Professor David Collins
David Collins is Professor of International Economic Law at City, University of London and a member of Politeia's Academic Advisory Council. A WTO specialist, he previously practised commercial litigation in Toronto and was a prosecutor for the Attorney General in Ontario, Canada. His publications include The Public International Law of Trade in Legal Services (Cambridge, 2019), An Introduction to International Investment Law (Cambridge, 2016). Twitter: @davidcollinslaw.- Making the Most of Brexit Freedoms
December 15, 2022 - The UK, the WTO and Global Trade: Leading Reform on Services Trade
July 22, 2022 - The Lawyers Advise: UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement – Unfinished Business?
May 20, 2021 - ‘How to Level the EU’s Playing Field – Trade Remedies for a Trade Deal’, by David Collins
April 12, 2020 - ‘The EU, The UK and Global Trade – A New Roadmap’
June 6, 2019 - ‘Negotiating Brexit: The Legal Basis for EU & Global Trade’
July 19, 2018 - ‘Brexit and the Border, Where Ireland’s True Interests Lie’
May 17, 2018 - ‘Negotiating Brexit: The Legal Basis for EU and Global Trade’
July 21, 2017
Blog
- Expanding Trade Globally. The UK’s Trans-Pacific Trade Deal
September 15, 2023 - A Point of No Return: UK Accession to the CPTPP – Good for Services, Good for Global Britain
March 31, 2023 - Competing for Energy Investors
February 10, 2023 - Beginning the Breakthrough*
December 7, 2022 - Loose Thinking Makes Bad Laws
November 11, 2022 - The IMF’s Disturbing Departure
October 14, 2022 - A Revived WTO
June 24, 2022 - On the Right Side of the Law – The EU or the UK?
June 1, 2022 - Revoking Russia’s Most Favoured Nation Status: Politics v Economics at the WTO?
April 1, 2022 - A Poor Leader, Draconian Measures
February 25, 2022 - A Bonfire of Controls! Removing the costs and legacy of EU law
January 21, 2022 - Moving Target: Trans-Pacific Trade, China, the US and the UK
September 30, 2021 - Time for Conservatives to reclaim power in Canada?
September 10, 2021 - Global Britain on the March
June 11, 2021 - Waiver or Wager? Covid IP Rights and Mr Biden’s Balancing Act
May 14, 2021 - Trade Matters!
January 29, 2021 - A Treaty for Divergence, A Treaty for a Sovereign State
December 28, 2020 - The UK-Canada trade deal bodes well for the Government’s Global Britain strategy
December 2, 2020 - How Trump and Biden differ on trade policy (and why a Trump win would benefit the UK)
October 23, 2020 - It’s the EU – not the UK – which is arguably breaching its legal obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement
September 15, 2020 - Talking Trade – The UK, the EU and the Wider World
May 21, 2020 - Pragmatism V Prescription
February 21, 2020 - An Off the Shelf FTA – Good for the Consumer, Good for Manufacturing, and Good for the UK!
December 20, 2019 - Mr Trudeau’s Two Faced Trumpery
December 6, 2019 - Justin Trudeau’s ‘Woke’ Politics Canada’s election – what implications for the UK?
October 11, 2019 - President Trump’s Chinese Gamble
August 13, 2019 - A Phenomenal Deal? Strike While the Iron is Hot!
June 7, 2019 - Right on Track: No Deal works for the Irish Border and the WTO!
March 15, 2019 - Sovereign Trade for a Sovereign Country!
March 1, 2019 - The EU want to hear Britain’s offer? The PM should propose a UK-EU Free Trade Deal
January 16, 2019 - The EU want to hear Britain’s offer? The prime minister should propose a UK-EU Free Trade Deal
- Happy New Year with a WTO Brexit! The Path to Long Term Prosperity
January 5, 2019 - State Aid? The Withdrawal Agreement would hand over UK Tax Policy to EU control
December 17, 2018 - State Aid? The Withdrawal Agreement would hand over UK Tax Policy to EU control
- The US Mid Terms and Trade. Fresh Opportunities for WTO Reform?
November 8, 2018 - Within Our Grasp – A Canada Plus Trade Deal! Best for the UK, Right for the EU!
October 4, 2018 - WTO Works! WTO UK-EU trade option would work for Dover – and the Irish Border
July 20, 2018 - Chancellor Calls Barnier’s Bluff
March 9, 2018 - Free to Trade! UK-US trade deal can be negotiated now
July 28, 2017 - Trading Matters!
July 21, 2017