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Week in London: New trade report, Windsor Framework, Oz-NZ, Ukraine steel, Colorado deal
An overview of key developments in UK trade policy as business and the opposition start looking beyond the 2024 general elections.
Week in London: Windsor Framework rollout, scaling back the bonfire of EU laws
The history of the UK’s exit from the EU has been littered with ‘cliff-edge’ deadlines of various types. Some of these have just about been met, while others have been dramatically pushed back at the last minute.
Week in London: Green light for Windsor Framework, trade committee dissolved, UK-Ukraine
It’s a big week in UK trade politics.
UPDATED: UK, EU agree Windsor Framework on Northern Ireland
Prime minister Rishi Sunak and European commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced an agreement in principle over how the protocol on Northern Ireland included in the EU-UK Withdrawal agreement is to function.
Week in London: Elusive Northern Ireland deal, US-UK architects, CPTPP
A Northern Ireland deal between the UK and the EU remains elusive. But London and Washington quietly cliched a deal on architecture professions and the UK is slowly reaching its CPTPP accession goal.
Week in London: Deal close on Northern Ireland, Chinese anti-dumping duties
The stars are aligning for a resolution of the Northern Ireland protocol dispute – but not everyone is happy about it… EU-UK deal on Northern Ireland moving closer Clear signs have emerged this week that the UK and EU are now very close to sealing a deal to resolve longstanding …
Perspectives: Northern Ireland – What’s needed to get a deal over the line
The EU and the UK are investing strongly in finding an arrangement to address some British concerns over the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiated in the 2019 Brexit agreement. As things stand, reaching a deal will be very difficult. Succeeding however would draw a big prize for the UK’s diplomatic relationships …
Northern Ireland: EU, UK agree to further ‘scoping’
The EU and UK have poured cold water over earlier hopes of a substantive breakthrough in the ongoing EU-UK negotiations over the Northern Ireland protocol. Suggestions that the two sides might be in a position to set out a detailed ‘roadmap’ for end-stage negotiations over the implementation of the Northern …
Week in London: Lords look at FTA strategy, Northern Ireland food checks, Kiwi wine labels
It’s January and everyone is back in business in the world of United Kingdom trade policy.