London has announced a major review of the United Kingdom’s Generalised System of Preferences with the aim of simplifying access to its domestic market for qualifying low-income countries.
UK trade legislation
Sugar quotas, subsidies, TCA: what’s at stake in the latest UK judicial review
The High Court in London is expected to rule this autumn on a judicial review which has been filed against the government by a British sugar processor. The ruling could have far-reaching implications for UK trade policy. Here’s why.
Week in London: Plea for digital trade strategy, nimble state aid, Gulf, electric vehicles
It’s an eventful week here in the United Kingdom, with the formal launch of digital trade talks with Singapore, a trade war averted over Northern Ireland, and the DIT overruling the Trade Remedies Authority over steel import safeguards. But there’s even more. It’s about digital, state aid, the Gulf and …
London to review UK trade remedies system after overruling independent authority
The United Kingdom government made a last-minute move to retain safeguard measures on five of the nine categories of steel products which had been slated for removal as from 1 July. The intervention came in the form of a ‘public notice’ issued late on Wednesday (30 June). It directly overrules …
Week in London: Northern Ireland issue heats up, steel safeguard, chicken to Japan
The European Union and the United Kingdom remain at loggerheads over meat shippings from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Airbus-Boeing : Washington and London replicate Brussels settlement
The United States and the United Kingdom replicated the terms of a preliminary settlement agreed between Washington and Brussels this week in relation to subsidies to their civil aircraft companies.
UK to adapt list of products slated for on Section 232 retaliatory tariffs
The United Kingdom is planning a change in the mix of products on which it will apply countermeasures on imports from the United States.
UK to extend steel safeguards, narrows their product scope
The United Kingdom is to remove import safeguard measures for around half of the steel product categories on which they currently apply – primarily because the UK does not produce these product types.
Week in London: Freeports, Cameroon, TRIPS waiver, professional qualifications
Some news highlights in United Kingdom trade policy this week.
Week in London: EU UK SPS deal(ings), Trade Remedies Authority, national security, United States
An intense week in UK trade….
