Sam Lowe
Sam Lowe
Senior research fellow
Areas of expertise
International trade, European trade policy, rules of origin, the single market, Brexit, environmental co-operation, investor-state dispute settlement.
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The Guardian - Politics Weekly podcast: Grenfell memorial, Brexit brinkmanship and open Scotland
14 June 2018
After a dramatic week of Brexit brinkmanship in the Commons, what has actually changed? As Tory rebels and Brexiters both claim the other side blinked first, our expert panel will fill you in on what really happened – and what comes next. Joining Pippa Crerar this week are our political correspondent Jessica Elgot, Allie Renison from the Institute of Directors and Sam Lowe from the Centre for European Reform.
Sky News: Rules of origin
06 June 2018
Sam Lowe a research fellow a the Centre for European Reform spoke to Sky News about rule of origin and Brexit, in particular its impact on the UK car industry.
Trump's steel tariffs places the UK in a bind
Daily Mirror
02 June 2018
Trump has slapped new import taxes on European, Canadian and Mexican aluminium and steel, potentially kick starting a global trade war.
Sky News: Trump tariffs
01 June 2018
Sam Lowe a reasearch fellow at the Centre for European Reform, spoke to Sky News about Trumps and tariffs saying that the UK is in a bind.
The first Swiss lesson for Brexit Britain: Negotiations never end
Prospect
30 May 2018
Like Switzerland we will always be arguing over something or other with the superpower on our doorstep.
Theresa May's Cabinet customs row is irrelevant, it's the Brexit backstop that really matters
Business Insider
17 May 2018
Theresa May and her Cabinet are currently embroiled in a heated and public debate over potential post-Brexit customs arrangements.
CER podcast: The Customs Union debate
09 May 2018
Sophia Besch asks John Springford and Sam Lowe to lay out the arguments in favour and against a customs union between the UK and the EU after Brexit.
Post-Brexit hygiene checks will leave British fishermen all at sea
The Times
23 April 2018
On the March 19th the UK and EU agreed, in principle, on a post-Brexit transition period. While this was welcomed by the vast majority of British business, one group felt they had been sold down the river: fishermen.
The UK and Europe: Brexit, rules of origin and barriers to trade
E!Sharp
09 April 2018
Where is the phone in your hand actually from? Designed in California, assembled in China, it says. But what about the components: the battery, the screen, the processor?
Why Britain's vision for post-Brexit trade deals is probably an illusion
Business Insider
05 April 2018
Is the United Kingdom actually a global bastion of free trade and liberalism? The honest answer is that we just don’t know yet.