Online event
Diplomatic Advisory Hub presents: The US after the midterms: implications for UK business
Tuesday 17 November at 3:00PM
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Diplomatic Advisory Hub: Geopolitics and international business. Following our previous webinar back in July, join US experts and the Diplomatic Advisory Hub to explore the implications of the US midterm elections for the political and economic landscape, and what the results could mean for UK businesses trading with, investing in, or operating in the United States.
What you’ll learn
- Understand how the midterm election results could reshape the US political and policy landscape.
- Explore the implications for UK businesses, including trade, tariffs, regulation, investment and economic policy.
- Gain insight into the potential direction of US policy on key international issues.
- Consider what UK businesses should watch as Washington moves from the midterms towards the next phase of the US political cycle.
Description
The US midterm elections could have important implications for the direction of American politics, economic policy and the international business environment.
During this webinar, expert speakers will examine the election results and what the new political landscape could mean for UK companies trading with, investing in or operating in the United States. The discussion will consider implications for trade and tariffs, industrial and economic policy, regulation, investment and economic security, as well as the potential impact on the wider UK-US economic relationship.
The panel will also look beyond domestic politics to consider how the post-election environment could shape US approaches to supply-chain resilience and transatlantic economic cooperation, and what businesses should be watching as the political landscape develops.
The session will begin with a facilitated discussion featuring our expert speakers, followed by an interactive Q&A, giving attendees the opportunity to put questions directly to the panel and consider what political developments in Washington could mean for their businesses.
Speakers
Mungo Woodifield
Minister Counsellor for Trade and Global Issues, British Embassy to the United States of America.
Mr Woodifield is responsible for overseeing the UK government’s work across the United States on trade, economics, technology, energy, science, climate, environment, transport and agriculture. Prior to this role, Mr Woodifield served as Spokesperson and Counsellor at the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York from 2019 to 2024. In this capacity, Mr Woodifield represented the UK to international media and advised the Ambassador across a range of multilateral issues, including conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the climate crisis, and global development. A career diplomat, Mr Woodifield served as Strategic Affairs Counsellor at the British Embassy to France from 2015 to 2019. During this period, he worked to advance UK-France bilateral cooperation on defence and international security issues. He also completed an earlier posting at the UK Mission to the UN in New York from 2011 to 2015 working in the UN Security Council. Mr Woodifield has held several roles in London at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and began his career working in Sudan as a journalist. He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
William Bain
Head of Trade Policy, British Chambers of Commerce
William is the Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, where he has been instrumental in advising on EU exit and the UK’s new trade and investment policies. Previously, William spent over ten years as an academic lawyer specialising in Constitutional and EU law and five and a half years as an MP (Glasgow North East).
Richard Oppenheim
Director, Diplomatic Advisory Hub
Richard Oppenheim is Director of the Diplomatic Advisory Hub, a joint initiative between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC). Housed at the BCC Headquarters in London, the Hub provides trusted, actionable FCDO geopolitical insight to businesses across the UK in support of the UK government’s growth mission. Richard brings with him a wealth of diplomatic experience across some of the world’s most complex and strategically important markets in the Middle East, and Japan. Richard has served as the UK’s Ambassador to Yemen, as Deputy Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and held diplomatic appointments in Iraq, Oman, New York and Japan