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Research Date 13 Mar 2020 Debating the UK budget The 2020 UK budget was a major shakeup of the presentational landscape around the UK’s public finances. By adopting more public spending, and more borrowing to pay for it, the... Read more
Research Date 9 Mar 2020 Maybe drug prices should be high: covid-19 scrambles the DC debate over Big Pharma President Trump and his two remaining rivals for the White House do not agree on much. But even these bitter political opponents concur that US drug prices are just too... Read more
Report Date 5 Mar 2020 Covid-19: how to assess the economic and business impact There are three main channels through which coronavirus will impact on economies: disruption, threats to resilience and confidence. Disruption may mean that some markets do not function normally and require... Read more
Report Date 4 Mar 2020 US policy update: the Biden bounce and the UK-US FTA 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
Research Date 2 Mar 2020 What industries might benefit from a Sanders presidency? US Senator Bernie Sanders’ emergence a strong prospect to win the Democratic presidential race has led to intense hand-wringing of the political class in recent weeks. Republicans claim to be... Read more
Report Date 26 Feb 2020 US policy update: Sanders surges and Trump threatens GPA withdrawal 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 24 Feb 2020 Asia policymaker perspectives: Multipolarity and great power competition in Southeast Asia In a new series of interviews, members of Global Counsel's Asia team will interview thought-leaders in policy and business from across the region, focusing on key themes for Global Counsel... Read more
Research Date 21 Feb 2020 Brexit reckoning, the OBR and the budget Britain’s new chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, will give his first budget on March 11th, less than four weeks after he was appointed, following the unexpected resignation of Sajid... Read more
Research Date 19 Feb 2020 The price of a fresh start for Malta: Robert Abela at the European Council This week’s extraordinary European Council will again highlight the lack of common ground between national governments dealing with their own Eurosceptic pressures. As Charles Michel looks for a leader to... Read more
Research Date 18 Feb 2020 The EU’s “geostrategic” enlargement The clock is ticking to meet the European Commission’s aspirations for accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. Ursula von der Leyen reiterated on Sunday that talks should be opened... Read more
Research Date 18 Feb 2020 The politics in the UK suggests that the BBC is in danger, but practical considerations might protect it Boris Johnson is no fan of the BBC. In 2012, after being elected as mayor of London for a second term, he wrote that he sometimes felt that his chief... Read more
Report Date 12 Feb 2020 US policy update: Democratic primaries 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
Research Date 31 Jan 2020 What next for Brexit? Brexit thus far has been a story of timetables. Its negotiating and political rhythm has been determined by deadlines, flexible and inflexible, and the potential cliff edges that lie beyond... Read more
Report Date 20 Jan 2020 The Politics of Trade Global Counsel held its second annual ‘Politics of…’ conference on 16 January 2020, focusing on trade. Panellists from across business, government and civil society debated the implications of dramatic political... Read more
Research Date 20 Dec 2019 Global Counsel Holiday Reading List 2019 At the end of each year, the Global Counsel team has a tradition of sharing among ourselves a selection of our favourite articles (or podcasts) from the past year for... Read more
Podcast Date 20 Dec 2019 COP25 debrief with GC sustainability team Energy Practice Lead, Ermenegilda Boccabella and Sustainability Senior Associate, Mollie Brennan share their impressions from COP25 in Madrid. [soundcloud] Read more
Report Date 9 Dec 2019 European Competitiveness and Industry Benchmarking Report 2019 European Competitiveness and Industry Benchmarking Report 2019 produced by The European Round Table for Industry (ERT) and Global Counsel shows how vital it is that Europe quickly unites behind an... Read more
Research Date 29 Nov 2019 Good COP bad COP – 3 things to watch for at COP25 climate negotiations in Madrid The world’s climate brethren are set to gather next week – not in Chile but in Madrid – for the 25th annual Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework... Read more