OCO Global’s Executive Chairman, Mark O’Connell, shares his perspective with the Belfast Telegraph on the recently announced US-EU trade deal. He characterises the agreement as a last-minute compromise that may…

What just happened? On 28 May, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a permanent injunction blocking President Trump’s recently imposed “Liberation Day” tariffs – a 10% across-the-board levy on all imported goods and higher “reciprocal”…

Seeing the diversity of places and economic visions competing for investor attention at MIPIM earlier this month, against a backdrop of an increasingly hostile and protectionist US, made me think…

EU – UK – US – Global Trade Diplomacy Almost 12 months on from the initial Covid lockdown, almost 2 months since Brexit became a reality and now we find…

With the coronavirus emergency and  lockdown restrictions, Italy has had to quickly rethink its working and consumption habits, while for many European countries, telecommuting and e-commerce were already common practices,…

  With 750,000 companies filed for government support during the corona crisis and a dire IMF forecast of -7.0% GDP growth, Germany’s economy is clearly taking a severe hit in…