Philippe Legrain

Intel, Yahoo, Google, eBay, Sun Microsystems – the rollcall of US technology giants founded by immigrant entrepreneurs is truly impressive. And they are not exceptional. According to "American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on US Competitiveness", a new study by the National Venture Capital Association, over the past 15 years immigrants have [...]

I’ve just read The Times’s leader on Alexander Litvinenko’s death, and it captures what I wanted to say much better. Read it here. My friend Edward Lucas’s comment piece on how to respond to Russia is superb.

I don’t usually write about such matters, but I am so shocked and outraged by the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko in London that I feel compelled to comment.

Anti-dumping duties, which unfairly penalise imports that are deemed too cheap, are one of the most pernicious protectionist devices. After all, we ought to be cheering if the cost of imports falls, because it makes the money in our pocket stretch further, not taxing consumers in order to try to prop up less efficient domestic [...]

The Center for International Relations has organised an International Affairs Forum on the future of world trade. They ask: In the wake of the failure of the Doha round, what does the future hold for world trade? What can, and should be done to get negotiations back on track? My reply follows. To read the [...]

Britain’s Commission for Racial Equality is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and to mark the occasion it is organising a race convention to debate race relations and the issues that affect them.

European leaders are still struggling to come to terms with the Dutch and French No votes last year. At least for now, closer political union appears to be on ice. Even so, there is lots the EU could – and should – be getting on with.

Most people think Europe’s single market already exists: it was created way back in 1992, wasn’t it? Unfortunately not. While goods are traded freely across borders within Europe, services are not  – and since they account for over two-thirds of the EU economy, Europe’s single market is in effect far from complete.

India’s drinkers should raise a glass to Peter Mandelson.

No sooner had Vietnam celebrated its success in becoming the WTO’s 150th member than it suffered a setback in its trade relations with Washington: Congress voted against normalising trade relations between the two countries.

Here we go again. The US government has today launched yet another salvo in its long-running conflict with the EU over aircraft subsidies, announcing that it is to file a new complaint at the WTO against European subsidies for Airbus. Before you could say "Boeing", Brussels made clear that it would hit back with its [...]

The Democrats have scored a stunning victory in the midterm Congressional elections. It looks like they have captured control of not only the House of Representatives but also the Senate. Both President Bush and Nancy Pelosi, the incoming speaker of the House, have pledged to work together in a spirit of bipartisanship. Pigs might fly, [...]

The WTO’s 149 members have just agreed to admit lucky number 150: Vietnam.

Anyone in the US, Britain or elsewhere who believes that expelling people is an easy way to reduce illegal immigration  should read this excellent article in Saturday’s Guardian about France’s flailing drive to deport illegal immigrants. In a chilling echo of the Second World War, when many brave French families hid Jews from the Gestapo, [...]