La Touche Global

05/06/2026

The role of government is to remove obstacles for business and entrepreneurs and to provide a vision for the country … Very interesting listening to Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP who is the chair of the Business and Trade Committee..with his views on how we can make the economy and the U.K. more productive...

04/06/2026

The dangerous illusion of economics as a value-free science

08/04/2026

'The Craziest Tariff Day in History: 9 April 2025', by Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, IMD.

By Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, IMD Business School. Factful Friday, 5 April 2025.

08/03/2026

'Thanks to President Trump’s volatile and unilateral use of tariffs to attempt to bully others into geopolitical submission, we are all upping our game on the basics of trade policy, including tariffs, quotas and long-running disputes over sectors such as steel. Combined with his ongoing attack on rules-based order, this is the time for progressives to come back to the table on trade policy – it is too important an area of global politics to leave just to trade economists and policy experts, diplomats – or even President Trump.'

IDS researcher argues for progressives to come back to the table on trade policy in the light of President Trump's actions on tariffs.

01/02/2026

'Xi Jinping has called for the renminbi to become a global reserve currency, in some of his clearest comments on his ambitions for China’s currency as Beijing seeks to play a greater role in the international monetary system.
In commentary published on Saturday in Qiushi, the ruling communist party’s flagship ideology journal, China’s president said the country needed to build a “powerful currency” that could be “widely used in international trade, investment and foreign exchange markets, and attain reserve currency status”.
China’s leadership has long sought to promote the internationalisation of the renminbi. But the comments marked Xi’s clearest definition yet of his goal of a “strong currency”, as well as the broader financial foundations Beijing will need to build to support it.
These include a “powerful central bank” capable of effective monetary management, globally competitive financial institutions and international financial centres able to “attract global capital and exert influence over global pricing,” Xi wrote.' - Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/c948b978-c22b-44b7-ba3d-4798e641e673?fbclid=IwY2xjawPssQ5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFJOEx6TlBGcHA0SUFQaUlLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqojUUZ1x0Dsf0reKjvzqxVS5FFYlZFTNMjc1fTKenpwi6uyhe0X2jSBTSiw_aem_8k4150U5WGykhIdLgfKz_A

Latest commentary details ambitions for ‘powerful currency’ to play a greater role in trade and forex

09/12/2025

Sky’s economics and data editor Ed Conway spends time on the frontlines of Donald Trump's trade war and reveals the messy reality of this economic experiment.
In the US and Canada's automotive capitals, he meets carmakers struggling to make sense of what tariffs they need to pay and how to absorb the extra costs, with international ports doubling up as carparks as trade flows slow down amid companies trying to process this new world order.

Sky’s economics and data editor Ed Conway spends time on the frontlines of Donald Trump's trade war and reveals the messy reality of this economic experiment...

24/11/2025

The hosts hailed the gathering, but others warned about the G20's future.

13/11/2025

Applications are now open for the 2026 SheTrades Caribbean ➡️UK Trade Mission.

For Caribbean, women-led businesses in the agrifood, beauty and wood product sectors, this is a unique opportunity to:

✅ Connect directly with UK buyers and business support organisations
✅ Learn about export requirements and market opportunities
✅ Visit UK companies to explore potential partnerships

Organised by the ITC SheTrades Commonwealth+ Programme in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank - SheTrades Caribbean Hub, this mission is designed to accelerate opportunities and build business between the Caribbean and the UK.

🔗 Visit https://bit.ly/3LUtqQB for full details.

✍️ Applications close 8 December 2025.

🤝 Partners: ITC SheTrades, UK in Barbados and Eastern Caribbean, BELTRAIDE, Development Bank of Jamaica, Small Business Bureau Guyana, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, Grenada Investment Development Corporation - GIDC

05/11/2025

Interested in how emerging standards and regulations may affect trade? Join the Committee on 11 November for the conversation on international standards for critical and emerging technologies, good regulatory practices and metrology. Watch here: https://bit.ly/43Q41O9