it means... Read more