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Trade intelligence is the continuous reading of the measures that affect your products, markets and suppliers, translated into commercial decisions. It differs from periodic advice because trade policy is no longer episodic: significant developments now occur most days, and one change moves several others. The EU’s melt-and-pour origin test for steel, in force from October 2026, illustrates the point; a single rule reshapes safeguard quotas, CBAM defaults, recycled-content costs and preference eligibility at once. Firms that see a change early trace it through the different impacts.

Most trade advice describes a measure and stops. Goyder works to quantify exposure and is built for continuity rather than one-off projects. Three points distinguish the work. First, judgements are sized in revenue terms against your trade flows, not narrated. Second, six years representing the UK at the WTO, UN and OECD means measures are read the way those who draft them intend. Third, delivery is tailored to the needs.

Delivery is framed around four connected services: horizon scanning so measures are seen first; exposure analysis that sizes tariff, non-tariff and compliance impact in revenue terms; strategic and regulatory advice with a clear recommendation; and capability building for teams that want to run more themselves. On a standing retainer, the rhythm is a daily scan, weekly triage, a monthly executive briefing and a quarterly review, mapped to your exposure register. Formats suit how your team works.

Yes. Where exposure is permanent, an owned capability can be cheaper and faster than a standing retainer for routine work, and Goyder is structured to build it. A phased engagement runs over roughly eighteen weeks: map the exposure, design the operating model and decision rights, equip it with sources, templates and an exposure register, then embed through a parallel run, training and handover. The function operates a five-stage pipeline, signal to triage, assessment, decision and monitoring, on a fixed cadence. Ownership transfers to your team. Goyder then remains the specialist escalation partner for quantification, interpretation and the harder calls.

Yes, from a trade and exposure standpoint. Due-diligence regimes now condition market access, so we monitor them and map where they touch your corridors and suppliers. Coverage includes a range of rapidly developing supply chain regulations including carbon border adjustment mechanisms, deforestation, supply chain due diligence and forced labour. We identify the origin, traceability and content evidence a measure demands, and assess the cost of non-conformity.