Britain and Europe: The political economy of 'Brexit' in trade and finance

This workshop examines the changing nature of Britain’s relationship with the European Union (EU), pre- and post-referendum, by looking at three economic policy areas: 1) trade and investment; 2) finance (financial integration, regulation and currencies); iii) Economic and Monetary Union (including Banking Union  and euro crisis). The sessions of the workshop are organised around these themes.

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME:

9.45-10.15 COFFEE

10.15-10.30 WELCOME by Tony Heron and Lucia Quaglia (University of York)

10.30-12.30 PANEL 1: Brexit and trade policy

Chair: Tony Heron (University of York)

Gabriel Siles Brugge (University of Manchester) ‘Parochial, neoliberal and socialist? The trade policy case for Brexit'

Jonathan Perraton (University of Sheffield), ‘Paying Our Way in the World?  Visible and Invisible Dangers of Brexit’

Nicole Lindstrom  (University of York) ‘The UK, EU Transatlantic Trade Policy, and the Liberalization of Public Services.’

Peg Murray Evans (University of York)   'Return to the Commonwealth? Prospects for UK-Africa Trade after Brexit'.

Simon Lee (University of Hull) ‘'1976 and All That. Why Brexit Will Not Redress The Competitive Disadvantage of England'

12.30-13.30 LUNCH

13.30-14.30 KEYNOTE SPEECH by Andrew Gamble (University of Sheffield)‘Breaking up is hard to do: making sense of BREXIT’

14.30-16.30 PANEL 2: Brexit, EMU and finance

Chair: Jim Buller (University of York)

Lucia Quaglia (University of York) ‘The single financial market and the single currency: ‘One market, one Money’?

Ismail Erturk (University of Manchester) ‘Capital Market Union, Financial Integration and Britain in the EU’

Charlie Dannreuther (University of Leeds) ‘What one part of the 1% think - BREXIT and the Private Equity sector’

Scott James (KCL) ‘The Politics of Constraint: UK Government Preferences, Industry Lobbying and Negotiating Influence in EU Financial Regulation’

Sarah Wilson (University of York), ‘Brexit and anticipating future financial crime enforcement in the UK: The case study of ‘market abuse’

COFFEE 16.30-17

18.30-20 EVENING ROUNDTABLE ON BREXIT (for those who are interested): Roundtable on Brexit organised by some of us as part of the York Festival of Ideas. The event will take place at the York Medical Society, Stonegate. http://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2016/talks/britain-eu-after-brexit-referendum.