It is becoming increasingly clear Britain’s holy grail is CPTPP accession.
Brexit & UK trade
Perspectives: Details of Australia FTA speak volumes about new direction of British trade policy
Signing on to a trade deal with Australia is seen in London as a major stepping stone towards CPTPP accession and, beyond that, towards a potential future agreement with the United States. But the move comes at the expense of tailoring trade agreements to specific British interests and ducks difficult …
US and UK launch negotiations on removing Section 232 steel tariffs
Negotiations are set to begin imminently on how to remove United States ‘Section 232’ tariffs on United Kingdom steel and aluminium exports. The move, announced today, has come just a week after Unites States Trade Representative Katherine Tai had appeared to de-prioritise the resolution of the steel issue with Britain …
Week in London: No steel deal with US for now, Australia deal ratification
The UK is manifestly back of the queue in US trade policy but front of the queue in Australia…
UK, India eye ‘interim agreement’ as FTA negotiations launch
The United Kingdom is set to formally launch FTA negotiations with India next week, knowing that political and economic sensitivities on either side are likely to put limitations on the scope of the final accord.
UK Gulf Cooperation Council trade pact feasible if shallow and broad – experts
The United Kingdom should pursue a ‘broad and shallow’ approach to free trade negotiations with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and use that agreement as a springboard for deeper engagement on a bilateral basis, Gulf regional experts told British members of Parliament on Wednesday (12 January).
Week in London: Indian visas, investment screening
Only six days into 2022 and there is already a controversy in UK trade.
Matching the rhetoric: the UK’s trade challenge for 2022
Twelve months on from the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU single market and customs union, the country has reached a critical moment in its post-Brexit trade policy evolution.
Week in London: Truss takes over Northern Ireland brief, cane sugar and fish quotas
An early Week in London column as Borderlex goes into Christmas recess. See you again early January!
EU unveils plans to safeguard Northern Ireland medicine supplies
The European Commission has tabled a proposal to amend EU law to enable the free flow of regulated medicines from the UK into Northern Ireland to continue, once the current grace periods under the Northern Ireland protocol expire. The move is seen in Brussels as a unilateral ‘down-payment’ on the …
