by Eva Lovejoy | May 21, 2026
Carolina Maciel is a researcher at the UK Trade Policy Observatory at the University of Sussex, where her work focuses on the intersection of agri-food trade and international regulatory governance, particularly sanitary and technical requirements relating to food...
by Eva Lovejoy | May 13, 2026
Christian’s work on trade focusses on the Global South and on Africa in particular. He is a Senior Research and Policy Officer at the Economic Policy Network at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Before, he worked for the International...
by Eva Lovejoy | Mar 23, 2026
I’m an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University in Canada, where I also serve as the Director of the Queen’s Institute on Trade Policy, an annual professional training course for Canadian trade officials. Prior to...
by Eva Lovejoy | Mar 12, 2026
Monday 8 December 2025 The 14th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC14) is set to take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon between 26 – 29 March 2026. The Ministerial Conference meets at least once every two years and is the highest decision-making body at...
by Eva Lovejoy | Mar 2, 2026
Summary One year into President Trump’s second term, his tariff policies, including the April 2025 ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, have reshaped global trade flows in ways that demand serious analytical attention. The recent Greenland episode, in which Trump declared a...