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Report Date 5 Dec 2016 Trump, the Paris Agreement and the impact on climate change policy US President-elect Donald Trump has wavered very little throughout his campaign in his stance on climate change – calling it a hoax and threatening to roll-back all regulations and funding... Read more
Research Date 5 Dec 2016 Austria – does the centre still hold? Once again, much of the European mainstream was relieved on Sunday evening, when – against expectations - the far-right FPŐ candidate was defeated by a 46-54 margin by the Green-backed... Read more
Research Date 2 Dec 2016 David Davis blurs the government line on migration In the 12 months before the EU referendum, migration to the UK remained at historically high levels, with a record 284,000 new settlers from the EU contributing to a net... Read more
Research Date 2 Dec 2016 Europe’s Energy Union: the house that Maroš and Miguel built This week’s ‘Winter Package’ of new energy and climate change legislation was described by an effusive European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič as “a Christmas present” for MEPs on the... Read more
Research Date 1 Dec 2016 The decline and fall of regulatory empire-building Global Counsel hosted an interesting seminar with Nicolas Véron of Bruegel recently about the future of international standards for financial regulation. This assessed the EU’s appetite for designing its rulebook... Read more
Report Date 30 Nov 2016 Trump, Iran and the future of the deal Donald Trump may be a deal maker, but on the Iran nuclear deal he is a wild card. He has said he would police the strict implementation of the nuclear... Read more
Research Date 30 Nov 2016 BT and Ofcom – who will blink first? Frustrated by the lack of progress in its attempt to reach a voluntary agreement with BT Group about the future of its Openreach subsidiary, UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, this week... Read more
Research Date 25 Nov 2016 Protecting Tech – is it in the public interest? "I am tackling the longstanding problem of our fastest growing technology firms being snapped up". So said UK Chancellor Philip Hammond this week. Yet the very next day it was... Read more
Research Date 25 Nov 2016 Donald Tusk plays Ukrainian trump card The EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels on Thursday just ended on an unusual note - and not just because Donald Tusk delivered some of his closing remarks in Ukrainian. He also... Read more
Research Date 24 Nov 2016 How long will Rajoy put up with being in office but not in power? The Spanish parliament’s vote earlier this week to raise the minimum wage from 655 to 800 euros a month - despite the opposition of the governing People’s Party (PP) -... Read more
Research Date 23 Nov 2016 Could UK exporters miss the ECJ? GC has just published a report with colleagues from Herbert Smith Freehills and The Boston Consulting Group looking at some of the implications of a ‘hard Brexit’ for traders between... Read more
Report Date 21 Nov 2016 Trade Post-Brexit In collaboration with Herbert Smith Freehills and The Boston Consulting Group, Global Counsel has co-authored a paper looking at the meaning and implications of a hard Brexit for businesses, aiming... Read more
Report Date 18 Nov 2016 The power of procedure: how might the UK parliament shape Brexit? A contest for control of the Brexit process is playing out between the government and parliament in the UK. The complex, opaque rules of parliamentary procedure have suddenly become central... Read more
Research Date 15 Nov 2016 Russian economy minister arrested, but the ship sails on… Russia woke up this morning to news unprecedented in its modern history – a serving minister has been arrested for an alleged $2 million cash bribe over the 50% privatisation... Read more
Research Date 14 Nov 2016 Britain’s not quite open for business In Delhi last week I had the opportunity to hear how Indians see Britain and what they make of Prime Minister Theresa May. Mrs May went to Delhi earlier in... Read more
Research Date 11 Nov 2016 Will the LinkedIn case start a chain reaction for US tech businesses in Russia? This week the Americans elected a new president who is portrayed by some as an agent of change for US-Russian relations and a potential advocate of large US businesses operating... Read more
Research Date 10 Nov 2016 Is Renzi making the same mistake as Cameron? Discussing Italy’s constitutional referendum with people in Milan this week, I was struck by the parallels with the UK, and the ways Matteo Renzi risks falling into the same traps... Read more
Research Date 9 Nov 2016 Top Trumps: thirteen takes on a Trump presidency Following the result of the US presidential election, we ask thirteen of our policy specialists for a first take on a Trump administration and its implications for policy and politics... Read more