News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Monday, January 25, 2021
An overview of key developments Businesses struggle to adapt to ‘new normal’ outside EU single market Pressure is continuing to pile up on the UK government as the costs of the non-tariff barriers created by Brexit become ever more evident. Agricultural and fisheries products have been worst hit, with new …
Steel manufacturers in Northern Ireland have become the latest group of businesses to make an unpleasant discovery about the practical outworkings of the United Kingdom’s new status outside of the European Union’s single market and customs union. Importers of steel into Northern Ireland from the EU are now potentially liable …
The European Commission is establishing an executive coordination service reporting to its president to oversee the European Union’s future relationship with the United Kingdom. The Service for the EU-UK Agreements – acronym UKS – will be operational on 1 March and will be run by Maroš Šefčovič Meanwhile London has …
The UK’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU came into force on New Year’s Day. Since then, the focus has mainly been on the border issues, with supermarket supplies running short in a few areas, and lorry drivers’ ham sandwiches being confiscated by Dutch customs officials. But while the …
EU UK TCA: European Parliament wants more scrutiny powers and more time European Parliament committees scrutinised the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement this week. The series of meetings culminated in a joint meeting of the foreign affairs and international trade committee on Thursday. This kick-starts a formalised consent procedure involving …
UK gets tougher on trade with Xinjiang region as China concerns mount British traders are to face internal sanctions if they trade with businesses connected with the Xinjiang region of China, where there is growing concern over the oppression of the Uyghur minority by the Beijing government. Businesses found to …
For the United Kingdom, the year 2021 is ‘terra nova’ – its first year as an autonomous trading entity outside of the EU’s single market and customs union. The challenges ahead by Chris Horseman.
Developments on the UK trade policy front in its first week after the end of the Transition Period: Northern Ireland, hiccups in the Ghana EPA roll-over, food standards and UK trade legislation as well as personnel changes at the Department for International Trade.
Establishing a post-Brexit continuity trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Turkey has ranked as one of the more challenging tasks for UK negotiators over the past year or so.
This was the last major ‘trade continuity’ deal for the Department of International trade to conclude as the end of the United Kingdom’s transition period with the European Union loomed. Ankara was waiting for the EU and UK to conclude their future relationship deal to put its signature under a …
