Tag: International Trade

13th March 2013 Washington DC, USA

by Peter Matheson

Economic Counsellor

Trade Partnerships – a stimulus everyone can agree on

My Ambassador had an op-ed in op-ed in USA Today last week on the case for the EU and the US striking a free trade deal. I thought I would develop some of the economic arguments underpinning the strong case he made. Economists often propound the benefits of free trade in terms of numbers, sometimes […]

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14th November 2012

Robin Twyman

by Robin Twyman

Consul for Business and Government Affairs

Washington International Trade Association

I’ve just been given the huge privilege of becoming a board member of the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) , a well-respected non-profit, non-partisan DC-based organisation dedicated to robust discussions on international trade policy issues. I’ve been a member of WITA since my arrival here in July 2009, benefiting not just from its trade policy […]

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