🗣️William Bain: 'It's difficult to draw concrete conclusions from a single month’s data, but there are signs of a nascent improvement in import and export volumes as global demand slowly recovers.'

Read William's review of the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) trade stats. 👇
britishchambers.org.uk/news/2024/04/u…

🌐⛓️Supply chain disruptions are becoming the new normal. How can we improve  #supplychainresilience ? 

Learn more in our new toolkit⬇️
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New divergence tracker out. It's really striking how much landmark legislation the EU is pushing through pre-election, while the UK policy machine enters rigor mortis.

New EU regs will also have a big impact on the UK (and NI in particular). Check the thread for more detail ⬇️

Today @WTO we released our latest Global Trade Outlook showing a projected growth in the volume of merchandise trade by 2.6% in 2024 and 3.3% in 2025 after a larger than expected decline of 1.2% in 2023. Please click on the video and link to see interesting details of the…

WTO expects trade rebound but warns of risks: learn more about the latest #GlobalTradeOutlook in about seconds. More: bit.ly/3xxofiF

WTO forecasts rebound in global trade but warns of downside risks #WTOStats #GlobalTrade #WTOPublications dlvr.it/T5KG6N

At least 6 of the participants in the plurilateral WTO negotiations on #ecommerce may choose to pull out of the agreement rather than sign up to language which commits them to a permanent ban on e-commerce import duties.

Details here: 👇
borderlex.net/2024/04/08/wto…

Donald Trump’s campaign promise to hike import tariffs could trigger retaliation from other nations including trade partners, Canada’s ambassador to the US warned. trib.al/aPhCcmP

The BCC and other trade groups are speaking out against the import charges on plant and animal products. Small importers will be hit the hardest - and all consumers could end up paying higher food prices in shops and restaurants. 👇

theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Brexit border charges latest. Unanimity of fury among trade groups.

Up to £145 per@consignment.

“Hammer blow” for SMEs importing from EU, per ⁦BCC⁩

Trade groups hit at incoming UK #Brexit border charge via me, via Financial Times
on.ft.com/43I0ct6

🗣️Head of Trade Policy William Bain: 'The level of import charges shows scant regard to the interests of both businesses and consumers'

Read our full response to the common usage charge announcement by the Government earlier today 👇 #BTOM #UKImports

britishchambers.org.uk/news/2024/04/g…

🗣️William Bain: 'This is a big win for the collective power of our Chamber network. It’s a welcome boost for thousands of British exporters ahead of the Easter weekend.'

Read our response to extra paperwork being scrapped for steel product exporters 👇

britishchambers.org.uk/news/2024/03/c…

UK goods to face new Canadian tariffs in latest blow to Brexit trade agenda

Hopes of a last-minute resolution have been dashed.

politico.eu/article/billio…

Big news here from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The haggling over whether to continue ecommerce exemption has complicated every recent ministerial meeting of WTO . But Business desperate to keep. ft.com/content/aea64a… via @ft

UNCTAD, the UN trade & development body’s Global Trade Update shows encouraging signs amidst persistent challenges.

The overall outlook for trade in 2024 is positive, with increasing demand for environmental goods, especially electric cars, set to play a crucial role in driving growth. ow.ly/EnVx50QZ47U

Learn more about the new disciplines on services domestic regulation that entered into force at #WTOMC13AbuDhabi !

A big moment in Britain's industrial story happened today.
The coke ovens at the Port Talbot steelworks were closed.
This was where they baked the coal used to make millions of tonnes of steel.
What you're looking at here is the last coke ever made in the UK. Pix: Tata Steel UK

Inflation rate starting to normalise on path to go below 2% target on April. In Feb eased to lowest level since Sep 2021 3.4%… food inflation 5%, services 6.1, core inflation 5.1%

Rafa Nadal is back on clay.

This is not a drill.

Like Mozart composing a classic.

Like Picasso finishing a painting.

Rafa Nadal playing tennis on clay is a work of art.

Vamos, king. 👑

Giving a Mais lecture in a pre-election period not easy for a would-be-CX. Lawson & Brown lectures both post- GE. Worth reading the full text of ⁦Rachel Reeves⁩ lecture. It is substantive, wide ranging & leans into a different governing philosophy. labour.org.uk/updates/press-…