An eventful week in the United Kingdom….
Author: Chris Horseman
Trevelyan appointed new UK trade chief
Anne-Marie Trevelyan has been appointed as the United Kingdom’s new International Trade Secretary. Trevelyan replaces Liz Truss, who is to become Britain’s new Foreign Secretary. The announcement was confirmed on Wednesday afternoon (15 September) as part of a major re-shuffle of prime minister Boris Johnson’s top team. Trevelyan had been …
Truss sets out upbeat vision for ‘offensive’ UK trade policy
The United Kingdom will move “from defence to offense” in its trade policy in a bid to capture the opportunities of a changing global economy, international trade secretary Liz Truss promised today.
UK postpones checks on EU agri-food imports until mid-2022
The UK is to defer the introduction of controls on agri-food imports into the country by up to a further nine months, as businesses and border officials alike struggle to adapt to the realities of life outside the EU single market. Exporters from the EU will not have to supply …
Šefčovič hints at ‘innovative solutions’ to break Northern Ireland trade logjam
The European Commission may be prepared to look at innovative solutions to address the more negative consequences of the application of the Northern Ireland protocol – if the UK side is also prepared to show flexibility. This was the message conveyed by Commission vice-president Maroŝ Šefčovič following a ‘charm offensive’ …
Week in London: Crunch time for SPS border checks, steel safeguards under scrutiny again
This week shows that adapting to new post Brexit trade realities is proving quite a challenge for the United Kingdom…. Rumours abound of delays to 1 October introduction of UK SPS checks
UK extends grace periods indefinitely as Northern Ireland Protocol row persists
The United Kingdom government has announced a unilateral – and indefinite – extension of the grace periods relating to movements of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Week in London: Northern Ireland grace periods, orange juice tariffs, data adequacy deals
Here our first autumn 2021 edition of Borderlex’s Week in London column: an easily readable digest of the week’s important but often off the radar trade policy developments in the United Kingdom. Information curated and written by Chris Horseman.
CPTPP accession talks get real for the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom’s long-held ambition to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership will take a big step closer to being realised later this month when accession negotiations between London and the 11-nation bloc finally get down to the details.
Autumn 2021 UK trade policy: a grand global vision undermined by EU spats
A busy autumn lies ahead for ministers, officials and stakeholders as Britain continues on its quest to forge a new and autonomous identity in the global trade arena. The United Kingdom’s quest for a ‘strategic pivot’ to the Asia-Pacific will continue, overshadowed by continued spats over trade with the European …
