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Trade & Industrial Strategy

Essential reading for anyone shaping or responding to international trade policy.

Forward-looking · What is coming, not what has passed

What it is

A structured read of trade policy developments across the UK, EU, and key bilateral relationships. Every issue surfaces the movements that matter, the actors making them, and the likely second-order effects on UK and European industrial strategy.

Best suited for

Trade associations, corporate affairs teams at exporters, embassy and delegation staff, and advisors to ministers and commissioners working on trade files.

What is in each issue

Structured so you can skim it in five minutes.

  • 01This week's key trade developments
  • 02Actor analysis: who is moving and why
  • 03Signals to watch over the next four weeks
  • 04Implications for UK and European industry

Sample issue

A recent edition, as it lands on Sunday.

The masthead, the TL;DR of the week ahead, and the opening featured story. This is what arrives in your inbox. Structured, forward-looking, five minutes to read.

An InStone Publication
Sun, 26 April 2026
Edition No. 002

International trade; distilled

UK · EU · US · Asia

Good morning. CBAM enters its first full quarter of mandatory reporting today as three Member States publish divergent implementation guidance. Here is what is shifting, and why it matters this week.

TL;DR · Week ahead

  • European Commission: CBAM carbon border compliance guidance diverges across Member States.

  • UK Department for Business: India FTA negotiations enter their 13th round in Delhi this morning.

  • US Trade Representative: Section 232 review on European steel extended by 90 days.

  • WTO: Director-General briefs members on dispute settlement reform.

European Commission
CBAM hits its first real test as Member States diverge on compliance

Today marks the first full quarter of mandatory CBAM reporting. Germany and the Netherlands have issued guidance that sharply differs on scope interpretation, with knock-on effects for exporters in cement, steel, and aluminium...

Why this matters

For exporters with European supply chains, today's divergence signals that compliance cost is now locally variable. Three jurisdictions, three different cost bases, effective from Monday.

Sample topics

What recent issues have covered.

  • CBAM implementation and Member State positioning
  • UK-India FTA progress and sticking points
  • EU-US trade council developments
  • Critical raw materials policy and supply chain consolidation
  • Post-Brexit trade infrastructure review

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