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Research Date 22 Sep 2020 The business case for net-zero The last six months have seen several large companies from a range of sectors announce net-zero targets for GHG emissions. Visa, Volvo, Apple and others have all lead the way... Read more
Research Date 18 Sep 2020 Reforms to planning in a pandemic will prove hard to deliver When Boris Johnson relaunched his domestic agenda and signalled the end of England’s national lockdown In June, he placed planning reform at the centre of his plans to level-up the... Read more
Report Date 18 Sep 2020 Europe and the race to roll out 5G: a report from GC and the ERT The European Roundtable for Industry (ERT) have partnered with Global Counsel to produce a report on the state of 5G network rollouts across the continent. The review compares nationwide efforts... Read more
Research Date 15 Sep 2020 Despite the fanfare, politicians and regulators may yet have something to say about Nvidia’s takeover of Arm The planned takeover of semiconductor design firm Arm has been the talk of the town in recent days. The proposed deal between Arm’s owner Softbank and US company Nvidia puts... Read more
Research Date 14 Sep 2020 Biden proposal would shake up US consumer credit-reporting industry Politicians are often rightfully accused of speaking in generalities, or of not being consistent in the plans they put forth. But in at least one narrow aspect of financial services... Read more
Research Date 11 Sep 2020 Xi Jinping, the party and China beyond 2022 The pandemic and its economic fallout may have put Xi Jinping and the Communist Party of China (CPC) under enormous pressure, but it has also allowed Xi to tighten his... Read more
Research Date 9 Sep 2020 Food standards: taking back control Con troversies over ‘chlorinated chicken’ and ‘hormone-injected beef’ in the US/UK trade deal talks are at the centre of a heated debate on UK food standards. The debate is putting... Read more
Research Date 2 Sep 2020 New cabinet secretary Simon Case has a lot to prove and even more to do Simon Case, who was appointed permanent secretary of 10 Downing Street this May, has been confirmed as the next cabinet secretary. At 41, he is the youngest person in the... Read more
Research Date 2 Sep 2020 Not dead, just hibernating: Bond-rating reform could be revived after November The once-vigorous debate around the bond-ratings agencies has faded along with memories of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08. In the crisis’ aftermath, many critics focused on the role the... Read more
Research Date 28 Aug 2020 Will the UK be at the “back of the queue” under Biden? Although round four of US-UK trade negotiations are slated for September, negotiators have yet to indicate any major signs of progress. Despite earlier signalling that a trade agreement could be... Read more
Report Date 28 Aug 2020 Office politics: three perspectives on remote working Many businesses are feeling their way towards a new balance between remote and office-based working. That partly involves responding to the preferences of customers and staff. It also involves responding... Read more
Research Date 27 Aug 2020 Phil Hogan’s resignation: implications for EU trade policy Phil Hogan’s stepping-down yesterday from his role at the helm of EU trade policy is sending shock waves through political and policy communities in Europe and globally. Many will argue... Read more
Research Date 26 Aug 2020 Bye, .BY: how Belarus could lose its lucrative IT industry The nationwide protests and industrial strikes that followed the controversial presidential elections in Belarus continue. The outcome of this unprecedented expression of public dissatisfaction with President Alexander Lukashenko and his... Read more
Research Date 25 Aug 2020 The more things change… can Côte d’Ivoire weather its point of maximum instability? Togo’s president has done it this year. Burundi’s resisted the temptation. Guinea’s just decided to do it, while Côte d’Ivoire’s president said he wouldn’t, but recently changed his mind -... Read more
Report Date 12 Aug 2020 US policy update: The Biden/Harris ticket and what it means for the US election 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
Report Date 31 Jul 2020 ESG in private equity: will integration tools be matched by pressure to use them? Covid-19 is likely to accelerate pressures for the meaningful integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into the private equity (PE) industry. The twin dynamics of a greater public... Read more
Report Date 30 Jul 2020 Brexit and the politics of food: Understanding the relationship between food standards and FTAs On July 28th, Global Counsel hosted a technical discussion between food policy experts looking at what is at stake for UK food and agriculture after the landmark Agriculture Bill as... Read more
Podcast Date 30 Jul 2020 The EU’s new long term budget: a “Hamiltonian moment” for the European Union? After the difficult negotiations of the longest ever EU summit, EU leaders agreed last week on a €750 billion recovery fund and at least one new EU tax. Some called... Read more