One of the UK’s leading authorities on international trade policy, David Henig is Director of the UK Trade Policy Project at the think-tank European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE). Examining the economic and trade implications of Brexit and UK trade, David places these in the context of the changing EU and global trade policies which he also studies. He writes about all these topics in a regular column for the specialist trade news service Borderlex, serves as Expert Adviser to the UK Trade and Business Commission, and speaks regularly in the media and at various events. Until March 2018 he worked for the UK Government including on negotiations relating to the EU, US, and China. A graduate of Oxford University, David started his career in consultancy.