The United Kingdom has signed a new digital trade agreement with Ukraine, following a lightning-fast three months of negotiations.
UK WTO & 3rd countries
UK, Switzerland seek ‘groundbreaking’ financial services MRA deal
Britain’s financial services sector has urged the UK government to align its initiatives to deepen trade relations with Switzerland, in order to fully unlock the ensuing benefits.
Week in London: Hands’ reasons for joining CPTPP, Australia, Vietnam and Samoa
A dispatch from another week in UK trade policy.
Week in London: Confessions of an ex-minister, Northern Ireland, CE markings
It’s a long edition of Week in London. But it’s worth the read as it indicates change is happening in post-Brexit Britain in relation to the country’s new trade policy.
Week in London: India FTA, EU UK RoOs, Lords look at NI bill, continuity Kemi
Here the UK’s latest trade news.
INTERVIEW – WTO needs to consider process and production methods
World Trade Organization members should “look at all the options” available to it for allowing countries to distinguish between products on the basis of how they are produced, according to the chair of the WTO’s committee on trade and the environment. Simon Manley, the UK’s WTO ambassador, said he believed …
UK-India FTA: focus on core issues as Diwali deadline evaporates
Former prime minister Boris Johnson’s ebullient promise to conclude at least an interim trade agreement between the United Kingdom and India “by Diwali” has been officially abandoned by the new team in London – just a few days before the Hindu festival begins. Here is where the talks are at.
Week in London: Lords on Northern Ireland, MEPs on UK, Uruguay, paperless trade, DIT staffing
From Northern Ireland legislation to changes at the Department for International Trade – trade activity is intense in the United Kingdom this week.
UK CPTPP accession: ministers lay down ‘high standards’ challenge
There is to be no ‘fast-tracking’ of the United Kingdom’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Week in London: Better mood music on Northern Ireland, FTA ratification, Malaysia CPTPP
A change in tone is perceptible on matters related to trade and the EU.
