Maha Rafi Atal

1 month ago | financialaccountant.co.uk | Maha Rafi Atal |Conor O'Kane |David Collins |Sangeeta Khorana

The US president called it a “very big deal”. The UK prime minister said it was “fantastic, historic” day. For sure, Keir Starmer and his team will have been delighted that the UK was first in line to negotiate adjustments to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs announced on “liberation day” just a few weeks ago. But what might the trade deal between the UK and US actually mean? We asked four economic experts to respond to the Oval Office announcement.

1 month ago | theconversation.com | Maha Rafi Atal |Conor O'Kane |David Collins |Sangeeta Khorana

The US president called it a “very big deal”. The UK prime minister said it was “fantastic, historic” day. For sure, Keir Starmer and his team will have been delighted that the UK was first in line to negotiate adjustments to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs announced on “liberation day” just a few weeks ago. But what might the trade deal between the UK and US actually mean? We asked four economic experts to respond to the Oval Office announcement.

Jul 18, 2023 | rooseveltinstitute.org | Todd Tucker |Timothy Meyer |J. Benton Heath |Maha Rafi Atal

The summer of 2023 poses a significant test for negotiations between the United States and European Union over the Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum (GASSA). If successful, these talks could establish the world’s first sectoral trade deal to lower carbon emissions, creating a promising precedent for rewriting the rules of trade in a post-neoliberal, pro-worker, pro-environment direction for other sectors of the global economy.

Jul 18, 2023 | rooseveltinstitute.org | Maha Rafi Atal

The United States and European Union are currently deadlocked in talks over how to use trade policy to combat climate change, with a particular focus on creating a joint standard for “clean” steel and imposing restrictions on imports that do not meet it.