Tariffs on imports into the United Kingdom of bed linen and similar products from India are to jump by 20% as from 19 June, as the country’s new trade preference regime enters into force. This comes as the other major source country for textiles, Bangladesh, eyes graduation from its least-developed …
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Week in London: New trade report, Windsor Framework, Oz-NZ, Ukraine steel, Colorado deal
An overview of key developments in UK trade policy as business and the opposition start looking beyond the 2024 general elections.
Week in London: A UK ‘Chips Act’, EU-UK, e-bikes
Well, here we have the United Kingdom also joining the semiconductor industrial policy bandwagon…..
Week in London: Turkish ironing boards, new parliament committee, new reports
To save or not to save one single British company from Turkish competition, that is the question. And more in UK trade politics this week below.
Week in London: Badenoch on CPTPP, poor countries hit by steel safeguard, Oklahoma deal
Change is afoot in the UK. Badenoch quizzed as Commons trade committee meets for last time The UK parliament reached the end of a six-year-long era on Wednesday (19 April) as the House of Common’s international trade committee met for its final session. The committee is being disbanded as from …
Week in London: GSP benefit assessment
It’s a fairly quiet Easter week in the United Kingdom, but London is looking ahead to the entry intro force of its new developing country trade preference scheme.
Week in London: UK New Zealand side-letters, trade remedies
This week detailed – and interesting – new information emerged on the UK-New Zealand free trade agreement which is awaiting ratification. And the UK is now clearly on its own path with its trade remedies policy.
UK carbon border tax now seen as inevitable as consultations loom
The United Kingdom is planning to follow the EU in setting up a carbon border tax regime to offset the risk of trade diversion for carbon-intensive products. But business groups believe it will be some time before details of the proposed British scheme are released.
Week in London: Steel safeguard and sanction policy reviews
A week dedicated to policy reviews.
Week in London: Hands’ reasons for joining CPTPP, Australia, Vietnam and Samoa
A dispatch from another week in UK trade policy.