WATCH: Truss discusses ‘Global Britain – navigating the post-Brexit world’

The International Trade Secretary joined the panel for a live event with Anand Menon, Katy Balls and Andy Burwell, chaired by Paul Goodman.

What the new Anglo-Japanese trade deal tells us about ‘Global Britain’

It spotlights both the challenges involved in operating an independent trade policy and the limited political rewards of doing so.

Howard Flight: From rising demand for out of town housing, to increases in savings, the Covid trends to look out for.

I expect the UK to emerge from this economic and health shakeup with permanent major changes of behaviour.

Stephen Booth: Why Stilton matters to the Japanese trade deal – and how talks can bring the UK closer to the CPTPP

Trade negotiations and agreements are inherently political.

What would President Biden and Vice President Harris mean for the Special Relationship?

From Brexit, to climate change, to the World Trade Organization, how would this administration align with the UK government?

Stephen Booth: The UK’s parallel trade negotiations are of unprecedented ambition

While working on its Brexit deal, it is simultaneously cultivating trade relationships with Japan, the US, Australia and New Zealand.

Stephen Booth: Joining the CPTPP is how this country can show it’s serious about being “Global Britain”

While the Government has been focussed on “levelling up” and other domestic issues, it’s time to consider the UK’s position on the world stage.

Stephen Booth: While UK-EU talks gather momentum, Britain should continue to diversify its trading relationships.

Deals with the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand will prepare the country for future EU-related bumps in the road.

Stephen Booth: Why Trans-Pacific Partnership membership can bolster the UK’s relationship with the US

The pandemic has huge geopolitical implications. Britain can better its aspirations by joining the CPTPP.

Nadhim Zahawi: Meanwhile, as we fix our gaze on Kim Jong Un and Maduro, China makes veiled threats of war against India

This aggressiveness about disputed territories has become a feature of Chinese foreign policy.

Kieron O’Hara: Why does the Left hate Trump? After all, in some ways he’s one of them.

See his support for protectionism, big government, big debts – and more.