Apart from being on the receiving end of a potential dispute with the EU over wind turbine practices, this is what’s happened (or not) in British trade this week.
Northern Ireland
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 …
Week in London: Canada trade talks, Northern Ireland, EU-UK parlies, Kiwi honey
Despite the challenges of EU-UK trade, the British trade policy machinery keeps on churning…
Northern Ireland talks focus shifts to customs, medicines
British and European Union officials are to resume talks over implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol next week, amidst signs of what European Commission vice-president Maroŝ Šefčovič described as “a change in tone” in the hitherto fraught negotiations.
EU-UK trade war over Northern Ireland: what happens if UK triggers Article 16?
Here is all you need to know of the mechanics, legalities and politics of a potential European Union response to a possible decision by the United Kingdom to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol. For the moment both sides still appear to want to come to an agreement.
Inconclusive UK-EU talks leave Article 16 threat hanging in balance
London’s threat of renouncing the Northern Ireland Protocol, thereby triggering a possible trade war between the European Union and the United Kingdom, remains in the air following a meeting between the two sides on Friday (5 November).
Week in London: Northern Ireland work starts, TCA non-disclosure requirements
This big news of the week is the conclusion of a free trade agreement negotiation between the United Kingdom and New Zealand. But here are other important developments in British trade policy.
Northern Ireland: What is in the Commission’s proposal to streamline trade
The European Commission has unveiled a set of far-reaching proposals to facilitate movements of goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, in a bid to break the current deadlock over implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol. Sanitary and phytosanitary checks on food products entering the region are to be drastically …
Commission to table plans next week to break Northern Ireland deadlock
The European Commission is to table a “far-reaching” proposal next week to address some of the trade complications arising from the application of the Northern Ireland protocol.
