Shanker Singham
@ShankerASingham
CEO of Competere. Former advisor to UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Chairman of Special Trade Commission, former cleared advisor to USTR.
This week - with the EU trade deal (and others...) will likely be one of the most significant in the Trump presidency in terms of laying the groundwork for economic growth over the next several years. As we've been telling our council allies and JKS clients - the point of the…
Euro, investor sentiment rises after US-EU agree to framework trade deal foxbusiness.com/economy/euro-i…
More news on US deals with the EU yesterday and possibly China coming up soon. All these involve frameworks for discussion of regulatory barriers and ACMDs or anti-competitive market distortions. This is just the end of the beginning in a newly aligned trade world. @USTreasury…
The "photos" of starving children in Gaza: 70% from Yemen, Syria, and other places. 20% generated by AI. 10% photos of ill children, not starved.
😔History should record that leaving the EU ought not to have been so difficult, and would not have been, if excellent advice given to Conservative MPs by @ShankerASingham and others, eventually taken, had been energetically followed sooner.
One of the anti competitive market distortions reduced in the US Japan deal has been one of the most difficult. Japan recognition of US automotive standards. @TheGrowthComm @Jkal1985 @USTradeRep @USTreasury
Writing for @realclearpolicy our Chairman @ShankerASingham sets out how the U.S. administration is challenging a broken global order in a bold effort to restore the country’s economic foundations 👇 realclearpolicy.com/articles/2025/…
My piece for RealClearPolicy on the Trump tariff realignment and how the US can restore its edge @USTreasury @USTradeRep #trade #economy realclearpolicy.com/articles/2025/…
Restoring America’s Competitive Edge | RealClearPolicy: my piece on how to deal with a distorted trading system. realclearpolicy.com/articles/2025/…
🎥WATCH: Shadow Business and Trade Secretary @griffitha applauded our work at a recent @Prosperity_Inst event when our Director @isaby asked him about the Government's commitment to prioritising growth 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=3O2Csy…
Scott Bessent focused on ‘quality of the deal, not the timing’ on tariffs trib.al/2I0EHsT
We're in the middle of a "battle for the world's operating system": @TheGrowthComm Chairman @ShankerASingham speaks with host @Andrew_Langer about competing global systems.
Chairman of @TheGrowthComm @ShankerASingham weighed in on tariffs during a recent episode of Lunch Hour with host @Andrew_Langer.
US-Indonesia deal. If the final deal does indeed lead to a lower tariff for Indonesia than the 32 per cent and Indonesia agrees to lower both tariff and non tariff barriers that will be significant.
No question – one of the most pro-growth parts of the One Big Beautiful Bill is making full-expensing permanent. Read more about that here ⬇️ washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finance…
Congrats to Ewen Stewart!
Congratulations to Growth Commissioner Ewen Stewart on his appointment from September as Director of the Institute of International Monetary Research at the University of Buckingham @iimr_buckingham. We look forward to his continued contribution to our work from his new berth.
And a reminder that the EU is now facing a potential 30% tariff from the US, whereas the UK has a 10% tariff. The EU faces a 50% steel and aluminum tariff whereas the UK is at 25%.
I see most of usual suspects reposting this YouGov poll are ignoring the real point - support from other EU countries would fall away sharply if the UK were allowed to keep its opt-outs! 🤔 #badbrexittakes theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
The U.K. Trade Team smartly secured an early deal. As I told our major trading partners in April, with @POTUS “usually the first person who makes a deal makes the best deal.” Congratulations to U.K. leadership for working with us to secure a fair and durable deal for the…
Our Commissioner @DMcWilliams_UK responds to another month of negative growth in the UK👇
#Tariffs @ProsperityWonk @ShankerASingham "The administration is right to point out that countries are suddenly and uncharacteristically agreeing to negotiate matters that were once considered nonnegotiable." {Art of the Deal tariffs to reduce tariffs.} dailycaller.com/2025/07/08/opi…