It’s not quiet in UK trade this week….
Northern Ireland
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 …
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?
UK sets out plans for revised Northern Ireland SPS rules
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.
EP committees back EU-UK trade deal – but still no green light for ratification
The trade relationship between the European Union and United Kingdom remains on a fragile footing, despite an important step yesterday (15 April) by two key European Parliament committees to endorse last December’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the two sides.
Week in London: Northern Ireland, Vietnam, EU business worries about trade with UK
Political tensions around Northern Ireland have calmed down. UK delivers requested ‘roadmap’ on Northern Ireland protocol implementation One of the European Commission’s key demands in its acrimonious debate with the UK over the Northern Ireland Protocol appears this week to have been met. British government sources reported on Thursday that …
EU, UK to seek ‘roadmap’ for revised Northern Ireland Protocol deadlines
The European Union has called on the United Kingdom to produce a ‘roadmap’ for complying with its obligations under the Northern Ireland protocol “in the next coming days”. The demand by the Commission was made at the end of a tense meeting of the EU-UK Joint Committee late last week, …
Northern Ireland Protocol: Commission seeks ‘roadmap’ for UK compliance
The European Commission has today (15 March) made good on its threat to initiate legal action against the United Kingdom for unilaterally extending the grace periods for goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Protocol: EU takes legal action as US Congress watches
The United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union is in a perilous state this week, as the EU deliberates on the options for taking action against London over its unilateral steps on Northern Ireland. An announcement was expected from Brussels before the end of this week on legal action to …
Week in Brussels : MEP UK TCA walkout threat, Vaccine uproar, CETA in Ireland & France
Drift. That’s the best way to describe the week in European Union trade policy. European Parliament threatens EU UK TCA walkout A perpetual crisis over border checks in Northern Ireland is now a possibility, with this week’s UK decision to unilaterally extend a grace period for intra-UK border checks until …
