News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Thursday, July 29, 2021
The United Kingdom has challenged the European Union to renegotiate large parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol – or face the prospect of unilateral renunciation of these measures on the part of London. The essence of its proposal is to allow goods to move freely from Great Britain to Northern …
The United Kingdom will not be rushing to emulate the European Union by imposing carbon border taxes to prevent ‘leakage’ of carbon emissions in major industrial sectors.
The EU and UK have agreed a three-month extension to the ‘grace period’ allowing chilled meat products, such as sausages, to be moved from Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Britain will have to keep its existing SPS standards unchanged for the three-month duration of the chilled meats extension – although, …
The EU and UK will announce an agreement “within the next 48 hours” to defer the threat of a ban on UK sausages and other chilled processed meats entering Northern Ireland, European Commission vice-president Maroŝ Šefčovič announced on Monday (28 June). But now the EU needs to deal with a …
Apart the formal launch of Britain’s CPTPP accession process and New Zealand trade minister Damien O’Connor’s visit to London this week the the other big ticket trade issue in the United Kingdom this week is and remains Northern Ireland.
The European Union and the United Kingdom remain at loggerheads over meat shippings from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
It’s not quiet in UK trade this week….
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 …
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?
The United Kingdom is to propose a four-stage roll-out of the border checks which are still needed for goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, with a timeline for implementation which will stretch well into next year.
