8 03, 2024

VIDEO: Brexit – The American Dimension

By |2024-03-08T16:34:21+00:00March 8th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , |

John Stevens is the Chair of the Federal Trust and an analyst and commentator on economic affairs. John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the crucial American component of the Brexit debate. Many of those arguing for Brexit in 2016 did so because they favoured a closer alignment between the UK [...]

8 03, 2024

PODCAST: Brexit – The American Dimension

By |2024-03-08T16:34:55+00:00March 8th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe, Global|Tags: , , , |

John Stevens is the Chair of the Federal Trust and an analyst and commentator on economic affairs. John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the crucial American component of the Brexit debate. Many of those arguing for Brexit in 2016 did so because they favoured a closer alignment between the UK [...]

5 03, 2024

EU sanctions: New package cracks down on third country businesses evading Russia sanctions

By |2024-03-05T18:35:30+00:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Global, Trade & Financial services, UK, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , |

New EU sanctions package crackdown on third country businesses evading Russia sanctions The European Union (EU) adopted a 13th package of sanctions against Russia last month to mark two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In line with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s pronouncement that "we must keep degrading [...]

14 02, 2024

VIDEO: Will Trump Destroy NATO?

By |2024-02-14T16:01:28+00:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , |

In this latest Federal Trust video, our Chair John Stevens and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the implications of a Trump Presidency for Europe and the United Kingdom. They conclude that if Trump becomes the next American President, then the European Union will be both prepared and able to increase its [...]

14 02, 2024

Podcast: Will Trump Destroy NATO?

By |2024-02-14T15:59:18+00:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence, Global, UK|Tags: , , , |

In this Federal Trust podcast, John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the implications of a Trump Presidency for Europe and the United Kingdom. They conclude that if Trump becomes the next American President, then the European Union will be both prepared and able to increase its expenditure on defence. This [...]

16 01, 2024

VIDEO: Labour Divided on Brexit?

By |2024-01-16T15:42:12+00:00January 16th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust video, Brendan Donnelly and John Stevens discuss the likely course of the British debate on Brexit in 2024. They suggest that the Mayor of London’s new intervention in this debate is both part of his election strategy for the Mayoral elections and a foretaste of [...]

12 01, 2024

The EU’s new tool to combat economic threats by non-EU states

By |2024-01-12T17:34:27+00:00January 12th, 2024|Categories: Europe, Global, Trade, Trade & Financial services, UK, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , |

The European Union’s Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) regulation is a novel and significant development in international trade law which came into force on 27th December 2023. The new trade instrument will enable the European Union (EU) to deal with foreign countries’ efforts to influence or coerce the EU or a particular [...]

17 10, 2023

Europe’s Federal Imperial Union

By |2023-10-17T15:03:14+00:00October 17th, 2023|Categories: EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Federalism, Future of Europe, Global, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , |

In its time, Europe has known a lot of empires. Some, like Napoleon’s, arose from an excess of revolutionary fervour. Others, pre-eminently the Hapsburgs, were based on dynastic inheritance. The Soviet Union was forged by Bolshevist ideology. The Ottomans had a religious cause. Some empires were more enlightened than others, [...]

29 09, 2023

Artificial Intelligence – Has Brexit Ruined British Leadership?

By |2023-09-29T15:55:46+00:00September 29th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Global, Video|Tags: , , |

In this video, Hugh Lawson-Tancred discusses the challenges posed by the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). He concludes that, while the risks and dangers of AI are often exaggerated, international cooperation, particularly regional cooperation will be necessary to ensure that the maximum benefits of AI are obtained and equitably distributed. [...]

28 09, 2023

EU’s New Carbon Emissions Tax May Darken The Climate for UK Exporters

By |2023-09-28T15:27:14+00:00September 28th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Climate Change, EU Policies & Institutions|Tags: , , |

The European Union (EU) has launched the world's first Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) having effect from 1st October 2023. CBAM is a part of the EU's "Fit for 55" legislative package to reduce emissions by at least 55% up to 2030 from 1990 levels. How CBAM works CBAM is [...]

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