Anand Menon

2 months ago | msn.com | Anand Menon |Joël Reland

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2 months ago | msn.com | Anand Menon |Joël Reland

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2 months ago | theguardian.com | Anand Menon

Five years since Brexit, the UK wants to reset the EU relationship. A simple question of sitting down with the EU and negotiating, surely? Sort of, though not quite. It’s easy to see why a self-professed growth-obsessed government might seek to be closer to the EU. It’s less clear why it’s seeking what it is, or whether achieving any of it will be easy. There is one debate we can now surely put to bed. Brexit has had, and is continuing to have, a negative impact on the UK economy.

Jan 7, 2025 | independent.co.uk | Anand Menon |Jonathan Portes

CommentThe president-elect’s die-hard Maga supporters are unconvinced by the First Buddy’s insistence that US tech industries require an inexhaustible supply of young, skilled migrants from abroad – and the coming battle over work visas will prompt a mighty schism, say Anand Menon and Jonathan Portes Civil war has broken out in the Trump camp.

Nov 28, 2024 | independent.co.uk | Anand Menon

No one knows for sure how Donald Trump will behave once in office – but the warning signs are all there, if you dare look. But it’s particularly bad news for Keir Starmer. The US president-elect has made clear that one of his first acts after being sworn in will be to sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada – a strong-arm tactic to encourage his nearest neighbours to do more to prevent drug-smuggling and illegal immigration into the US.