Soumaya Keynes
@SoumayaKeynes
Writing about Britain's economy for @TheEconomist
Host of @Trade__Talks podcast with @ChadBown
Cat parent with @PatrickAllies
Singer-songwriter: http://bit.ly/2Z6gvjp
London, UK
Joined April 2009
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Soumaya Keynes RetweetedExcellent (not so) long read by
@SoumayaKeynes on the geopolitics and geoeconomics of trade policy. This brave new world makes evidence-based policy-making,@WTO and beyond, even more necessary.Show this thread -
Soumaya Keynes RetweetedMy special report on the new order of trade argues that trade policy is decreasingly driven by the simple goal of boosting trade/growth and encouraging efficiency. Now other objectives are becoming more important. (1/n)
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Thanks to
@JohnGPeet for expert editing,@PatrickAllies for tolerating an extremely boring wife this summer and@ChadBown for putting up with an absent@Trade__Talks partner. And thanks to the many many (MANY) people I spoke to but didn't manage to quote -
If you want to listen to the official @Economispods podcast featuring
@NOIweala,@USTradeRep45,@CokeHamilton and@larmbrust, hosted by@r_shanbhogue then you can do that here... -
I have three questions for policymakers Where are the limits to what trade tools can achieve? What happens when the increasingly complex stew of non-trade objectives has internal contradictions? How should the consequences of new trade barriers be managed?
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Environmental protection is growing as a domestic priority, so trade policy is adapting to become consistent with that. Great! But there are risks...
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Human rights are also finding their way into trade arrangements, in the USMCA but also through unilateral restrictions. Concern about human rights abuses in Xinjiang means that blocking imports made with forced labour is a growing priority.
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The pandemic accelerated a quest for resilience. So the likes of America, Britain, the EU and Japan are reaching for facts, friends and fortification.
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That is partly because of gridlock at the WTO. It is also because of a growing American perception that greater economic integration with China and US security are not complementary.
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Super-interesting dive into the experience of the British Treasury as a VC investor, by
@xtophercook and@maxharlow -
Gah. When you write a twitter thread and then realise that you want to tweak the FIRST TWEET in the thread. Meant to write that the temporary flirtation was with *LESS TERRIBLE* insurance in case you lost your job
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Also highly recommend this from
@DuncanWeldon on the coming squeeze to disposable incomes, with number crunching by@AinslieJstone https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/10/09/wages-are-rising-in-britain-but-so-are-prices-and-taxes … -
The main rate of unemployment benefit for a single adult as a share of average earnings has been dropping for decades...
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Would highly recommend this from the
@resfoundation by@MikeBrewerEcon@KarlHandscomb and@Krishansays -
My piece this week for
@TheEconomist describes how the British welfare state is changing... A temporary flirtation with insurance for people losing their jobs is now over. https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/10/07/britains-welfare-state-offers-little-protection-for-workers … -
Levelling up seems to have shifted from promoting cities to helping towns. Here's
@JoelBudd1 on how Andy Burnham is adjusting... -
Going to my first party conference, and my first opportunity to filter events in the official app according to whether they offer snacks
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Soumaya Keynes RetweetedThis week I wrote about the absence of a "she-cession" in Britain, and how among young women employment rates INCREASED over the course of the pandemic. https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/10/02/in-britain-young-women-got-more-work-during-the-pandemic …
