The UK still has no control over its customs border vis-à-vis the European Union….And London is trying to get around lack of market access progress with Washington by talking to individual US states.
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UPDATED: Week in London: Canada trade talks, US-UK, SPS checks, TCA report
While the big global headlines focus on the still-unfolding big Russia-induced events in Brussels, there is some movement on the UK trade front too. By Chris Horseman and Iana Dreyer.
US lifts Section 232 tariffs for UK steel imports – but with strings attached
The United States has agreed to lift its Section 232 tariffs on UK steel imports as from 1 June 2022 – but only within an annual tariff rate quota of 500,000 tonnes.
UK, US step up trade engagement with new transatlantic ‘dialogues’
Washington has taken the first steps towards breathing new life into the United Kingdom-United States trade relationship with the creation of a new intergovernmental forum for trade cooperation.
US and UK launch negotiations on removing Section 232 steel tariffs
Negotiations are set to begin imminently on how to remove United States ‘Section 232’ tariffs on United Kingdom steel and aluminium exports. The move, announced today, has come just a week after Unites States Trade Representative Katherine Tai had appeared to de-prioritise the resolution of the steel issue with Britain …
Week in London: No steel deal with US for now, Australia deal ratification
The UK is manifestly back of the queue in US trade policy but front of the queue in Australia…
UK to remove countervailing duties on some US biodiesel imports
The United Kingdom is set to exempt certain United States biodiesel products from the countervailing duties to which they have been subject since 2009. In a move which will please US biofuel exporters, the Trade Remedies Authority announced on Wednesday (15 December) that it is proposing to drop countervailing duties …
UK steel eyes US market share loss as Section 232 tariffs remain
United Kingdom steelmakers’ fears that they will face a competitive disadvantage on the United States market after 1 January 2022 are set to become a reality, following meetings this week between the US and UK government ministers.
Perspectives: The UK government is undermining its own United States trade ambitions
The UK-US-EU ‘triangle’ is one to keep watching. The British government is going through a few self-inflicted setbacks in its trade relationships with the United States, giving the European Union an advantage as it settles Trump-era trade irritants. But over time London should – and will – strengthen its diplomacy …
Updated: UK steel feels left behind in legacy row over US Section 232 tariffs
This article was updated on Thursday 2 December at 12.30 CET. London now has less than a month to secure an agreement with Washington on removing punitive US tariffs on UK steel exports – or risk seeing British steel producers put at a serious competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis their EU counterparts.
