The latest on UK trade policy below.
Northern Ireland
Week in London: TCA dispute settlement, Northern Ireland, New Zealand
Another week another discovery of how the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit trade policy is unfolding in reality. European Commission formalises powers to take action against any UK TCA breaches The European Commission has tabled a proposal which would give it legal powers to suspend all or part of the EU-UK trade …
Member states back plans to relax rules for medicines in Northern Ireland
EU member state ambassadors have given their backing to a European Commission proposal which is intended to permit the continued free flow of regulated medicines from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, waiving the normal rules applying to medicines which enter the EU single market. The planned changes would also safeguard …
Week in London: CBAM option, Northern Ireland, UK chairs WTO committee
While the world watches with dismay and awe at events in Ukraine, the trade policy churn continues quietly. London still consulting on options for a ‘UK CBAM’ The UK is tracking the international discussions about cross-border carbon taxes very closely – but is still some way away from introducing a …
Political turmoil in Northern Ireland as ministers urge officials to abandon SPS checks
The United Kingdom’s fraught relationship with the European Union over the status of Northern Ireland was thrown into yet further turmoil on Thursday (3 February), after the Northern Ireland executive announced that it was calling for a unilateral withdrawal from key Protocol commitments on border checks.
Week in London: China steel trade defence review, Northern Ireland state of play
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.
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.
