Morocco introduces a voluntary digital customs control system to speed up international trade share.google/gQxO75mbyRSy...

Bit of a cheat for #TombTuesday - tomb of Shams Ed Douna, Rabat Morocco, 13th century CE.

Six years ago 👇Feels like a lifetime ago.

Sports news doesn't often intersect with central bank news; Morocco unveils a new 100-dirham bill to commerate hosting the African Cup. share.google/0Vj2jIbIEjf1...

Meanwhile it's raining in the Sahara 🌧️

Overheard at dinner tonight: "What does GMT mean? General Morocco Time?" 🤣🤣🤣

The project aims to generate greater added value for artisanal fishing products.

Morocco, Japan Expand Cooperation on Souiria K’dima fishing village share.google/ni48boJSbLCc...

The commerce ministry said in a preliminary decision on Monday that it had found dairy imports from the EU were subsidised and that China’s domestic industry 'suffered material injury' as a result. ft.trib.al/WgyxlQ7

Bank Al-Maghrib expects Morocco's economic growth to reach 5% this year.

Chers agriculteurs français, j'ai passé du temps en Argentine. Vous n'avez rien à craindre! #Mercosur #Trade #EU

EU regulators raid Temu's Dublin office over of Chinese #subsidy concerns giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Nothing says Christmas like a good quiz book. Here’s hoping for lots of questions on **economic** geography, otherwise I’ll just be festive background noise.

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

New data: Since March 2025, U.S. wine exports to Canada have been approaching zero. Canada was once by far the largest export market for U.S. wine. In 2024, 35% of U.S. wine exports—worth US$446.4 million—went to Canada.

This story just doesn't quit. Greek farmers clashed with police over delayed #subsidy payments. Why the delay? Some farmers allegedly faked land and livestock ownership to receive EU subsidies. www.euronews.com/2025/12/01/g...

Idea: Swap out the WH Press Corps with the audience at an Econ seminar

Central line doing it's best to imitate NYC subway on T-day.

After a detour through UK customs, it’s finally here! A fitting finale to a to a journey that began with long discussions about the cross-boarder flows of goods.

As a new co-author, it's great to see the 6th edition of World Politics out in the world. I haven’t held a copy yet IRL, but at 784 pages, it’s undeniably a heavyweight—both literally and intellectually. wwnorton.co.uk/books/978132...

Congratulations to Paschal who is heading to the World Bank. www.rte.ie/news/politic...

The market is now calling a defeat for Trump in the tariffs case based on this morning's oral argument. One can't be certain about this, but I also see at least 5 votes to uphold the Federal Circuit decision and only 2 clearly with Trump.

Vote!

Halloween began as Samhain in Ireland, when the veil between this world and the "otherworld" thinned. In Co. Roscommon, this cave 👇 called Uaimh na gCat was said to open on Samhain allowing the spirits to walk freely among the living. 👻 📷 my own

TFL throwing trans-Atlantic shade? 😆

Climate change is changing trade routes. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2557335...

The political atmosphere in California feels more charged than I’ve ever seen it. From “No King” protests to Homeland Security's “self-deport” campaign, tensions are high. With the Prop 50 redistricting vote approaching and Obama campaigning for the Yes side, the state’s political climate is tense.

China files WTO complaint over India EV, battery subsidies www.reuters.com/world/china/...

EU fraud investigators raid Greek farm funds agency regarding #subsidies via POLITICO share.google/ByntkglIOZPl...

Looking forward to this! Industrial Policy in a New Era of Global Trade | Edinburgh Law School share.google/x3OtIA0Ly42W...

The new direction of travel: "securonomics"

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), established by US President Clinton in 2000, expired yesterday at midnight. For 32 African countries, (even more) uncertainty now looms over #tariffs, exports, and jobs. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

#TombTuesday In Roscommon Ireland, this portal tomb is known as Tinnacarra ("Stone of Fire") or Ballynanultagh Dolmen. It has strikingly tall portal stones (~2.4 metres) . Estimated to date from between 4200 BC and 2900 BC. 📸 My own #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Ireland

If this price differential for a high-street brand skirt is due to US #tariffs, it suggests a tariff pass-through rate of 100%, controlling for the exchange rate. But of course, there could be other factors at play.

In the UK, 1 in 4 people aged 18 to 34 own crypto! 🤯

China opens way to WTO reform by ceding ‘developing country’ benefits - on.ft.com/3W7XutW via @FT

This is big news. Could it unlock at least some of the stalemate at try WTO? 🤞

“They did so by forming coalitions with like-minded countries… a wider range of states can effectively participate in international negotiations than traditionally assumed.” 💯x 10 👆

You did it, WTO!

Which European country offers the most generous government #subsidies to buy EVs? www.euronews.com/business/202...

The WTO has named Robert Staiger as its new Chief Economist. Here is my @trade--talks.bsky.social podcast conversation in 2023 with Bob where he shared his thoughts about the WTO.

A taxi driver, unimpressed by my poor French, barked at me to "speak English". Then a barista demanded I continue in French after I switched into English. Linguistic purgatory. 🤣

It took +20 years of negotiations. It could change the future of our oceans. The WTO’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies comes into force today. Why it matters and how it happened: shorturl.at/EzvJx

After +20 years of negotiations, the WTO’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force today. This agreement represents a major step toward aligning global trade rules with environmental sustainability. Explore how this milestone was reached and what it means: shorturl.at/EzvJx

I did it. I turned the heat on.

We need your help to find meteorite that crashed into Scotland. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

AI deployed in an effort to reduce corruption in public procurement in Albania. The Prime Minister said: AI will be "entrusted with all decisions on public tenders". www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Tube strike = 1.5 hour walk across London today. In the rain. But, as always, Londoners rise to a challenge. Saw many small acts of kindness today as everyone struggled to navigate the deluge, buses, sink holes, and rogue Lime bikes.

In 2022, China had nearly 1800 ships under construction. The US has just five. 🤯

More than 1,000 Greek farmers and agribusinesses are under investigation for the abuse of EU #subsidies europeannewsroom.com/greece-probe...