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Alan Beattie writes Trade Secrets, a newsletter on trade and globalisation, every Monday, and an opinion column each Wednesday. Based in Brussels, he was previously the FT's international economy editor, based in Washington, and world trade editor, in London. He is the author of False Economy (Penguin, 2009) and Who's In Charge Here? (Penguin, 2012).
