
Economy, Finance & Trade
This page collates publications, blog posts, video interviews, media commentary related to the economics of Brexit.

Opinion and thoughts
Read the latest opinion piece on this page:
Michael Plouffe - Brexit Britain’s weakness exposed in US trade deal documents

Research and expertise
Discover a major piece of research on this topic:
Professor Piet Eeckhout - Future trade relations between the EU and the UK: options after Brexit

Projects and activities
Learn about a recent UCL project conducted on this theme:
Professor Lauge Poulsen - Trade Policy Futures seminar series
Content
Freight Industry Perspective: Customs Clearance in Post-Brexit Britain
John Shirley (UCL SSEES Alumnus)
Type: Blog, UCL Europe Blog
Date: 24/11/2020
Will the UK really join the CPTPP free-trade bloc in Asia-Pacific?
Michael Plouffe (UCL Dept of Political Science)
Type: Article, The Conversation
Date: 17/09/2020
The Effect on Foreign Direct Investment of Membership in the European Union
UCL, LSE
Type: Report, Journal of Common Market Studies
Date: September 2020
Brexit: can regulatory autonomy and level playing field be reconciled?
Professor Piet Eeckhout (UCL Laws)
Type: Blog, UCL Europe Blog
Date: 26/02/2020
Professor Piet Eeckhout at European Parliament’s Trade Policy Day
Professor Piet Eeckhout (UCL Laws)
Type: Panel
Date: 21/01/2020
The United Kingdom and the stability of the Euro area: From Maastricht to Brexit
Nauro Campos (UCL SSEES), Corrado Macchiarelli (LSE)
Type: Article, World Economy
Date: 19/01/2020
Brexit Britain’s weakness exposed in US trade deal documents
Michael Plouffe UCL SPP
Type: Article
Date: 12/03/2019
How Brexit hit the pound in your pocket
Paul Johnson and Peter Levell (Institute for Fiscal Studies, UCL)
Type: Newspaper article, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Date: 20/02/2019
Always look on the bright side of Brexit
Nauro Campos (UCL SSEES)
Type: Blog, LSE Europe Blog
Date: 08/10/2018
The ICT Sector’s Brexit Priorities
Elizabeth Lomas (UCL’s Department of Information Studies)
Type: Blog, UCL Brexit Blog
Date: 15/08/2018
BREXIT AND INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) SHAPING ICT PRIORITIES
Elizabeth Lomas (UCL’s Department of Information Studies) & other
Type: Report
Date: 08/2018
Post-Brexit Trade Relations: No Middle Way Between Free Trade Agreement and Internal Market
Professor Piet Eeckhout & Clement Leroy (UCL European Institute)
Type: Blog, UCL Brexit Blog
Date: 16/05/2018
Future trade relations between the EU and the UK: options after Brexit
Professor Piet Eeckhout (UCL European Institute)
Type: Report, European Parliament Committee on International Trade
Date: 21/03/2018
Trade Policy Futures seminar series
Professor Lauge Poulsen, GGI
Type: Seminars series
Date: 2017
Brexit: EU27 Position Paper on Intellectual Property
Dr Ilanah Fhima (UCL Laws)
Type: Position Paper, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
Date: 21/12/2017
Engaging with change: Information and communication technology professionals’ perspectives on change in the context of the ‘Brexit’ vote
Elizabeth Lomas (UCL’s Department of Information Studies) & other
Type: Research article, PLOS ONE
Date: 08/11/2017
Brexit and Competition Law
Professor Ioannis Lianos and Florian Wagner-von Papp (UCL Laws) et al.
Type: Policy paper
Date: October 2017
Trade and Brexit: the long arm of EU regulation
Professor Joanne Scott (UCL Laws)
Type: Blog, British Academy
Date: 13/03/2017
What will Brexit mean for London's tech industry and digital entrepreneurs?
Oliver Patel (UCL European Institute)
Type: Blog, openDemocracy
Date: 16/12/2016
The Brexiteers' "bitter medicine" will widen our prosperity gulf
Professor Henrietta Moore (Institute for Global Prosperity)
Type: Blog, Institute for Global Prosperity
Date: 16/12/2016
Brexit and Trade Negotiations with the EU
Professor Piet Eeckhout (UCL Laws)
Type: Video, University of Notre Dame
Date: 07/12/2016
Super-diversity and the prosperous society
Dr Nikolay Mintchev and Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity)
Type: Academic paper, European Journal of Social Theory
Date: 17/11/2016
No-Man is an Island: UK and EU Banking Regulatory Engagement after Brexit
Alan Brener (UCL Laws)
Type: Academic Paper, European Business Law Review
Date: Winter 2016
Brexit and Wage Inequality
Professor Stephen Machin (UCL Economics) and Professor Brian Bell (Oxford)
Type: Blog, Vox EU
Date: 16/08/2016
Brexit's Biggest Threat Is to the Poorest - Here and Abroad
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity)
Type: Blog, The Huffington Post
Date: 24/07/2016
Brexit, Construction and Infrastructure
Professor Michelle Baddeley (UCL School of Construction and Project Management)
Type: Blog, The Bartlett
Date: 05/07/2016
We economists must face the plain truth that the referendum showed our failings
Paul Johnson (Institute for Fiscal Studies and UCL Economics)
Type: Blog, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Date: 28/06/2016
Brexit and trade: the view over the hill
Professor Piet Eeckhout (UCL Laws)
Type: Blog, London-Brussels Blog
Date: 16/06/2016
The Economics of the UK-EU Relationship
Dr Randolph Bruno (UCL SSEES)
Type: Video, VOX EU
Date: 14/06/2016
Post-Brexit trade negotiations would pose significant practical challenges for Whitehall
Oliver Patel (UCL European Institute)
Type: Blog, UCL Constitution Unit
Date: 27/05/2016
The FDI premium from EU membership
Dr Randolph Bruno (UCL SSEES) et al.
Type: Blog, VOX EU
Date: May 2016
Economic benefits of EU membership
Nauro Campos (UCL SSEES)
Type: Video, VOX EU
Date: 22/05/2014