News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Developments on the UK trade policy front in its first week after the end of the Transition Period: Northern Ireland, hiccups in the Ghana EPA roll-over, food standards and UK trade legislation as well as personnel changes at the Department for International Trade.
Establishing a post-Brexit continuity trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Turkey has ranked as one of the more challenging tasks for UK negotiators over the past year or so.
This was the last major ‘trade continuity’ deal for the Department of International trade to conclude as the end of the United Kingdom’s transition period with the European Union loomed. Ankara was waiting for the EU and UK to conclude their future relationship deal to put its signature under a …
This is an exceptional second edition of our Week in London column – focused on domestic trade issues and UK talks with everyone else except the EU….
The UK is to suspend tariffs on a wide range of medical products used in the fight against Covid-19 for a 12-month period starting from 1 January.
The United Kingdom has secured its biggest outstanding prize in terms of post-Brexit rollover agreements, in the form of a continuity trade agreement with Mexico. Map: Status of UK trade continuity agreement agenda What the Mexico deal secures The agreement, announced on Tuesday (15 December), ensures that the UK will …
What does the new UK-Canada ‘rollover’ free trade agreement have in common with the UK-Japan deal secured in September? Answer: in both cases, UK cheese exporters are left worse off than under the previous EU deal.
With cross-Channel negotiations at a make-or-break moment, the UK has been busy finalising its trade continuity agenda with trading partners outside the EU as well as legislation that will form the basis of its future trade policy. UK eyes digital agreement with Singapore as EU FTA rolled over The UK …
The UK is set to announce two further trade ‘rollover’ or ‘continuity’ agreements this week – with Singapore and with Vietnam – in what will be a significant further boost for the UK’s trade continuity agenda. Borderlex has learnt that International Trade Secretary Liz Truss is flying to Asia this …
The United Kingdom is to suspend the imposition of punitive import tariffs on a wide range of imports from the US – in the hope that Washington will be persuaded to reciprocate by lifting its own punitive tariffs on British exports. The tariffs, which only entered into force last month, …
