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No. 46: The World's Nine Leading Trading Nations in 2004
No. 45:
European Union 2005 Prosperity Rankings
No. 44:
UK Exports: EU market fades, but imposes heavier burdens than ever.
No. 43:
France Assesses Costs and Benefits of EU Membership
No. 42: The Swiss Government's Cost-benefit Analysis of EU Membership
No. 41: Germany Impressive, UK Dismal, France Even Worse
In real terms (after stripping out inflation) German exports increased in value between 2000 and 2004, while British and French exports shrank. All three countries lost world market share over this period. Ian Milne, May, 2006.
No. 40: Commerce International: Le Modèle Européen Périmé
Le modèle européen, imité nulle part ailleurs dans les pays développés, inadapté aux conditions du 21 e siècle, impose à l’économie européenne des surcoûts importants. Ian Milne.
No. 39: European Union 2004 Prosperity Rankings
Ireland is significantly wealthier than the UK and continues to outperform the rest of the EU. Ian Milne November 2005.
No. 38: The Commonwealth: Neglected Colossus?
Ian Milne, July 2005.
No.
37: World Trade in 2003 seen from Washington, Frankfurt & London
"Intra-EU
trade in manufactured goods has been shrinking since 2000: it's the same
story in services ... levels of intra-EU trade in services are lower than
a decade ago." "Facing the Challenge", Wim Kok, 5th November
2004. By Ian Milne. 26th November 2004.
No.
36: Cherry-Picking
EFTA:
The European Free Trade Association, EEA: The European Economic Area;
The Swiss-EU Trading Relationship. A country - even a close neighbour
- doesn't need to belong to the EU to trade with it. By Ian Milne. 26
November 2004
No.
35: European Union 2003 Prosperity Rankings
The UK continues to slide down the EU Prosperity Rankings, as it
does in other authoritative international league tables
No. 34: Why Free Trade with the Single
Market would continue if the UK left the EU
Mutual commercial self-interest would ensure that trade between
the EU and a post-withdrawal UK would be as free, if not more free, than
it is at present
No 33: Customs Duties: hardly worth collecting
Tariffs (customs duties) are now very low and tending to zero.
Of the £396 billion raised in taxes by the UK in 2002/3, under half
of one per cent came from customs duties charged on imports under the
EU COmon External Tariff. Those customs duties were immediately handed
on to Brussels.
No 32: Foreign Direct Investment: The
Netherlands Distortion
(an updated version of Briefing Note No 20 dated 31st July 2002). Government
statistics exaggerate the importance of the EU as a source of investment
into the UK by 75 per cent. By Ian Milne. 4th June, 2004.
No 31: UK Trade in
2002
By Ian Milne. 20th February, 2004. British Exports dipped in 2002 compared
with 2001, reflecting the global economic slowdown. But imports, and the
current account deficit, continued to grow.
No 30: European Union 2002 Prosperity
Rankings
By Ian Milne. 31st October 2003.
No 29: French Exports After the Euro
By Ian Milne. 31st October 2003. France, along with Germany and
nine other countries, adopted the Euro on 1st January 1999. The previous
Briefing Note, No 28, below, analysed the German Balance of Payments.
This Briefing Note, using the same layout, summarises the results of a
similar analysis of the Franch Balance of Payments.
No. 28: German
Exports After the Euro
By Ian Milne. With the Eurozone accounting for a declining share
of all German exports, the economic rationale for German membership of
the Euro is hard to discern. 3rd October 2003.
No. 27: Single Market: USA Main Beneficiary
By Ian Milne. 6th June 2003
No. 26: Old Europe, Young America
By Ian Milne. In the next 50 years, America will become far stronger.
The EU's decline will continue...
No. 25: World Exports: Winners &
Losers
By Ian Milne. Changes in Leading Countries' Shares of World Exports
between 1991 & 2001. 21st February 2003.
No 24: European Union 2002 Prosperity Rankings
By Ian Milne. 6th December 2002.
No
23: UK Export Growth Stalled in 2001
By Ian Milne. 6th December 2002
No
22: Nine-tenths of the British Economy is NOT involved in Exports to the
EU
By Ian Milne. Exposure of the British economy to exports to the EU.
No 21:
Exposure of
the UK Economy to the Dollar & Euro
By Ian Milne. 20th September 2002.
No
20: Foreign Direct Investment: The Netherlands Distortion
By Ian Milne. Government statistics over-exaggerate the importance of
the EU as a source of inward investment into the UK by sixty-six per cent.
31st July 2002.
No
19: The Mexico-EU Free Trade Agreement Points the Way (2002)
By Ian Milne. (Revised Edition), 1st March 2002. A template for British
trade policy following EU withdrawal?.
No
18: Demographic Change 2000-2050
By Ian Milne. 15th February 2002. The EU and the USA are projected to
follow starkly contrasting demographic paths in the coming decades.
No 17: UK Trade in
2000 and Growth 1993-2000
1st February 2002.
No
16: The Euro Two Years On
By Ian Milne. 18th May 2001.
No
15: Switzerland, Norway and the European Union
By Ronald Stewart-Brown. 20th April 2001
No
14: Britain as an Independent Sovereign State
By Ian Milne. 16th March 2002.
No 13:
Currency of Invoicing for UK Exports: Dollar Usage More than Double that
of Euro
Global Britain. 2nd March 2001.
No 12:
Nice Explained
Global Britain. 16th February 2001.
No 11:
Free Trade Across the European Continent
By Ronald Stewart-Brown. 19th January 2001.
No 09:
Foreign Direct Investment
By Ian Milne. 30th June 2001.
No 08:
The Mexico - EU Free Trade Agreement
By Ronald Stewart-Brown. 2nd June 2000
No 07:
Inward Investment: the irrelevance of the Single Market
By Ian Milne. 17th March 2000.
No 06:
The Common Foreign & Security Policy
By Graham Stewart. 17th December 1999.
No 05:
The World Trade Organisation
By Ronald Stewart-Brown. 19th November 1999.
No
04: The Priceless Boons of Global Gree Trade
By Lord Harris of High Cross. 24th September 1999.
No 03:
The Failures of CAP
By Dr. Richard Howarth. 10th September 1999.
No 02:
Sterling: the most stable of all the major currencies
By British Management Data Foundation. 10th May 1999.
No
01: Britain and the Single Currency
By Ian Milne. (Revised Edition). 4th June 1999.