The United Kingdom and New Zealand have said they are confident that they will secure an agreement in principle on a bilateral free trade agreement before the end of the summer.
Brexit & UK trade
Week in London: Northern Ireland issue heats up, steel safeguard, chicken to Japan
The European Union and the United Kingdom remain at loggerheads over meat shippings from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
UK-Australia FTA – a detailed summary of the Agreement in Principle
Further details of the groundbreaking free trade agreement between the UK and Australia have been released by London and Canberra, including on SPS, rules of origin, visas, services, customs, labour and environment.
Airbus-Boeing : Washington and London replicate Brussels settlement
The United States and the United Kingdom replicated the terms of a preliminary settlement agreed between Washington and Brussels this week in relation to subsidies to their civil aircraft companies.
The new UK-Australia FTA – what we know so far
The United Kingdom has confirmed that it has concluded a free trade agreement with Australia – the first post-Brexit FTA that does not have its roots in an existing EU deal. The main elements of the deal were agreed by UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott …
Week in London: Biden wades into Northern Ireland issue, Australia, Agriculture Commission
It’s not quiet in UK trade this week….
Northern Ireland Joint Committee: what still needs resolving
Relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom over the trade status of Northern Ireland remain under acute strain after a high-profile meeting between the two sides’ chief negotiators failed to reach any kind of breakthrough. Below, what still needs resolving…. and a status report on the first EU-UK …
United Kingdom renegotiated FTA with Norway and Iceland: the details
The United Kingdom has secured a comprehensive free trade deal with the European Economic Area countries – Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein – following a comprehensive revision of the EU rollover agreement secured between the parties late last year. Below, an overview of the deal.
Week in London: Northern Ireland, Australia, Fish
EU and UK remain oceans apart as Irish Sea border talks continue Will President Joe Biden’s arrival in the UK next week for an international summit provide the impetus for a breakthrough in the tortuous UK-EU negotiations on the functioning of the Northern Ireland Protocol?
CPTPP members agree to United Kingdom accession talks
Whether London’s recent apparent decision to agree to give Australia duty-free-quota-free market access to its food exports was part of the de facto preconditions for today’s decision of the CPTPP members to allow Britain to launch accession negotiations remains unclear. But it was clearly good timing.
