London consolidates its vision for digital trade in new policy paper
Northern Ireland
Šefčovič hints at ‘innovative solutions’ to break Northern Ireland trade logjam
The European Commission may be prepared to look at innovative solutions to address the more negative consequences of the application of the Northern Ireland protocol – if the UK side is also prepared to show flexibility. This was the message conveyed by Commission vice-president Maroŝ Šefčovič following a ‘charm offensive’ …
UK extends grace periods indefinitely as Northern Ireland Protocol row persists
The United Kingdom government has announced a unilateral – and indefinite – extension of the grace periods relating to movements of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Week in London: Northern Ireland grace periods, orange juice tariffs, data adequacy deals
Here our first autumn 2021 edition of Borderlex’s Week in London column: an easily readable digest of the week’s important but often off the radar trade policy developments in the United Kingdom. Information curated and written by Chris Horseman.
Week in London: Northern Ireland in focus, first UK indigenous Geographical Indication
A quieter period beckons in trade policy as the EU initiates a legal ‘truce’ in Northern Ireland. Negotiations over some of the more technical issues at stake in the debate over the Northern Ireland protocol – such as medicines trade – continue.
Northern Ireland: what the UK wants to renegotiate
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 …
Carbon leakage: UK seeks multilateral solution amidst uncertainty over fate in EU CBAM
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.
UK, EU agree 3-month extension to rules on chilled meat to Northern Ireland
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, …
Šefčovič in Northern Ireland: ‘sausage war’ averted, new steel safeguard complications
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 …
Week in London: Deferring the sausage war, data adequacy, Australian reception
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.
