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Report Date 12 Jun 2020 US policy update: What to make of US protests and the record May jobs report? This US election cycle, GC team members in the Washington, DC and London offices are holding a series of conversations on the elections and wider US policy issues, and how... Read more
Research Date 11 Jun 2020 China’s role in the looming sovereign debt crisis The covid-19 pandemic has created the perfect conditions for a sovereign debt crisis. The economic impact has already been unprecedented, according to the World Bank – in its suddenness, its... Read more
Research Date 10 Jun 2020 Past the tipping point The covid-19 crisis has more than shaken our society, it has changed us. Almost every element of day-to-day life has been altered or adjusted. Some of those changes might be... Read more
Research Date 8 Jun 2020 Who speaks for Europe’s taxpayers? The politics of tax in the EU’s recovery plan As lockdowns across EU countries are lifted and exceptional financial support for businesses is wound down, attention is turning to economic stimulus. Germany’s package of tax cuts last week highlighted... Read more
Report Date 5 Jun 2020 Asia policymaker perspectives: Green mobility and infrastructure in Southeast Asia In a new series of interviews, members of Global Counsel's Asia team will interview thought-leaders in policy and business from across the region, focusing on key themes for Global Counsel... Read more
Report Date 3 Jun 2020 Risks under the radar: Anticipating supply chain risks for the UK food and drink sector The 2018 shortage of CO2 highlighted the large scale reliance on CO2 in the food and drink industry and the fragility of the supply chain delivering CO2 into the market... Read more
Research Date 1 Jun 2020 The looming risks of China’s corporate social credit system China’s corporate social credit system (SCS) is set to be rolled out on a large scale this year. It rates, sanctions and rewards companies operating in China based on a... Read more
Research Date 29 May 2020 The GOP tries to flip the script on climate change Heading into the 2020 elections, the Democrats have a clear lead over the Republicans in voter confidence in their handling of energy and environmental policy. Joe Biden leads Donald Trump... Read more
Report Date 29 May 2020 US policy update: prospects for further US stimulus and the race for the Senate This US election cycle, GC team members in the Washington, DC and London offices are holding a series of conversations on the elections and wider US policy issues, and how... Read more
Research Date 22 May 2020 What matters for post-covid supply chain policy in DC? Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, headlines of breakdowns in US supply chains and the inability of the US to meet the demand for essential goods like personal protective... Read more
Research Date 21 May 2020 Is it time to care about social care in the UK? One key result of the covid-19 crisis in the UK has been an acute realisation that what happens in community settings at local levels matters to public health and to... Read more
Podcast Date 20 May 2020 Interpreting the UK's new tariff regime The UK government has published today the UK’s future MFN tariff schedule - the UK Global Tariff (UKGT). This proposed schedule will replace the EU’s Common External Tariff (CET) on... Read more
Research Date 20 May 2020 What could a Biden presidency accomplish in a post-covid-19 world? Although former vice president, Joe Biden, had campaigned largely as a restorationist candidate who would return the US to the Obama era, covid-19 has forced Biden to now do much... Read more
Research Date 19 May 2020 A budget for the 2020s or a return to the politics of 1997? Franco-German proposals to increase the 2021-27 EU budget could be their most significant since the 2018 Meseberg Declaration on euro zone governance. They provide clear political backing for European Council... Read more
Research Date 18 May 2020 Will Russia’s return to federalism survive the virus? Since his election in 2000, Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has gradually brought the regions that make up Russia under the centralising authority of the Kremlin. Two decades on and these... Read more
Podcast Date 6 May 2020 US hospital policy and Certificate of Need laws in the wake of covid-19 with Mercatus Center Global Counsel Director Erin Caddell is joined by Christopher Koopman and Chris Myers from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. They explore the history of Certificate of Need laws... Read more
Research Date 6 May 2020 Five US reasons why a US-UK trade agreement may be difficult this year On May 5th, the US and UK initiated discussions on a trade agreement between the two countries following the UK’s formal exit from the European Union. These negotiations are likely... Read more
Research Date 30 Apr 2020 Does big tech’s role in covid-19 prove it is a public utility? Big tech is playing an outsized role in the covid-19 crisis, and its leading players are not shy in acknowledging it. Last week, responding to a legal ruling limiting its... Read more